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Not a good comparison, do you believe that would be the case today if they had not been "brutally" conquered? -Longrange1947
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You are absolutely correct we made them submit. Islam has the same vulnerability, why reinvent the wheel?. We went in to Japan removed the toxic leadership, installed new leadership and pumped them full of US culture, The Japanese adult generation of the time probably just grudgingly submitted, too late for them, but the kids and grandkids bought fully in to liberal democracy, Mcdonalds, MTV and blue jeans.
Let the Liberals whine about exporting our culture, the tactic is sound and proven, the Roman Empire did the same thing. I don't want to see US troops die for nothing which is why Iraq is key, if a decade from now Iraq is a stable democracy the Islamic world will change. Personally I think it will come from women, half the population, in my opinion the "have nots" of Islam, if they they see a chance for the freedoms and equality of a modern state, they will embrace it and foster these idea in the youth and future. Radical Islam as any fundamentalist religion longs for the past, it is outmoded and knows it, which is why I believe it is so savage. I don't agree with everything we did in Iraq, but I think we were just starting to stabilize the country and let our culture seep in when we have decided to leave. I suppose I'm in the minority who feels we should stay a decade if need be. If Iraq is a stable democracy in the future, history may be kinder to President Bush than the present.