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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Nation building = funding german rebuilding efforts so they don't go into hyper inflation again.

Not carving up captured territory. That's not national building.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One is more literally building a "nation" than the other. I was more pointing out that USA just occupied a territory & stayed there forever.
(You don't leave your military in a nation after the war is over. Sovereign nations don't allow that. Eg Mexico iirc.)

Both in their (USA) image.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You don’t leave your military in a nation after the war is over

Yes you do.

Sovereign nations don’t allow that.

The occupied usually surrender territorial control, and all the allied nations stayed in Germany for a number a years... hence the whole east west divide.

Anyways, I get to say what I meant by Nation Building in my comment. I don't know what you're on about. Are you trying to point out that the US is corrupt? Because buddy, that's already apparent to most people.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 day ago

I was saying that after the nation building the military usually leaves, not stays for 70+ years.