Thread:Zillafire101/@comment-5496489-20151027142437/@comment-25309944-20151213162513

@Gorzill : The argument can go both ways. WWI can be seen as too harsh, or not harsh enough. WWII, on the other hand, saw the complete taring down and occupation of Germany and Japan after the Second World War. These countries were crushed like no other country has been crushed in the history of the world, leaving behind a legacy of fear of American might which continues to this day.

That's one argument that has a lot of credibility in the political science world on both sides of the Atlantic.