The member countries were not communist by choice citizens of those countries did oppsed the regimes installed by soviets. as every one know the communist idology controled all aspects of life. so people who lived under communism were in fact eslaved against their own will

i think your a missing the point here .its true that wwi was still fresh memory but westen powers such as Britain or France had noillusions especially after anexation of Czechslovakia by Hitler.

<t>i didnt post any articles. and yes warsaw Pact had only been created to conter Nato. But would that be necessery if Western Powers kept their word and didnt puss out at the beginning of the WW2.? Lets back track for a minute. On the eve of invasion of Poland Germany had 16 divisions defanding ...

Lets debate. i dont know where are u going with this, but i think there is more to regret than be thankful for.

There is no question that Russians fought the war of life and death. They did win and yes the drove Nazis from those 11 countries as a citizon of one of them i can assure you that Ruskies didnt liberate they eslaved them.

Lets not forget about cruelty of Japs not only to POW but to civilian population of occupied teritorries. I think the you cant ask to justify the actions at this point it was necessity and it did end the war in the Pacific plus aftermath of Hiroshima was that the US has gained an ally in Japan.

I think it is really a complete stupidity to compere the Bushes and Hitler considereing that Hitler was a dictator and mass killer who started WWII. Those who know history should be either lughing or be insulted to the comparison.