| Rath said: Wait, you're trying to claim that America, one of the most introverted countries in the world, gave a damn about Europe during the Cold War? The entire war was because America saw the Soviets as a threat to their status as the worlds most powerful country which is why they wanted them to not get more powerful, hence MAD. Lets face it, America hardly rushed to help the Allies in either WWI or WWII, you can hardly claim they owe you a debt. |
Actually, America was quietly providing arms and money to the allies before entering in both World Wars. Additionally, American and Soviet involvement in WWII was absolutely critical in the end result. Without one of those two, the war would have lasted much longer, and may even have resulted in victory for the Nazis, and certainly for the Japanese.
In addition, in the Cold War, the people of Eastern Europe all wanted freedom, and they got it courtesy of the US. Everytime some Eastern Europe nation gets into any sort of diplomatic row with the Russians today, we back the Eastern Europeans which, in my opinion, is to our detriment, as we've more to gain from co-operating with Moscow than we do Vilnius or Warsaw.
Do they owe us a debt? No. But we shouldn't have a pro-Eastern Europe foreign policy when this is the prevailing attitude, as it's detrimental to our interests.
