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Complete myth on both. First, that we 'forgot about binLadin', already cited from the commander on the field about that. Second, that we are 'nation building'.. nope, we are nation re-building and controlling the battlefield. It is not 'classical nation building' in that we are creating and controlling the ongoing battlefield in a larger war. After we liberated the Philippines from the Japanese, Eisenhower then used that as a base of operations to continue the battle. The battle for the Philippines wasn't the war, it was a smaller battle in the war. Rebuilding the Philippines after we took the land back was not nation building, it was rebuilding the infrastructure to use as a strategic asset.