Originally Posted by
GlobalNav
I hope I’m not the only one who believes it would have been a bad idea to threaten the use of nuclear weapons after the end of WW2. I accept their potential use in retaliation of aggression against the US and its in accordance with signed treaties, for intended purpose of deterrence.
The Russians/Soviets were offered participation in the Marshall Plan, and they turned it down. As it turns out, the Molotov Plan didn't work out quite as well. Comecon was so successful that ... wait, no it wasn't.