Sending Russians a message might have been
a worthwile thing too. Millions would have been lost in invading Japan. Tens of millions would have been lost in a war between Russia and Allies.Or would you rather cede more countries to Russia? Greece was a prime candidate. How about Iran? Not sure if Turkey was in the plans too.And in all those places, Stalin would have been killing by millions (oh, that word again! "One death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic." I. V. Stalin).