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With all due respect, Judy, if we had taken the same attitude after WWII instead of the Marshall plan, the Germans, Italians and Japanese would likely still be our enemies. We were right to promote democracy then and we are now.
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I agree with that point, the operative word being
'after'. In the present situation we are attempting to do the Marchall plan type rebuilding and promoting democracy
before winning this conflict/war in the countries of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Oh well, we once had a general too who wanted to win the "Korean War" and he was 'dismissed' as being out of line.
I can't remember if it is Denmark or The Netherlands, but one of those two countries will attain a Muslim voting majority in about 35 years. For the younger ones here it should be quite interesting observing that new Islamic democracy.
Judy
