A fantastic example of the kind of "support" you can expect from the US. Everything that was given away actually came with a price tag and the receiving countries had to pay it all back, with interest. Even after America dismantled the USSR, they still expected Russia to pick up the tab (and it did, repaying the debt in 2006).
Imagine it: you're literally fighting a world war against literally the Nazis, and the most assistance that America can give you is a fuckin loan. And as thank you for saving the world against the literal Nazis, the US graciously holds this debt over your head for decades to come. Your wartorn country that suffered immeasurable loss of life and immense infrastructural damage is now obligated to pay the country that did not.
A fantastic example of the kind of "support" you can expect from the US. Everything that was given away actually came with a price tag and the receiving countries had to pay it all back, with interest. Even after America dismantled the USSR, they still expected Russia to pick up the tab (and it did, repaying the debt in 2006).
Imagine it: you're literally fighting a world war against literally the Nazis, and the most assistance that America can give you is a fuckin loan. And as thank you for saving the world against the literal Nazis, the US graciously holds this debt over your head for decades to come. Your wartorn country that suffered immeasurable loss of life and immense infrastructural damage is now obligated to pay the country that did not.
It's the American Way
ya know just like Amway