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[โ€“] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The rebuilding thing was a plan specific to WWII. They wanted to avoid the issues that the end of WWI brought to keep another war from happening a couple decades down the line.

[โ€“] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The US also wanted an ally in the area who was into capitalism. Similar to how SK got a lot of support in building their infrastructure, but they went even farther into capitalism. Both countries are really depressed now.

He was trying to rationalize why Bush II's wars weren't going to be bad for them. In both cases, completely ignoring the huge loss of life that incurred.