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To: Spytrdr who wrote (36349)	8/7/2002 5:33:03 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) of 281500

I'm sorry, but do you have an actual point you are trying to make? If so, showing me photos of FDR, Churchill and Stalin at what, Yalta?, doesn't tell me much. Are you aware of any thoughtful analysis as to whether the US and Great Britain could have forced the Soviet Union out of Eastern Europe? Because I am not. My perception of Yalta is that it was a quid pro quo. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Hitler invaded the Soviet Union AFTER conquering France and the rest of Europe (save the British). The Soviets did not expect it. After all, they had signed a non-aggression pact. Stalin was very much taken by surprise. A day or so before the attack, a couple of German defectors tried to warn the Soviets, and Stalin had them shot. After the Germans killed a few million Soviets, they got their act together and started their own offensive, which ended in Berlin. The only question in my mind is whether we could have kept the Soviets out of Berlin. Patton thought we could. But if you are suggesting that the US and our allies should have turned on the Soviets after they helped us conquer the Wehrmacht, you'll have to do better than show me old photos.

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