[camle]

somehow they're all gonna end up blaming the USA for the soviet occupation not caring one whit that it was the USA that was instrumental in ENDING it.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

somehow they're all gonna end up blaming the USA for the soviet occupation

I haven't gotten that buzz from Eastern Europeans, just the opposite, actually.

[inquest]

Lithuania's not usually part of the "blame America for everything" crowd. They have perfectly legitimate reasons to be less-than-enthusiastic over the U.S.S.R.'s victory.

[don'tbedenied]

I think the reality is a lot more complex than that. These countries really got pimped at the end WWII. Roosevelt and Truman screwed the pooch and left all of Eastern Europe in the Soviet Gulag. It was the Soviet's fault, they know this, they also know they the US didn't do much to help them. In any event the USA is generally very popular in the Baltics and Eastern Europe. Our hearts were in the right place and they know that too.

[wideawake]

You're wrong about the Lithuanians.

They love the US.

[NCCarrs]

studied there => they've no love for USSR

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

Well, maybe. But the U.S. of A could have easilty ended it before it even started. What we did to Finland was immoral in the extreme, yet the Finnish remain staunch supporters of the U.S.

Leave us not forget the invasion of Hungary in '48 which could have been prevented if the president hadn't dithered about recognizing the non-communist government.