lend lease was so fucking based
>>18458366Kuomintang was propped up by Soviets first though after the fall of the monarchy, funnily enough.
Was America ever involved in the opium trade like Britain was?When did British involvement in the opium trade stop?
I wish we still recognized the ROC
>>18459458America was involved in fighting the second opium war
>>18459458Getting assblasted over opium is just anti-Scottish racism arguing to the contrary is pointless
>>18458366Now if only Cash My Check didn’t fucking embezzle all that money
how come americunts didn't kill communism in its cradle?
>>18458366>struggling victoriously toward democracy China was a military dictatorship under Chiang Kai Shek lol
>>18460073Same. Fuck the CCP
>>18461115Every nation needs to be autocratic until it's stable. Give me one successful democratic developing nation under duress. RoC eventually did become a democracy.
>>18460483The white army they were supporting was incompetent. The reds were much more disciplined and organized
>>18460483Americans were supportive of the efforts to combat the communists during the Russian Civil War, but it didn't pan out. Americans didn't want to get dragged into a European affair, so didn't over commit to it. Later, the way WW2 shook out ended up with Americans supporting the communists in Russia, because by the time the US became involved, Hitler had declared war on them, which made them an ally of opportunity and circumstance. Americans tend to be opportunistic, and will happily ally with people who were previously their enemy if it brings them some immediate advantage.The Americans weren't inclined to like the communists, but the Nazis declared war on them, and were already at war with American allies, so that meant supporting the communists supported America's actual allies in the war effort, if only by distracting the bulk of the Nazis resources with a costly war in the east.
