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Originally Posted by Big Papa Goat
To be fair about Japan, you did turn the milataristic and imperial nation into one of the best liberal democraices in the region after you dropped the nukes on them. So, at least at that point the US and it's army must have been at least sort of suited to nation building in addition to nation destroying.
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Japan did that. We may have added ingredients they needed (for profit... don't kid yourself ) but Japan would still be a mess were it not for the people of Japan and their dedication to their own lives.
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Originally Posted by KevinTheOmnivore
The real blow to terrorism wasn't the invasion, but the promise of what Iraq could be, or the kind of example it could set in the middle east.
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I thought you were against this reasoning.