Originally Posted by jorgeI
Originally Posted by Bristoe
In fact,..American assistance in WW2 created the Soviet Union,..and by extension, Maoist China.

Wrong on both counts. Both entities were in existence. Now had you said enabled or ensured their survival, we might have common ground there..


Mao took control of Communist China in 1949. The Soviet Union didn't exist in its cold war form until it claimed territory post WW2.