[Southack]

"Yes, we in Europe are so glad of America's frequent disinterested intervention and for raising us all on to a much higher moral plane than that occupied by our antiquated political and religious systems."

Perhaps you'd prefer that the U.S. simply left you to your own devices.

But tell me, how precisely would that have worked out for you circa 1944?

[Wessex]

"Perhaps you'd prefer that the U.S. simply left you to your own devices.
But tell me, how precisely would that have worked out for you circa 1944?"


Hmmm .... I had the impression Russia did most of the work ... and got most of the rewards, including Poland. But US commercial interests did alright too, as usual.