The US was part of NATO, the Soviets were WARSAW PACT.
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NATO
After WW II, in the era of the Cold War, the defensive military alliance was (and remains) NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
NATO - the greatest influence in this alliance was the US. Most of West Europe was in NATO Warsaw Pact - led by the USSR. Most of east Europe was in this alliance.
During the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, in the latter part of the Cold War, bin Laden was (amazingly enough) an ally of the US, and received US military aid to help him oppose the Soviet invasion.
The US Congress passed laws limiting the activity of the Communist Party in the US, in reaction to Cold War tensions. The Cold War lasted from 1945 to 1991.