On July 28, 1943, in one of his famous fireside chats, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt told his fellow citizens: "The world has never seen greater devotion, determination and self-sacrifice than have been displayed by the Russian people and their armies this country of ours should always be glad to be a good neighbor and a sincere friend in the world of the future." What has stymied this sincere wish of the 32nd president?
Washington Times: Russia and the US 70 years after Allied victory in WWII
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (C) speaks during a wreath laying ceremony at the WWII memorial for Soviet soldiers, called the Slavin, during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of Bratislava's liberation from the Nazis by the Red Army.
