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  1. 05-28-2009 #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by jmm99 View Post
    and about regular soldiers who are willing and able to see law as a tool of their profession.

    That it may be law that makes soldiers a usable tool...

    Violence unconstrained by law (formal or informal, many "failed states" are functioning quite well within tribal law at a level our white eyes can't seem to appreciate) is chaos. Just violence (or the certain threat of it) constrained by law brings order.
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