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To: haqihana who wrote (84307)7/28/2000 2:12:48 AM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 108807
 
I would agree that Yalta was probably mishandled, but I don't think that an invasion of the Soviet Union was much of an alternative. They had a bit of an army mustered as well, and while we could probably have defeated them, it would have been a hugely costly war, and could easily have dragged on for years. Russia is not the easiest country on earth to invade, as a chap named Adolf had just learned. And I doubt that the average American would have sat still for the news that we felt in necessary to expend the lives a few tens of thousands more of their sons in a war against a former ally, to whom we'd been shipping arms only months before.



To: haqihana who wrote (84307)7/28/2000 9:03:29 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 108807
 
It is possible that we could have gotten a better deal at Yalta, and it is disconcerting to see photos of Alger Hiss at FDRs right arm, or to notice how ill FDR looked. However, I believe that Yalta was ultimately irrelevant. Stalin was supposedly committed to free elections at the earliest opportunity. He reneged. The facts on the ground made it impossible for us to do much about it..........


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