Remember anything hard isn't worth doing and its best to not try.
This is why we have a god emperor in Japan despite out best efforts after WWII. Some countries with no history of any elective governments just can't adapt to democracy.
But lets start another left wing love fest of doom and gloom of failure before anything has failed.
But this line is a gem...
Occupations are inherently humiliating. People prefer to run their own affairs; they resent foreigners taking over their country. A foreign army that topples a regime needs to leave within weeks or at most months. Otherwise, suspicion will grow quickly that the foreigners' real aims are imperial - to run the country directly or through the locals they put in charge, and to exploit its resources. Nowhere is this truer than in the Middle East, where feelings of dignity, honour, sovereignty and humiliation are the currency of daily life.
Someone needs to read their history books more. Occupations suck but what sort of irresponsible policy would it be to blitz and leave? Not often done.