Reply #8: That Seems Overly Intricate To Me, My Friend

[The Magistrate]

Exploitation of the resources of the place could proceed much more efficiently anmd profitably in a peaceful condition; deliberately fomenting violence there works against profits. The reason adequate steps to secure that state were not taken from the start of the invasion's success seems to me to be simply that the present regime committed the fatal disaster of believing their own propaganda: they actually did believe the occupation would be welcomed as a liberation, and that they would have a sizeable cushion of local good will. When this proved not to be the case, it took them a goof while to realize it, and everything since has been a hasty day late anmd dollar short exercise in catch-up, that cannot possibly overcome the initial deficeit.