What is wrong with this article? Well, its basic premise that the Soviet Union in particular and Communism in general wasn’t that bad (or even was acceptable or good). The article calls the Soviets friends: “Looking back, the U.S. under Truman began the policy of turning enemies (Germany, Japan) into friends and friends (the important war-time alliance with the USSR) into enemies.” The Soviet Union was a barbaric totalitarian regime that killed more people than the Nazis. At most, during WWII, The Soviet Union was an ally of convenience. Calling the Soviets “friends” shows that the author lacks a moral compass.
The author criticizes the idea that the two totalitarian regimes should be pitted against each other: “Harry Truman, infamously declared as a senator in 1940 in response to Operation Barbarossa that “If we see that Germany is winning, we ought to help Russia and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany and that way let them kill as many as possible.” This showed what little regard he had for the Russian and other Soviet people—which became more evident when he became president.” Every freedom-loving person should regret that this didn’t actually happen.
The author opposes helping South Korea against the Northern invasion and preventing Socialists and Communists from winning elections in Western Europe: “During his tenure in the White House, the U.S. helped rebuild the industrial capacity of Western Europe (in large part to prevent communists and socialists from winning elections), but he also launched a war on North Korea, destroying virtually every structure in the country through bombing, including incendiary and napalm weapons.”
The author says: “He initiated the Cold War, massively escalated the military budget, organized NATO, and used atomic weapons on civilian populations in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in large part to block the allied Soviets from gaining territory in Japan in the last days of the war.”
I mean, seriously, it sounds like pure Commie propaganda. He believes that the Communist expansion after WWII shouldn’t have been resisted by the US. Why should I believe what he says about the Ukrainians?
Ditto.
“He initiated the Cold War, massively escalated the military budget, organized NATO, and used atomic weapons on civilian populations in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in large part to block the allied Soviets from gaining territory in Japan in the last days of the war.”
Yes, the author is an idiot.
It’s a proven fact that both Hiroshima and Nagasaki were legitimate military targets.
For example, Hiroshima contained the 2nd Army Headquarters, which commanded the defense of all of southern Japan. The city was a communications center, a storage point, and an assembly area for troops.
Nagasaki on the other hand was one of the largest sea ports in southern Japan, and had many varied industries, including the production of ordnance, ships, military equipment, and other war materials.