The quote below is an excerpt from a speech given by winston churchill in 1946: an iron curtain has descended across the continent. behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of central and eastern europe. . from what i have seen of our russian friends and allies during the war, i am convinced that there is nothing they admire so much as strength, and nothing for which they have less respect than weakness, especially military weakness. which statement explains how this speech contributed to the start of the cold war? (5 points) it demonstrated that the west needed to liberate eastern europe from soviet domination. it showed that democratic nations were facing a threat from soviet expansionism. it explained how the united states and great britain could partner to rebuild europe. it proved that there would be another war unless the united states kept troops in europe.