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[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I'm pretty sure the largest consideration was keeping the Soviets from claiming land in Asia the same way they did in Europe.

Also, we had this shiny new toy and a war was on; we weren't going to not use it.