The funny thing about the iron curtain is that NATO started it and pretended in hindsight it was the USSR's idea. Churchill gave his "iron curtain" speech in 1946. Stalin replied to it.
Question: How do you appraise Mr. Churchill’s latest speech in the United States of America?
Answer: I appraise it as a dangerous act, calculated to sow the seeds of dissension among the Allied States and impede their collaboration.
Question: Can it be considered that Mr. Churchill’s speech is prejudicial to the cause of peace and security?
Answer: Yes, unquestionably. As a matter of fact, Mr. Churchill now takes the stand of the warmongers, and in this Mr. Churchill is not alone. He has friends not only in Britain but in the United States of America as well.
[. . .] later in the interview
Mr. Churchill would like Poland to be administered by Sosnkowski and Anders, Yugoslavia by Mikhailovich and Pavelich, Rumania by Prince Stirbey and Radescu, Hungary and Austria by some King of the House of Hapsburg, and so on. Mr. Churchill wants to assure us that these gentlemen from the Fascist backyard can ensure true democracy. Such is the “democracy” of Mr. Churchill.
NATO formed 6 years before the warsaw pact in 1949. They rejected the USSR joining NATO for collective security in 1954. They let West Germany in 1955 only 10 years after the holocaust, when chancellor Adenauer laughably declared that denazification was complete. The US was already couping countries for being too close to the USSR or trying to develop independently of the imperial core as early as 1953 (Mossadegh) and 1954 (Arbenz).
There you have it. Who is really responsible for the erection of the so-called "iron curtain?" Who is really responsible for the divisions that caused the cold war? not the USSR, and not stalin
The funny thing about the iron curtain is that NATO started it and pretended in hindsight it was the USSR's idea. Churchill gave his "iron curtain" speech in 1946. Stalin replied to it.
NATO formed 6 years before the warsaw pact in 1949. They rejected the USSR joining NATO for collective security in 1954. They let West Germany in 1955 only 10 years after the holocaust, when chancellor Adenauer laughably declared that denazification was complete. The US was already couping countries for being too close to the USSR or trying to develop independently of the imperial core as early as 1953 (Mossadegh) and 1954 (Arbenz).
There you have it. Who is really responsible for the erection of the so-called "iron curtain?" Who is really responsible for the divisions that caused the cold war?
not the USSR, and not stalin