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> Post-war Europe is a result of the Marshall Plan. In today’s dollars, the Plan invested close to $130 billion in Europe to help rebuild infrastructure, restor

> Post-war Europe is a result of the Marshall Plan. In today’s dollars, the Plan invested close to $130 billion in Europe to help rebuild infrastructure, restore production, and generally support economic development. To "rebuild", is not the right word, the intention was to build the EU and open up the market and borders for US goods, including military bases to further push away the Soviets There was a lot of US propaganda during that time Some interesting links: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/25/usa.secondworldwar https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/25/usa.secondworl... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYVhn5_ADUA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYVhn5_ADUA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Coal_and_Steel_Community https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Coal_and_Steel_Commun...

EA-3167 3y ago
> To "rebuild", is not the right word, the intention was to build the EU and open up the market and borders for US goods, including military bases to further push away the Soviets ...And that was a bad thing? Look at what countries subsumed by the Soviets had to go through, and Russia is no better. You can quibble about the specific motivations, but the result of US involvement has been a stable, rich Western Europe and a rapidly improving Eastern and Central Europe.
- WhereIsTheTruth 3y ago
  > ...And that was a bad thing? I never said it was a good or a bad thing, I'm just trying to be correct and not just rehash the propaganda > Look at what countries subsumed by the Soviets had to go through, and Russia is no better. I do not deny it, you just have to talk to Polish people to understand what they had to go through, it's not pretty.. > You can quibble about the specific motivations, but the result of US involvement has been a stable, rich Western Europe and a rapidly improving Eastern and Central Europe. I agree with you, the overall result is a net positive for everyone involved More so for the US

EA-3167 3y ago

> To "rebuild", is not the right word, the intention was to build the EU and open up the market and borders for US goods, including military bases to further push away the Soviets ...And that was a bad thing? Look at what countries subsumed by the Soviets had to go through, and Russia is no better. You can quibble about the specific motivations, but the result of US involvement has been a stable, rich Western Europe and a rapidly improving Eastern and Central Europe.

WhereIsTheTruth 3y ago
> ...And that was a bad thing? I never said it was a good or a bad thing, I'm just trying to be correct and not just rehash the propaganda > Look at what countries subsumed by the Soviets had to go through, and Russia is no better. I do not deny it, you just have to talk to Polish people to understand what they had to go through, it's not pretty.. > You can quibble about the specific motivations, but the result of US involvement has been a stable, rich Western Europe and a rapidly improving Eastern and Central Europe. I agree with you, the overall result is a net positive for everyone involved More so for the US