Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad
Originally Posted by NVhntr
What's our success rate on nation building? My guess is <%25.

Wars are for kicking ass. Building back a nation is kind of like kicking a bullies ass, then taking him to the hospital and buying him a new house when he gets out.

doing?

It's the Oprah Winfrey model of diplomacy.


You get a house and you get a house .....everyone gets a house!


It’s more like staying there for decades wasting trillions of dollars with the US as a hated occupying force while trying to set up a puppet regime to fore the locals to adopt our worldview. Japan was a great success but that’s been about it.