[pphysch]

There is virtually zero recent historical precedent supporting your wish, and plenty of precedent suggesting the opposite will happen.

[tlogan]

I wonder why that is.

We saw significant success with Germany, Japan, South Korea, and other countries in the past. But more recently, similar efforts seem to have ended in failure.

[potamic]

They didn't have any natural resources that could be exploited.

[MagicMoonlight]

We fully went into those countries and were willing to spend decades rebuilding them.

They’re also nice countries, with governments and organisation. Places like Afghanistan have nothing. You have to try and start civilisation from scratch, in a hostile land.