Comments by "craxd1" (@craxd1) on "" video.
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It has always been about keeping the Russian Bear in the north, which goes back farther than US involvement. After 1910, Germany also comes into play there. The Lion versus the Bear, and the Great Game.
However, one could say that the US became involved in the East during the Opium days, but became really interested after 1910 over oil.
The truth of the matter, about a certain people, is that the US was rather glad to be shot of them, as they were causing a lot of turmoil and trouble in places such as Brooklyn, and it was over the politics that some of the immigrants had brought with them from Eastern Europe. Not all of them, mind you, but there was a certain percentage that caused the trouble, and they were who Trotsky was affiliated with. It's why he was staying in New York, before travelling on to St. Petersburg, to meet Lenin.
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