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Old 03-28-2008, 01:48 PM   #34
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Re: John Glenn quote (warning, some content may incite anger)

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Originally Posted by mheisig View Post
Political affiliations aside, everyone seems to skip over the fact that no country in human history has ever invaded another country, won the hearts and minds of the people, installed a democratic form of government and then had everything turn out well.

You can't shove your governmental architecture on people who don't want it. Most invasions in history were of the "invade, kill everyone and enslave a few" kind. I don't know where we get this idea that we're going to invade someone's country and they'll end up loving us and adopting our form of government.
This is what I keep saying and people look at me like I'm nuts. It's not that I like that that's how it is, it just is...
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