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"I get the feeling the author has no comprehension about the limitations of negotiating power Roosevelt had at Yalta."

Limitations of negotiating power? If I recall correctly, in WWII Remington was making rifles for the Russians. Also, I remember hearing that the U.S. was suppling Russia with practically all of its food.

"Russian troops occupied half of Poland, what the heck was the USA supposed to do, start a war to force them out?"

YES.

"What concession would the author hope for to make his goal happen, give away West Germany perhaps?"

Concession? Who the hell needed to give any concessions to the Russians. A small country about the size of Wisconsin kicked Russia's rear all the way to Moscow. The only thing that stopped Germany was Russia's bad winter during the time of the attack and Germany's putzing around with the issue.

"Ridiculous to second judge Yalta in hindsight without some consideration of the situation..."

Do I have to remind you that Joe Stalin butchered more human beings that two Hitler's? Russia also was one of the original invaders of Poland with Germany in 1939. FDR sold out Eastern Europe. As far as I'm concerned, he is complicit with the forty plus years of misery, death and deprivation of millions of people who did nothing wrong.

I could not agree more. Today in Hungary the people thank America for 60 years of Stalinist terror and death. The Arsenal of Democracy “gave” Hungary and other central European states to their Uncle Joe.

US troops were NOT going to fight against the Russians for Poland. It just wasn’t going to happen. They’d been pegged as allies for the prior 4 years!

The only stick the US had against the Russians was Lend Lease , but that had to continue at least until the 90 days after VE day that Stalin had promised to join in the war against Japan - which saved lots of American soldiers lives as the Japanese might not necessarily have quit after the A bombs.

Going to war over the Poles was just not going to happen.