@SW-User because it Was a state called mandatory Palestine. Kinda hard to have leaders when your under the thumb of another countries rule. America Was the same when under Britain's rule. Maybe I am stupid but better than suporting Israels mis treatment of Palestine by claiming it isn't a state and turning a blind eye to said treatment.
That's true though Churchill realized from early on the dangers of Communist expansion and what they would do after the war in Europe. FDR preferred to focus on winning the war and not think about the obvious post war problems. It turned out that it ended up that Truman had to deal with the Soviets.
This is not revelation. The US had to rely on Stalin's help to defeat the Nazis. Allies aren't necessarily friends. Roosevelt and his administration fed the moniker to the Western press in an effort to soften the image of Stalin in order to help make the medicine of and alliance with Russia palatable.
Neither moniker seems to have any bearing on the other.
Hitler thought at some point England and America would understand Stalin was the real enemy and help Germany. Churchill and Roosevelt never trusted Stalin.
And Stalin had a paid agent, Alger Hiss, serving as an assistant Secretary of State. Hiss organized the Yalta conference which allowed Stalin to enslave Eastern Europe. The Verona Intercepts, which became public after the Berlin Wall came down proves this.
One thing that is interesting in is declassified docs from the CIA stated that they knew as early as the 30s the claims they were making that Stalin was a dictator strong man were bullshit but useful for propaganda. Their own documents state that even under Stalin the governance of the USSR was collective rule.
@Loopysoutherner Actually Stalin killed and sent more people to camps than Hitler did, Stalin was just on the winning side is all.
General George S Patton wanted to keep driving past Germany and into Russia to remove Stalin and that evil. He was relieved of command of the third Army and died in a mysterious unexplained accident! Hmmm Evil Set it up and made it happen.
