To what extent could the Cold War have been avoided?

It could be argued how realistic it is to claim that for some given reasons the Cold War could have been avoided; what is sure is that if there are were any major events that if avoided, would have evaded the creation of the cold war these are numerous. Now I want you to reread this and ask yourself if it's easily understood. Some of the foremost events that could be taken into consideration are …

…unnecessary scale. As a conclusion, theoretically, the Cold War could have been avoided if some chief events such as the Iron Curtain speech did not take place and if the countries that were involved in the series of conflicts during the period could coexist more peacefully, and accept the other's ideals. However, realistically speaking, the ideologies conflicting the super powers were very strongly opposed, and it was therefore difficult for them to accept each other.