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Yeah, at least parts of the world. And referring to "shit like this", some of it (e.g. the Marshall Plan for rebuilding Europe after WW2) has been more successf
by rob74 5y ago
Yeah, at least parts of the world. And referring to "shit like this", some of it (e.g. the Marshall Plan for rebuilding Europe after WW2) has been more successful, but most of it less (e.g. Afghanistan, where the more or less liberal regime which brought some prosperity, although only to a few, collapsed 10 minutes after the US withdrawal, or Iraq, or Vietnam...).
- BBC-vs-neolibs 5y agoThe US decided to keep most of the German police, military, scientists and state organisations intact. The US also decided to "de-Baath" all Iraqi institutions, i.e. doing the exact opposite to what happened in Germany.
- Aeolun 5y agoYeah, my point is that you cannot militarily intervene and think you are done. Hell, even 20 years in Afghanistan wasn’t enough. Staying another 20-40 might have started to make a difference when the old guard starts dying off or grows too old to fight. Britain was in India for 150 years and it was barely enough.