So all of Europe, and maybe even the US, should be defending communism right?
If not for the Communists in Russia putting up a harsh defense against Germany and eventually beating them all the way back to Berlin, WW2 would have been an entirely different animal, and Germany probably would have won, or at least put up considerable more resistance.
The same applies in WW1 as well. Russia took pressure off the Western Front and saved France from falling.
So, by your argument, since Communism saved Europe from the Germans, all of Europe has needed to defend Communism rather than be afraid of it those 50 years.
