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Originally Posted by gornyhuy
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The difference is that:
- in Mexico we weren't dealing with millions of fundamentalists in a region rife with centuries-old religious in fighting; Iraq isn't a frontier nation like America was
- North Americans displaced Natives and Mexicans in Texas and elsewhere not just in geography but in population (Native Indians are a exceptionally small minority in their own homeland ). The base in Iraq with our 30,000 troops, or however many we leave there are going to be under constant "insurgent" violence. The Iraqi population is going to remain the significant majority and I'm guessing they're going to keep their religion and perspective of infidel invaders in their holy land.
- Wars aren't fought the way they used to be. Conquerors in the past often slaughtered entire populations to mold nations into what they wanted. Sheer force and large-scale unfettered brutality doesn't go over well today.