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A lot of our allies in the Cold War were former Axis powers, not to mention some fishy ex-neutrals (Spain, etc.). I don’t think they really liked the US as muc
by pyuser583 7y ago
A lot of our allies in the Cold War were former Axis powers, not to mention some fishy ex-neutrals (Spain, etc.).
I don’t think they really liked the US as much as our interests were aligned and we had a gun to their heads.
Did they “like us”? It didn’t really matter.
- oblio 7y agoFrance and the UK were, depending on how you count them, still the #3 and #4 economies in the world at that time. Ravaged by war, but still backed (though not as solidly) by colonial empires or at least neo-colonial institutions (Commonwealth, Francophonie). Who did the Soviets have, that was worthy of being mentioned as an ally? China? That was about it. And fear of Communism was much higher than fear of the US. Therefore making a lot of countries natural American allies.
- pyuser583 7y ago“China? That’s about it.” China is freaking massive. Both in terms of geography and population. Russia + China is enough to vastly outnumber and “outgun” the US. I don’t think we’re really disagreeing on much. My original comment was pretty nitpicky.