On Apr 25, 2005, at 2:30 PM, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:32:37 -0500, Dan Minette wrote
Preventing someone from causing grave harm to us and our allies is not codependant behavior.
Of course. But how do we decide that someone is about to cause grave harm?
That's the hard question, not whether to respond. Ideally, like the police at
their best, we do absolutely everything we can to avoid coming to such a
confrontation, then do everything we can to allow the other party to back
down.
Most police forces have a "Crime Prevention Unit." It does not, generally
speaking, preemptively invade the homes of potential criminals. It does run
programs that aim to address the causes of crime. If we're going to use a
criminal justice model to describe international relations, perhaps that's
what's needed, as opposed to a SWAT team.
Dave
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