[Rhodes22-list] Reply to Dave Lewis and his fellow travelers

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Ed,

Good points.  If we had not stayed in Germany, what are the odds that the Iron Curtain would have come down?
What are the odds that we could have maintained stability on the Korean Peninsula had we not kept our presence in Japan.  

What many wonder is whether this transplant of democracy will have to persist on an enormously high maintenance basis.  Like Saddam said in testimony - "hot blooded people".  Our precious democracy is respected by enough Americans who will do anything to preserve it,  what will it take for the Iraqis to get as passionate?

Art




-----Original Message-----
>From: ed kroposki <ekroposki at charter.net>
>Sent: May 20, 2006 5:33 PM
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>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Reply to Dave Lewis and his fellow travelers
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>Dave,
>	Your illustrations were good.  Then you said, "We did not hang
>around for "nation building", the message was, "you do it again, we'll do it
>again".  Seems like a good approach to me with regards to Afghanistan and
>Iraq.
>	However, it did not say that you picked and choose only one style of
>actions.  You did not say how long the U. S. Army stayed in Germany and
>Japan after WW2.  
>	If you would please answer the question how long the U. S stayed in
>Germany after World War 2.
>	I have a different opinion than you.  I do not believe that we
>should walk away and leave the general populace to thugs, goons and jerks.
>Stan gave us an illustration of the type of jerks over there.  However, I
>would not presume that all the people there are the same type jerks.  If you
>look at alternative sources of information even you might find good people
>that need support to succeed.  
>	You call it nation building.  Many ask why the United States should
>do the 'nation building'?  The answer to me is simple.  It is the right
>thing to do.  To walk away and leave the goons to rape, pillage and plunder
>is wrong.  I guess I have a different sense of right and wrong than you do.
>      Can you please answer the question how long we stayed in Japan and
>Germany?  What were the results?
>
>Ed K
>Greenville, SC, USA  
>
>
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