| It is true that there was a... patriotic period... but anyone with any access to a library should be able to tell that occupation forces are never really loved. Also, the Bush administration was talking about was about being "hailed" in like liberators. And they were. But that is different from being an occupation force as they are perceived now. It is a public secret that the pentagon never planned to stay this long.
To reply to fushigi: The US bases in Germany were there, yes. But (a) they were not considered an occupation force and (b) they were not loved although they were deemed necessary. There is a difference. I know of the basis in Japan and the controversy they generate every year. Never really pleasant... |