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To: hinckley buzzard
The error of Yalta (just like in the case of Nuremburg) the Western allies wanted to create some sort of world order for peace after WW2 to avoid the mistakes of the past so they legitimized what in reality is the age old concept of "right by conquest" into some sort of pseudo-political frame work.

If Yalta did not happen - the Soviets would still have occupied what they occupied but there would have been no legitimacy to their holdings. I don't think it would have changed a thing in the long run but it would not have soiled "our" hands.

I repeat again because I bet most Americans don't remember or know this fact that except for Poland all the Eastern European nations that fell under Soviet occupation were allies with the Nazis.

No American was going to die to save former Nazi allied nations from the (what I am sure most Americans considered the rightful) wrath of the Soviets.

156 posted on 05/08/2005 10:36:47 AM PDT by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting johnathangaltfilms.com and jihadwatch.org)
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To: Destro
No American was going to die to save former Nazi allied nations from the (what I am sure most Americans considered the rightful) wrath of the Soviets.

Well, and in addition, most Americans I would say, perceived the Soviets as present allies, not future adversaries. I believe Churchill cringed at what was coming but FDR posed as the supreme strategist who had "Uncle Joe" well in hand.

192 posted on 05/08/2005 11:19:34 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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