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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I don't think it would work, what helped the Marshall plan in Europe, and the rebuilding of Japan and the acceleration of Korea's rebuild was that you had a citizen ship that was tired of war, had a feeling of betrayal by their government and just wanted to get on with their life and they were willing to accept an occupation government to reach that end.
My gut is that there are so many factions and groups in the Middle East that an Occupation and rebuild would never ever work.
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Agree 100%. Too many 'interests' to agree on anything and impractical for the US or an alliance to implement as an caretaker occupying force.