After a World War II, the Soviet Union and the United States engaged in an ideological battle, rather than a physical one. Due to the lack of "heated" conflict, this feud is referred to as the Cold War. Truman addresses this battle in his "Truman Doctrine", with his first notion being about Greece. After WWII had ended, allied troops evacuated the rest of the German army from Greece, which had been demolished earlier on. Reconstruction was prevented by Soviet troops who incited hostilities along the northern Greek border. Greece needed immediate aid from the United States, particularly in the form of supply drops for their army, because Great Britain and the entire UN didn't participate in aiding them. Truman also reflected on the state of Turkey, and the fact that they too needed our aid, along with that of other established nations, in order to modernize and rebuild. By assisting these countries, the United States carried out its role as a "promoter of democratic freedom" as well as becoming the "protector of the free world against the spread of Communism". The United States was big on its policy of containment, which included appeasing to all matters required in order to stop the spread of Communism. In order to do this, Truman's Doctrine was used to request that Congress send $750 million, along with a small military force, to aid both Greece and Turkey in their reconstruction after the war.
The picture on the right is that of Iraq because to this day, The United States has funded them to ultimately defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) so they don't expand or get stronger. This is much like how we aided countries to prevent the growth/ spreading of communism.
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