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They would have to start all over again by over throwing the present regime and installing a pro-western president and cabinet.
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We tried that already in 1953. Now look at where we are.
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It worked for a long time! Why not again?
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Because it is a ridiculously short sighted, hypocritical, dangerous excuse for a real foreign policy?
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What was that Japanese emperor's name back in 45?
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After we killed 3+% of their population. After we nuked them. After we stationed ~350K-400K (Including Brits, Aussies, New Zealand and whatnot) troops /when there wasn't even an insurgency worth noting/ to ensure nobody "tried anything". Yes, then they submitted unconditionally and we put a government there without anybody having the will to resist.
And we can't do that anymore. Not without a draft and the public widely backing a war. Bin Laden killed more American civilians than any Axis power and how many troops were stationed in Afghanistan?
Apples and oranges.
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