Under the truman doctrine the united states became committed to counties that were

The correct answer is fighting a communist takeover.

The Truman Doctrine was created after World War II in order to help those countries who were in jeopardy of falling under control of communism. In the Truman Doctrine, the US federal government is going to agree to give $400 million in economic aid to Greece and Turkey. The goal in giving this money is to help the countries recover from World War II as well as developing a political and economic alliance.

punish germany and keep it weak,

the correct answer is:

b) a rich merchant.