Truman Doctrine
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- AFTER WORLD WAR TWO...PRESENTING TRUMAN & STALIN
- Now we want you to let them all hold elections.
- Now, it's time to establish the New World Order. Stalin, you're in charge of Eastern Europe.
- Oh, yes, of course, Truman. Elections.
- And these elections will be free and fair, right?
- Oh, yes, Certainly! Free and fair! Definitely free and fair.
- If that's not free and fair, I don't know what is!
- Communist, Communist, Communist, Communist, Communist.
- Throughout Eastern Europe, Soviet puppet governments were established as a buffer zone between the USSR and the West, with Churchill proclaiming an iron Curtain had descended across the continent. The relationship between the old Allies was deteriorating fast.
- Over the next few years the British intervened in the Greek Civil War to prevent a communist takeover. In Turkey, the Russians began demanding more control of Turkey's sea access routes, which prompted the US to send their largest battleship to Turkey for a "friendly" visit.
- After World War II, Iran was now occupied by both the Soviets and the British, with an agreement to both pull out once the war was over. The British pull out; Stalin was like:
- You know what, I think I might stick around.
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