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<blockquote data-quote="Dragongirl" data-source="post: 405975" data-attributes="member: 6178">I don't think asking modern day Poles this would come up with much.&nbsp; There were many Poles that helped or were glad to get rid of their Jewish neighbors.&nbsp; It's unfortunate that Europe has never been able to get along with anyone that is &quot;different&quot; than themselves even to modern times (Switzerland was taking children away from &quot;gypsy&quot; families as late as the 1980s, and of course the Balkan people still can't get along).To get back on topic, I don't think extending Soviet domination into Greece, Yugoslavia and all of Austria would have neccessarily extended that regime's lifespan.&nbsp; None of those areas would have added much to Soviet strength (no offense to anyone from those areas). One thing you could do is have the Soviets crush Afghan resistance and while the US was involved in the Gulf War have them invade Iran for it's oil reserves.&nbsp; I would suggest having the US take over all of Iraq and have the Iraq/Iran border turn into another area like that dividing East and West Europe.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dragongirl, post: 405975, member: 6178"] I don't think asking modern day Poles this would come up with much. There were many Poles that helped or were glad to get rid of their Jewish neighbors. It's unfortunate that Europe has never been able to get along with anyone that is "different" than themselves even to modern times (Switzerland was taking children away from "gypsy" families as late as the 1980s, and of course the Balkan people still can't get along). To get back on topic, I don't think extending Soviet domination into Greece, Yugoslavia and all of Austria would have neccessarily extended that regime's lifespan. None of those areas would have added much to Soviet strength (no offense to anyone from those areas). One thing you could do is have the Soviets crush Afghan resistance and while the US was involved in the Gulf War have them invade Iran for it's oil reserves. I would suggest having the US take over all of Iraq and have the Iraq/Iran border turn into another area like that dividing East and West Europe. [/QUOTE]

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