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Originally Posted by Dylflon
America has done this before.  |
Yes, we did. In WW2. We and the other allies occupied Germany and Japan for a very long time, rebuilt the nations successfully and then left them to become two very powerful economic democracies.
Good for America and the allies.
Oh, were you talking about Vietnam?
1) We never occupied the enemy forces terroritory (for any substantial time period) during the Vietnam War.
2) There was no nation building at all.
3) It was a proxy war between the US and USSR which actually ended up being quite successful in turning back the spread of communism throughout the world. The US may have "lost the war" (mainly because of the breaking of a treaty after the US had removed the majority of its from the area) but its overall goal was achieved in the end. Now seeing as this was a political war, the argument still exists as to whether it should have ever happened.
4) Vietnam and Iraq have almost nothing in common besides that the US is fighting on foreign soil.
Any other comments?