The last Japanese soldier came out from hiding 20 years ago I think. The war
for him ended that day. There were holdouts, of course. See:
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/g/germany-iran.htm but it is disputed
as to how many similarities there are between Iraq and Germany. I guess the
biggest difference is the Islamic psychology of jihad.
-----Original Message-----
From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
ken barber
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 11:41 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: what happens if we leave iraq too quickly
do you know that the troops were still being shot at
as long as 7 years after the war was supposedly over?
in both places? i'd say they were quelling some
agression still. after that though i'd buy your
version, but not until after that. maybe you don't
know as much history as you think. on the other hand
maybe i don't know as much as i think. maybe it is
somewhere in-between. good to discuss though.
--- Mike Collis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> True, but Germany did have a democracy before
> Hitler, and Japan was so
> shellshocked by defeat from an "inferior" foe, they
> took to democracy quite
> readily. You're not getting away with history that
> easily, Ken. I know
> history, too. I think the reason why we kept
> troops there was to make sure
> the communists wouldn't come over. It wasn't to
> quell aggresson. And that
> to me is the big difference.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> ken barber
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 11:27 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: what happens if we leave iraq too
> quickly
>
> well, lets examine some of the places we have
> exported
> democracy. Japan is a good place to start. we had to
> keep troops there for years, but, japan appears to
> have turned out pretty good. Germany under hitler
> was
> hardly a democracy. we left troops there many years,
> but, lookes like it turned out pretty good. the
> common
> denominator seems to be the willingness to take the
> time necessaary to plant a democracy. if you can't
> microwave one in a few minutes most will say, "it
> can't be done."
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