>>>>You can militarily defeat a nation amd if it is backed up with nation-building... things can work out. See Japan and Germany. The US nuked Japan and the US and Japan have a pretty cozy relationship now.
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>>>Have you got a modern times example of an AGGRESSOR nation winning a war and then having a cozy relationship with the people vanquished?
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>>It is kind of interesting that you pose your question in a way that it is unanswerable since agressor nations would be less disposed to nation building.
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>The question I posed is answerable, but at the expense of your statement (which I challenged by the question).

Here it is The Philippine-American War. US was the agressor. Upon defeat of the Philipine army, the US proceeded to nation build, guide it to democracy and independence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines#History