Did the US defend the principle of self-determination of peoples after 1945?

Question:Yes, in part.
The problem was the US/UK gave the Russians too much freedom attheYalta conference and elsewhere to womp over E Europe. Hence the satellite states of Hungary, Chekoslovakia, etc., that were Soviet control till about 1989 with the fall of the Berlin wall.
The countries that the US had control of became free once again: France, W Germany, etc.
No country under total US control would complain that that country became a fiefdom of the US, unlike the states under Soviet control. But the real complaint is what we allowed the Russians to get away with.
The US didn't spent enough time concerning itself with what the peace would be like after the war.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Yes, in part.
The problem was the US/UK gave the Russians too much freedom attheYalta conference and elsewhere to womp over E Europe. Hence the satellite states of Hungary, Chekoslovakia, etc., that were Soviet control till about 1989 with the fall of the Berlin wall.
The countries that the US had control of became free once again: France, W Germany, etc.
No country under total US control would complain that that country became a fiefdom of the US, unlike the states under Soviet control. But the real complaint is what we allowed the Russians to get away with.
The US didn't spent enough time concerning itself with what the peace would be like after the war.

The US has defended the principle of self determination since before the 1st Continental Congress. This basic principle followed after WWII and continues today as evidenced by the Maliki Government in Iraq.

A better question would be: did the U.S. ever really have an agenda to defend self-determination?