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To: rmlew
American trading and investment firms were heavily invested with both sides in World War 1...These pro-Central Power financial interests supported revolutionary movements against the British (IRA..., Jihad) and Russia (Bolsheviks)...

My point was that the Bolsheviks were supported by the US and European governments and you just confirmed it. They were to continue to receive that support between WWI and WWII, during WWII, and during the Cold War. If the Communists didn't receive that support at anytime during those years they would have folded like a cheap suit.

39 posted on 02/15/2014 6:15:43 PM PST by Count of Monte Fisto (The foundation of modern society is the denial of reality.)
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To: Count of Monte Fisto

It is far more complex. Remember that the US, Britain, and Japan all intervened in the Russian Civil War ostensibly to protect war materials from the Reds, who were deemed pro-German.
World War 2 was even more complex. For 18 months the Axis and the USSR were functionally allied, until June 1941. Aid was provided because Hitler was deemed the greater threat. Churchill made it clear, comparing Stalin to the Devil. The story was different in the FDR administration, which was rife with communists.


40 posted on 02/16/2014 1:04:22 PM PST by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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