makes diplomatic decisions at four in the morning iscertainly a cause for action. The fact must be brought forth of the human casualtiessuffered in Russia by the government and the military. Individuals did not enjoy freedomto think for themselves in Russia, and if a Russian decided to speak out or question authority, he would be killed with no remorse. The fact of the matter is that manymillions of Russian citizens were being massacred by their own government. Thatcertainly is a large reason for concern. Any alternative scenarios to avoid any Cold Warconflicts would have to of ended with these atrocities. The United States could not havenegotiated for Russia to cease these actions, so even though America could have reactedbetter to some events during and after the war, Russia still would not have been easy todeal with when it came to their own country, not to mention Eastern Europe. The Cold War was more than likely inevitable, but it probably could havetranspired more peacefully and definitely not on such a grand level. Someone that crazyas Stalin was and consequences so heavy as letting Russia into Eastern Europe could notbe ignored, and the Americans had every right to stop the advancement of Russia intoPoland. The Polish would not want to suffer those horrendous acts of oppression, and ifthe United States wanted to be the policeman of the world and stop these human rightsviolations, then Russia is the perfect place to start. The United States certainly did notalways act brilliantly, and indeed they caused plenty of their own problems by a lack ofgood communication, but Russia was just as much to blame for the tensions throughoutthe world during the origins of the Cold War in the late 1940’s to early 50’s. ...
