In place of a longer thought

Songs for John Doe was an anti-war record put out in the early 40's by dutiful Soviet apparachiks the Almanac Singers (Pete Seeger, Woodie Guthrie and the rest). For a brief period Stalin and Hitler were allies (and invaded Poland together, a little known fact). This record was their take on the matter, taking the position that America should not go to war for US Steel and JP Morgan, which was of course the only possible reason it would. They changed their tune the moment Operation Barbarossa began.

I have quite a few thoughts about this topic, but in general it would seem that the human condition is indeed timeless. I've got a quite a few thoughts on the matter that I'll get into words over the next week or so.