We can liberate them, but I doubt we can civilize them if they don't have it partly within themselves.
Then the idea of nation building a 3rd world country (as opposed to destroying a nation state threat i.e. Saddam, which was needed) is a mistake, the decision to attempt so in Iraq was a mistake and we need to exit post haste. Their cultural affinities, being what they are, make such a route an inevitability.