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Originally posted by Pacifier
That is one big flaw in the US stategy in Iraq and Afghanistan, they seem to think that it would be easy to walk in an build up a democracy. Afghanistan is now nearly left alone and the violence in Iraq is still rising. People generally refer to Germany and Japan as an example for successful democratic nations, but they forget that both, german and japanese, cultures were different from the culture in Iraq and Afghanistan. It seem that also the Bush administration failed to see the difference and the consequences before the invasions
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I don't recall anyone in the Bush administration saying this would be easy or quick. Nor do I think that Muslims are incapable of living in a democracy, which is what everyone is implying if not saying.