[JAWs]

Leaving aside conspiracy theories, I merely approach this from the view that it would have been better for the world to have both hostiles exhust themselves rather than one clear victor dictating terms.

[Aurelius]

Yes. And had allied leaders played their cards right, they could have manipulated the same situation between the Nazis and the Soviets in the 30's. Harry Truman is supposed to have said, concerning such a missed opportunity, "...and we would have aided whichever side was losing at the moment".