>The US destroyed
>imperial Japan and intentionally blew up hundreds of thousands (millions?)
>of civilians, and yet managed carry out a stunningly successful occupation.
>A much less brutal war in Iraq against a tyrant with little popular support
>has (as everyone knows) given way to a chaotic, largely unsuccesful
>occupation.
Just a guess, but could the Japanese culture of the time have something to do with it (and was there absolutely 100% acceptance of the American occupation)? And the fact that the States used nukes in Japan?
Todd
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