[BitWielder1]

Hey, it worked in Germany and Japan, didn’t it? Why not in Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan?

Because Germany and Japan are nations with educated and industrious people.

The other big difference is that back then USA fought to win, not to settle down into an endless simmering war.

[DManA]

I have read studies that claimed the Marshal plan may have actually retarded European rebuilding.

[Tublecane]

“Because Germany and Japan are nations with educated and industrious people.”

By the way, I meant the Germany and Japan comments to be from the mouths of neo-cons. I should have put it in quotation marks or included a sarcasm tag. I personally am against nation building except as punishment when the other guys start it, and not even always then. Just like I was in the 90s, which was my post’s main point.