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Quote by: Mr.Vicchio Hey Rick, two previous brutal invasions and occupations did work:
Germany (Western) and Japan...
Oh and South Korea.
Damn that.. History.
And Afganhistan is moving along better then any of you will admit.
You are right in that an OCCUPATION to OWN a country is not successful, but when the objective is to give the country back to the people and away from the brutal dictaor and his thugs that terrorized the people before hand... well. Those tend to turn out all right.
I guess you have to view the Iraq War as something it's not to justify your claims. Sorry you feel that way. |
History, Yah Mr, V, you might want to learn some.
In World War II we were attacked by the Axis. (I'll bet even you knew that.) We retaliated. In both Japan and Germany we reinstated existing democratic institutions that had been usurped by dictators. The democracies were home grown. None of this is true in Iraq.
Democracy in South Korea took fully thirty years to become established. It is not something that can be forced at bayonet point.
Right now you have a lot of Iraqis who are fighting against the foreign occupiers. Some are nationalist, some are Baathist, and some are Islamist. The only thing they have in common is a desire to expell the invader. The longer we stay , the worse it will get and the more Americans will die
Twenty eight American soldiers died this week in this pointless war.