Comment Re: If Russia can, they would... (Score 1) 143
No need to be conflictual, I was talking about boots on the ground. Don't you agree that the USSR would have eventually conquered/liberated European countries occupied by Germany, even without US military presence? With the financial support of the US, nonetheless with soviet boots on the ground.
The preference to be liberated by the US which I was referring to was not limited to Germany. For example I remember reading the autobiography of someone from Budapest who mentioned it. The German fear of retribution which you mention is real, but it is not the whole picture.