all brought about by American occupation, which, of course is viewed as bad thing in Iraq by the majority of the world today
And not only in Japan, but in Germany, where a coalition of the willing ousted a dictator who was every bit as vicious as Saddam, and who also used poison gas against civilians, and replaced it first with an occupation leading to a functioning democracy. Ironic, perhaps, that by our occupations and rebuilding efforts we created the two strongest competitors to our own economic power of the last quarter century and two of the strongest democracies in the world.
With its oil wealth and human resources, Iraq in 20 years could well become another Japan or Germany.
There's a wonderful little movie, "The Mouse that Roared," about the benefits of losing a war with the US. |
