re: 1946

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re: 1946

Tom Brosz — 6/3/2004 4:45:39 PM (archived)

A lot of WWII has been smoothed over by 60 years of history and hindsight. It was a lot more touch-and-go back then than it appears, including the occupations of Japan and Germany. Many people were convinced that the Japanese culture was utterly incompatible with Western-style democracy.

There are no guarantees for Iraq. But as I have written elsewhere, at least the people there and in Afghanistan have a chance at a reasonably free nation, where before they had zero.

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Perspective, continued... - Tom Brosz - 6/2/2004 6:49:01 PM
- You mean those NATO troops? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/3/2004 4:17:51 PM
- bad analogy - Tony - 6/2/2004 8:46:08 PM
  - Uh....along with a few other armies, yeah, we were. - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2004 1:14:54 AM
    - in 95??? Hey, it's your analogy, run with it. (n/t) - Tony - 6/3/2004 1:48:28 PM
      - Whoops. Missed that. - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2004 4:37:19 PM
        
        re: East Germany - Raoul - 6/3/2004 6:17:13 PM
        
        re: East Germany - Larry J - 6/3/2004 6:46:01 PM
    - re: What's occupation? - Raoul - 6/3/2004 5:52:42 AM
      - But that wasn't the case in 1946, was it? - Larry J - 6/3/2004 1:55:42 PM
        
        re: But that wasn't the case in 1946, was it? - Art Martin - 6/3/2004 3:38:51 PM
        
        re: 1946 - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2004 4:45:39 PM

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