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The greatest trick the United States ever pulled was convincing the countries in its sphere of influence that they were allies on equal footing.
They probably didn’t need much convincing given they really needed American money.
*Guns not money, they needed time to recover before Russia did a Russia again and invaded it’s neighbours.