I guess my question is who gave the Americans the right? I say this as an American. But would not the world be a better place if we just minded our own business and quit nation building and stoking non existant fires?

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    It was either surrender to Soviet Union (legendary dicks) or ally with Nazis (had no reason to stay and conquer us). We picked the lesser evil.

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        If the lesser evil would’ve been Soviet Union, we would’ve been a) communists and b) not independent anymore.

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          You famously lost the war, and you’re still an independent nation. Finland obtained independence in 1917 because of the communists, namely the Bolshevik constitution, allowing for the first time in human history the right of self-determination and secession. If it hadn’t been for the communist you’d be a province of Russia.

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            a large part of finland is a province of russia. Karelia belongs the the finns.

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              Have you asked Karelians what they think of that? Or are you arguing purely from nationalist beliefs?