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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Elroy who wrote (236712)7/17/2007 12:00:05 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
"No, its common to occupy land and keep it, for centuries until the next larger army came along. The indigenous population was generally either killed or turned into slaves, or at least turned into slavelike labor on farms owned by the victors."

That's completely wrong in modern times Elroy. Did we "keep" Germany or Japan? Has any modern nation other than Israel kept the land it's armies have swept over? No.

It's too expensive, and too likely to become an insurgent quagmire as in Iraq. The cost/benefit just isn't there. If you keep it, you're RESPONSIBLE for it.
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