>1941
>America gets attacked by a semi-rogue naval group of Japanese origin
>lose about 2,000 people
>get mad and go to war with Japan
>bomb the shit out of Japan, litterally turn cities to ash and cinders
>win
>occupy them
>force them into a new government
>force them into a new constitution
>they become the guard dog of the most powerful nation in human history
>whilst also being one of the most powerful economies, and militaries in human history
>2001
>America gets attacked by terrorists
>lose about 2,000 people
>blame Iraq for shits and giggles
>bomb the shit out of them
>cities turn to rubble
>win
>occupy them
>force them into a new government
>force them into a new constitution
>they become a useless puppet of America
>whilst also being a third world shit hole that can barely keep their cities under control
What the fuck went wrong with Iraq? Did we not bomb them enough or something?