We shouldn't be in the nation-building/policing business, especially in Islamic countries (where the chance of success is dim at best). Our armed forces are not peacekeepers, they're warriors. If we believe a regime is a threat, then destroy its military might and kill its leadership. Leave the nation-building to the survivors. If they're wise they'd build a nation that behaves, as they'd have first-hand knowledge of the consequences if they don't.
The survivors simply live on, but now in abject poverty.
Afghanistan has been through this recently ~ the Soviets came in and crushed the country. Then they left ~ the Afghans thrashed about killing yet more millions and then AlQaida came in.
Osama Bin Laden took Afghanistan into very dangerous waters ~ so we crushed them again.
It's time to put a stop to this cycle.
"We shouldn't be in the nation-building/policing business, especially in Islamic countries (where the chance of success is dim at best). Our armed forces are not peacekeepers, they're warriors. If we believe a regime is a threat, then destroy its military might and kill its leadership. Leave the nation-building to the survivors."
Dead on (pardon the term). As it applies to Islamic countries. It did work though in Germany and Japan. But the Islamic religion stands in the way of most efforts at democratizing the Middle East.