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Originally Posted by Skybird
Iraq does not compare neither to Germany, nor to Japan.
Germany, after all, had a population founding ont he same cultural origin and heritage, making Germans familiar in mentality. Iraq is that - not.
Japan was totally defeated, crushed, under undisputed control and at the mercy of America. Iraq was that - not.
Both Japan and Germany received massive, monumental economic aids to rebuild them, especially the Marshall plan in Germany. Iraq got that - not.
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Why should Iraq get that?
They have IMMENSE wealth in natural resources that, if used to benefit the populace, would be sufficient. Japan didn't have that (such is part of the cause of the war). Neither did Germany.