[thisiskubrick]

If we had persued this doctrine after WWII there would have been NO Cold War, and all it's permutations like Korea, Vietnam etc.

I agree! It would have kept WWII going for another 50 years.

[Psalm 73]

after WWII

Perhaps you are unfamiliar with the word AFTER?

[Celtman]

I agree! It would have kept WWII going for another 50 years.

      Actually, our mistake in WWII was in following the demented "our enemies' enemy is our friend" doctrine.  We armed Russia.  American forces could have occupied Berlin, but were ordered not to.  We gave eastern Europe to Russia at Potsdam.  In other words, American policy enabled the Cold War. 
      What concerns me today is that we still seem to think that "our enemies' enemy is our friend."

[rightofrush]

I agree! It would have kept WWII going for another 50 years.

Make that one or two years if Patton had been given his head and not died (killed?) in an "accident".

Face it: Stalin's takeover of eastern europe was a done deal with the commie-loving FDR crew.