I would have told him it's possible to object to both nazism and communism at the same time. Especially since they're just different variations of the same basic totalitarian model. In fact I would have told him it's hypocritical to object to one and not the other.
The west stood against nazism first because it was the more immediate threat. It's not more complicated than that.
Are you proposing the nazis were the good guys in WW2?
I would have told him it's possible to object to both nazism and communism at the same time. Especially since they're just different variations of the same basic totalitarian model. In fact I would have told him it's hypocritical to object to one and not the other.
The west stood against nazism first because it was the more immediate threat. It's not more complicated than that.