The Culprit of The Cold War

So far after what we have seen and discussed in class, I believe that both the U.S.S.R and the U.S are responsible for starting the Cold War. After World War I neither country had a reason to continue their alliance since as communists and capitalists, they were natural enemies. I think the speech given by Stalin in the documentary we saw in class today, and the "Iron Curtain" Speech by Winston Churchill show the responsibility each country contributed to the initiation of the war. When Stalin gave his speech he claimed that war between capitalists and communists was inevitable and declared that in order to establish Soviet security and gain strength, communism must expand to the rest of the world, and capitalism must be weakened. This speech sounded like a threat to the U.S and in response Churchill gave his speech describing the "iron curtain" that divided Europe into the democratic Eastern Europe, and the communist Western Europe. This speech was what Stalin considered a "call to arms" or to war. These two speeches are the reason I think both the U.S and U.S.S.R are responsible for the growing tension, threats, and conflict that led to the Cold War.