If Machiavelli was alive today, and was hired as a consultant by the U.S.
government to advise it on the occupation of Iraq, he would tell the U.S. that they
would need to go into Iraq, help out the poor people, but not get them rich, help out
the rich, but not let them get any richer. Leave the laws as they are, or if to change
them ask the people what they would like, help out the neighbors and get as many
allies as possible, so that way there would be no possible chance of getting over
thrown.
Machiavelli in his book says that a good prince thinks of all the possibilities that
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