Iranians now are going to put bloggers to death!

[PeriscopeDepth]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

It worked for a long time! Why not again?

-S

Because it is a ridiculously short sighted, hypocritical, dangerous excuse for a real foreign policy?

PD

[geetrue]

Originally Posted by PeriscopeDepth

Because it is a ridiculously short sighted, hypocritical, dangerous excuse for a real foreign policy?

PD

What was that Japanese emperor's name back in 45?
Emperor Hirohito I think ... Japan got the hint, unconditional surrender

[PeriscopeDepth]

Originally Posted by geetrue

What was that Japanese emperor's name back in 45?
Emperor Hirohito I think ... Japan got the hint, unconditional surrender

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.

PD

[Letum]

Even if we killed 10% of Iran's civilian and military population and stationed 500k
international forces there we wouldn't have anything near peace in the region for a
long, long time.

[PeriscopeDepth]

Originally Posted by Letum

Even if we killed 10% of Iran's civilian and military population and stationed 500k
international forces there we wouldn't have anything near peace in the region for a
long, long time.

I was merely pointing out the fanatical Japanese only surrendered and had us stick a successful democratic government in place after a very long, very destructive war that was fought using every means we had.

PD