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They feared a bloody conflict with Arab countries that might draw in the US, risking Cold War escalation with the Soviets.

By 1945, about 24 million Russians and other Soviets had been slaughtered in the war with Germany.

"The West tore down the Berlin Wall together. And it has been rebuilt - not by the Soviets or the Russians, but by the German establishment," he wrote on X.

FBI agent Richard Miller acknowledged his secret dealings with the Soviets, but claimed he did so to infiltrate Soviet intelligence and redeem his career.

Even if it wasn't crawling with commies, it was considered weak and useless in the fight against the Soviets with its diplomacy, treaties and whatnot.