https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2011/10/01/alternative-history/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 03:47:33 -0400<![CDATA[Whenever anyone argues that &#8220;it was Stalin who defeated Hitler&#8221;, I always counter by observing that by the end of 1945, America alone would have had nuclear weapons and strategic delivery systems while neither the Third Reich nor the Soviet Union would have anything besides millions of soldiers with rifles and flea-ridden overcoats. That assertion, of course, proves nothing. Nobody knows how history would have turned out given different decisions. We only know how it actually turned out. God is funny in that way. He only tells us what He decided. We are never told what other options He was considering.]]>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:47:01 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2011/10/01/alternative-history-n190992