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Originally posted by PhiPsiRuss
I have no problem with us subsidizing their economic revival. Remember WWI and reperations? You don't leave a defeated nation with a shattered economy if you want a lasting peace. WWII was followed by the Marshall Plan, and that's what is needed if Iraq is going to become a stable democracy.
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And it should be added that stability does not happen overnight. It's only been one year since the war occured. Germany was not so different. The 24 hour news cycle, coupled with a media that (because of its nature, not necessarily its politics) focuses on the negative and ignores the positive have just changed perceptions of reality, that's all.
We lost soldiers in the occupation of Germany as well. I don't know the statistics, but I'd be willing to bet that it was on a larger scale than we're seeing today.
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