Those countries had different social dynamics.

The US is trying to force democracy into a country where it won't work.
In islamic countries, the religious law is higher than the social law.
You can't have a democracy when the religious dictators are the law of
the land.

But again, my point was not that the US is trying, vain as it might be.
There is not exit stategy is, so there are no measurable goals to use
to determine when the process has been successful.



>>One thing thet the Bush Camp failed to do was define some end state goals.
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>>They should have said, "When we accomplish our goals, the situation in Iraq
>>will look like 1) blah blah, 2) blah blah" and so on.
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>>The problem with going into 'nation building' like this is that no one, not even
>>the Bush crowd, know what the exit stategy is, so there is no real way to know
>>when we can leave.
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>Some good examples of what becomes of nation building are Japan, Germany and Korea. We are still there.
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>>>Don't forget... it all depends on your definition of the word "finished." Maybe we should change it to something more like what my daughter says at the dinner table --we're "all done!"
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>>>>The problem with that logic is the job won't ever be finished.