Did Eisenhower say that 'we fought the wrong enemy' meaning the US should have fought the Russians in World War 2?

Answer 1

No. There were some who held that view, meaning that they regarded Soviet Communism as the greater threat to freedom but Ike was not among them.

No Patton believed that after defeating the Germans we should have turned our military on Russians and defeated them, while we had our military there to do the job. Patton didn't want a cold war and believed the communist movement wanted to expand(Korea, Cuba, Africa, Poland, Hungary, Czeckoslavakia, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Afganistan, etc...). Ike, understood the American People and knew they wanted to end the war. The Americans, like the Russians, where short of reserves at this time. Many divisions were down to 40% combat strength. Also, imagine trying to invade Russia now, it wasn't the same Russian Army of 1940-41.

Were the words of Patton living in Germany . Probably the reason why killed in "caraccident "same year 1945.

Eisenhower had consensus with the people in power in US. and would never try fighting allies of those people. who's aim ,for that time being, was the destruction of Germany.

running down Russia was possible but only with German troops, since Russian forces in 2 years would start to decrease in amount of young men.

But not in the interrest of the leaders but, maybe be the populations wish.

history proves US seduced the Japanese to attack in pacific, saving the red man

who aware of that transferred aprox 600,000 Russian servicemen from the japanes-Russian front during autumn 41 ) stopping the German onslaught December 1941.