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Re: It didn't have to be this way....
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 12 Oct 2004 16:17:18 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Parsons wrote:
> Does anyone have any happier historical memories of countries invaded to
> remove despots and set on a shining path without Iraq's grief, something
> more along the lines of how Lar thought it could have been?
The closest I can think of is West Germany, but that might not count due to how
short of a time they were under the rule of a despot, and the fact that they
were the invading nation, not the invaded.
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| (...) Mmmmm. I think I have remarked upon same here before, and can only agree completely. But as to it not having to be this way, I am not so sure. There would seem to be few examples of freedom delivered from without that were any more successful. (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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