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It really only goes to show that nation building is not a quick and easy thing. The world has little patience or willingness to take on risk nowadays.
Japan, Germany, and South Korea are examples where we (the US and others) had to step in and commit to a long term presence and serious involvement. I guess the reason we tolerated the risk was fear of the alternative (further aggression from Germany, Japan, and North Korea). I would put Iraq and, to a lesser extent, Afghanistan into that category as well (not just from a pure aggresion fear but more of a fear of the situation to foment terrorism/hatred of the US.
Quick military exercises to quell aggression do little to solve the problem.
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