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Entry: The Good War Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_good_war#20500 Post contents: Many here have commented on how the Allies sold out Eastern Europe. This is true. If, however, we had left Hitler and Stalin to themselves, the tyranny of one or the other probably would stretched to the Atlantic seaboard. As it is, the Soviet tyranny was checked at East Germany. That is a net gain. In the East, China was betrayed to the Communists -- *after* the war. That was a distinct act of betrayal, not our stated goal. Southeast Asia (for awhile), Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Japan itself all were added to the non-totalitarian side of the scales on account of Allied intervention. In both theaters, the Soviets/ Communists advanced but the zone of totalitraian imperialism as a whole retreated. Sent at: 2008 11 23