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Dateline: Berlin, April 20, 1949

Today, in a stroke of the utmost luck, our Berlin correspondent Biff Barfsalot sat down for a rare one-on-one interview with Nazi Fuhrer Adolf Hitler. Biff Barfsalot's interview with the Fuhrer is the first granted to a western journalist since early in the war. Barfsalot was granted an interview with the German Fuhrer on the occasion of Hitler's 60th birthday.

Following is a transcript of the interview with closing statements and summary from our on the spot reporter, Biff Barfsalot:

BB: Chancellor Hitler, how can you explain the resurgence of Nazism and the military success of The Fatherland in the wake of nearly insurmountable Allied military strength and momentum in 1944?

AH: I channeled Frederick the Great and listened carefully to what he told me. Frederick & I are cut from the same cloth - we are both saviors of the Reich - he in his time, I in mine.

BB: How did you manage to keep the Reich together under the monumental onslaught from your enemies?

AH: The Abwehr, the Reich's intelligence service, listened closely to the political in fighting coming from the Untied States. The US is so unwise and flawed as to place in the public forum their innermost political debates. As an observer of history it was easy to see what was coming. When I was informed of the untenable positions of the American politicians, I knew it was only a matter of time until the weakness of capitalism showed itself. I have always believed the youth of National Socialism were superior to the youth of decadent western nations. Since I was elected Chancellor in 1933 I was out to prove to the world that the ideology of National Socialism would in time reign supreme, and as we look back over recent history we can clearly observe the results.

BB: You must have had moments of doubt. During the darkest days of your Reich in early 1944, under the incessant Allied bombing and renewed attacks of the Soviets, surely you must have had some point where human frailty and doubt pervaded your confidence?

AH: Yes, the traitorous attempt to kill me in July, 1944, was indeed the Reich's darkest moments. But destiny had another plan in store for me, and as I go, so goes the German people and the Fatherland! I walked away nearly unscathed, and at that moment I knew I was bound for victory.

BB: But how?

AH: Well, the first mistake by the allies, and the first inclination that proved to me my fate was destined for higher achievement, was when I watched westerners experience a rise in Leftism in the US and the England. Now, as England was under siege, they quelled the opposition, but not so in the US.

BB: How so?

AH: With the rise of this Leftist ideology in America I saw two distinct opportunities - the first was to use your political transparency against you. As you know one of the first things we did in the Reich was to outlaw the Communist Party, and we rounded up all Communists and Leftists. When we eliminated that threat to our nation we were freed from a major encumbrance to Germany's need for Lebensraum (living space to the east of Germany proper to be used to settle ethnic Germans in the conquered territories).

BB: And the second opportunity you saw?

AH: The second is opportunity is a result of the first one I mentioned. American political transparency and failure to eliminate the Leftist threat in the US led to the very policy that freed the Fatherland from beneath the weight of the Allied attacks. When Leftist politicians in your nation began to grumble about "casualties," and the length of time it was taking for the Allies to breakout of Normandy, I took advantage of your system's inherent weaknesses. And then I danced a jig when those very same Leftists started calling for a "timeline for withdrawal" and I knew in the end Germany would become resurgent and prevail in this battle of ideologies.

BB: And this was all it took for you to become convinced Germany would win?

AH: Ja! Correct. At the mention of a "timeline for withdrawal" I was able to completely revamp our military's deployments. When talk of withdrawal came from Washington I became convinced a bold stroke would destroy the Western alliance and allow Germany to concentrate on the real threat to the world - that of Russian Bolshevism! And so it was. My Wacht am Rhine operation, known in the West as the Battle of the Bulge, was the opening of the door.

BB: Did you have an idea your operation would defeat the Allies?

AH: Of course! That was the very purpose of Wacht am Rhine. To divide the Allied armies and drive for Antwerp, and so we did. I knew a bold stroke, amidst all the American political in fighting and the demand for a withdrawal timeline, would put the nail in the coffin of the Allied coalition. My armies, the Wehrmacht and the armed SS, the Waffen SS, were emboldened by what we saw happening in America. Your nation had lost its resolve. You must remember, I have always believed National Socialism was the superior ideology, and history has proved me correct.

BB: So, you maintain that at the moment you heard of the purposed timeline for withdrawal you altered your intentions?

AH: Absolutely! But for the Leftist suggestions of withdrawal from Europe, I am afraid the Allies combined strength would have eventually overwhelmed the Fatherland.

BB: So, would you then say that the American political system was its downfall?

AH: Well, I think an even cursory look at history proves me out. As long as Left and Right fought each other in the US, they had less energies to fight National Socialism! As I sat in my Berlin bunker I was amazed to hear of this "timeline" your Leftist politicians dreamed up. To tell an enemy, or any foe for that matter, what you intended to do to defeat said enemy was your most foolish move. To announce to the world that the casualties were too high, the price too steep, the returns on human investment so unsure for their investment, well. . . as I said, I danced the jig. Your politicians told the world they were not in this for the long haul. Of course, once such a concept swept 'round the globe your Allies lost confidence in you, and conversely, your enemies were strengthened.

BB: Don't you think you are stating that too strongly, Mr. Hitler?

AH: Nein! My armies and I knew that we were playing a game of timing and the US announced their timeline for withdrawal for the world to see. And history bears me out, no?

BB: Well, based on all that's happened since the end of 1944, it would seem you were correct.

AH: Ja, ja! We knew we only had to wait and make American presence in Europe too painful and too drawn out. And let's not forget that your Leftist press leaking the details of your atomic bomb program only helped us further. When your American Leftists so objected to an atomic weapon, your nation, quite inadvertently I must add, restarted my atomic bomb program. The American lack of resolve allowed the Fatherland to husband our resources on the Eastern Front and hold off the Russian Bolsheviks until 1946 when we dropped our atomic bombs on Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad. Of course, the Bolsheviks seeing our power immediately surrendered, and I, as Chancellor of Germany and the Greater Reich, and the Fuhrer of the Germanic peoples delivered on all my promises.

BB: So, Mr. Hitler, you are maintaining that more than anything else, American weakness, lack of resolve and our soft sensibilities were the tools for German victory?

AH: Ja! That and the superior ideology of National Socialism over Capitalism and Bolshevism! I have singlehandedly eradicated European Jewry, Bolshevism and so weakened the Western powers that my Third Reich will indeed be a "Thousand Year Reich!"

End of interview.

In this reporter's opinion Mr. Hitler was an honest, albeit, full of himself, interviewee. Hitler clearly and honestly described how he was at the end of his rope until the leaking of the American atomic weapons program and the subsequent ending of the program, coupled with Leftist politicos seizing the offensive in the Congress and forcing a timeline for withdrawal. The forcing of said timeline only strengthened our enemies. Hitler saw a chance and staged his brilliant counter stroke, Wacht am Rhine, which then split the Allied armies and planted the seeds to end the Allied cooperation. Hitler was then able to marshal his forces onto his Eastern threat - the Bolsheviks. He held them off until he dropped the atomic bombs and the Russians capitulated.

The world is now a vastly different place. How long will the United States remain free, as long as Hitler's Third Reich stretches from the Bay of Biscay to the Volga; from the North Sea to the northern shore of the African Continent? With the US now standing alone in the world, do we have long to remain free?

Questions must be asked of our nation. How far are we willing to go to protect American Jews from Hitler's desires? If Hitler had the ability to drop atomic weapons on the US, would he do so, if for no other reason than to rid the globe of Jews? As the only Jews left on Earth are Americans, how much resolve will we demonstrate? What price are we willing to pay to protect such a small portion of our citizens? Perhaps deportation to Europe for Hitler's whim? Or will we develop the resolve to do whatever it takes to defeat despotism? Based on the recent history, that question goes unanswered.

Maybe with the closing of the darkest period of the world, the 1940's, perhaps the 1950's will show some American backbone, and perhaps a new dawn will open bright. If not, in listening to the war of philosophy presently being waged in the United States, if history is our guide, we may soon all be National Socialists.

Author's Note: This was a totally fictitious "what if" scenario. I was applying today's American political sensibilities to recent historical events to demonstrate how slightly different actions, and their timing, may have a profound effect on the future. And while this was pure fiction, that does not mean that it could not have happened if events had played out as I fictionalized them. Lastly, my mention of Nazi's and National Socialism IS NOT in any way an endorsement of Hitler, his ideology or his prosecution of the war. Any mention of the elimination of Jews was entirely for demonstrative purposes, and in no way reflects the feeling of this author.