Quote Originally Posted by TheCurmudgeon View Post
The second point is that there is a correlation between the time lag from the time the crime is committed and the time the punishment is administered. The longer the period between, the less it is apt to work. Perhaps that only applies with children and common criminals, but it is worth considering.
It is not just worth considering it is an imperative, this is why I keep saying we don't need a good General for most of todays situations we need a good Street Cop. America has been and is continuing to loose it's Street Survival Credibility with the Worlds Gangs weather they are state gangs or non state gangs.

On a more Strategic level we have never learned Warden's most important principle, that of the time value of action and Syria is an absolute prime example of it's misuse.