[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.

[contemplator]

There's a lot of people who thought we should have let Patton have his way. Appeasing Russia brought about peace, but the price was extremely high.