Re: Is Another War on the Way?
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The real lesson of viet nam was that you cannot occupy a country that does not want to be occupied. This is also the lesson of Iraq, Korea, Afghanistan, among many other examples through history. You can destroy it (perhaps) by exterminating every man, woman and child but you cannot occupy it.
I take it you are for a cleansing of all human life in Syria and/or Iran? Specially with the comments of use of tactical nukes.
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Did Imperial Japan want to be occupied in 1945? I think not, yet the U.S. had little trouble with resistance there after the surrender. The key is that the enemy is totally defeated, which does not necessarily require the extermination of every person. It may require killing large numbers of them, however (like the U.S. did to Japan), which is why tactical nukes are suggested, as they are efficient for that purpose.
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