[Disestablishmentarian]

At the end of WW2 the US needed cannon fodder to stand between us and Joseph Stalin's Red Army. So, we created the Breton Woods System.

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Fascinating comment.

According to Luttwak (Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace), the front line (mostly U.S. & U.K.) facing the USSR was intended to hold just long enough (a few days?) to allow tactical nukes to be deployed by America, but not long enough for the Euros to surrender.

[LonePalm]

After the first Gulf War there were a LOT of Soviet Army officers glad they never had to face Germans, on the defensive, in their own country, while armed with American weapons.

The professionals knew that their hardware wasn't as good as ours, that their troops weren't trained as well, and wouldn't as motivated.

WWG1WGA

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(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
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