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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (88735)	4/1/2003 11:39:35 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

We had every right to do so, protecting our own strategic interests after having done the heavy- lifting in saving Europe from its follies in allowing Fascism, especially, Nazism, to run rampant. As the victor, we had the right to occupy Italy for an indefinite length of time, until we were satisfied that it would be politically moderate and not constitute a threat to its neighbors. The Soviets promised elections in Eastern Europe, and either failed to follow through, or rigged the elections, so that, within short order, all of the countries it occupied were dictatorships allied to it. It is totally unknown what the Soviets might have done in Western Europe without our help. At the end of the war, for example, France was on the verge of civil war, because of hostility between collaborationists and the Resistance. Such instability might easily have led to a coup d'etat. Germany, of course, was a shambles. If we had left immediately after the war, the Soviets could easily have advanced upon the entire country, with the help of indigenous sympathizers. Really, the situation was terrible, and ripe for exploitation. Who was in a position to challenge Russia, except the United States?