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Originally Posted by justabubba";p="
history is against you
occupation of Germany ... our troops and bases remain there -since '45
occupation of japan ... our troops and bases remain there - since '45
occupation of south Korea ... less settled political situation than the two above and our troops/bases are still there - since '53
you may not like the benchmarks joker has proffered, but that does not make them less legitimate. we broke it, we own it
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Question.
Did it take over 4 years to set up those bases?
With the mighty USA Military, how hard is it really to set up a couple of Bases in Iraq?
Some say the military is stretched thin others say the USA can start another war some place else if they needed too.
If they are not stretch thin, how hard is it to set up a couple of bases.
More important question.
Do the Iraqi people really want permanent USA in their country?
"We Broke it, We Own It?"
Like I said, just turn Iraq into the 3 new US states.
You mentioned 3 countries that were not in the middle of a 3-way civil war.
I think Iraq if totally different.
Korea and German split the country agreeably and were not in civil wars.
Germany built a wall.
Korea split North and South.
The USA picked one side in both cases.
The USA did not Occupy the country until all the people agreed with the USA "Favourable Agreements."
Each country had a strong military already in place.
If I'm not mistaken, the USA did not go into those countries without the world's support.
Other countries were actively involved in those wars.
The USA was not basically alone calling the shots in those countries like they are in Iraq.
If we are going to give history lessons, let's compare apples to apples.
Japan was never if a civil war amongst their own people.
What about the other 2 "benchmarks?"