Complete the following statement.
At the beginning of the Cold War, the United States faced a strategic choice. On the one hand it could pursue ______, attempting to return the Soviet Union to its pre-World War II borders. On the other hand, the United States could pursue _______, in which it accepted the current Soviet border but aggressively pursued any opportunity to make sure communism did not spread further.
At the beginning of the Cold War, the United States faced a strategic choice. On the one hand it could pursue ______, attempting to return the Soviet Union to its pre-World War II borders. On the other hand, the United States could pursue _______, in which it accepted the current Soviet border but aggressively pursued any opportunity to make sure communism did not spread further.