I expect you imagine that the mass-murder of millions of civilians was just an innocent by-product of this "noble" desireLast time I checked, one of our allies was the communist regime in the Soviet Union, one of the most murderous governments ever conceived by humankind.
Just the state-sponsored famines and quota-killing pogroms by Stalin may have killed dozens of millions of people.
Nevertheless, Stalinist Russia was America's ally during WW2.
Who was worse, Hitler or Stalin?
"Last time I checked, one of our allies was the communist regime in the Soviet Union, one of the most murderous governments ever conceived by humankind."
Yup, stalin's purge killed around 20 million russians and nazis killed about 10-12 million in concentration camps. stalin wins the body count if battle casualties are not included. However, i believe the nazis killed about 25 million russians alone when they invaded russia.