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Originally posted by Pacifier
Yeah, but that are pint you think about before you invade a nation to build a democracy. The Afghan culture is nothing new.
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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Since when were we commiting to rebuild Afghanistan and build a democracy? In Iraq that's a goal but I don't believe that was a stated goal. Remove Taliban from power and disrupt Al Quaeda yes, rebuild the nation, no.
The US did realize that the UN wouldn't commit to it as the UN has rarely committed to any task that large. In Japan and Germany it went beyond culture as well. Prior to WWII there was considerable levels of infrastructure, education, resources, etc that could be built upon. That's completely lacking in Afghanistan and that was my main point. There is little if anything to work with to quickly revitalize the nation.
Iraq is a different story. Very educated people, advanced technologically, and oil resources to tap into to grow the economy and produce jobs. Overall, a solid base to work from.