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2005-11-08 Iraq

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Posted by Steve 2005-11-08 09:42|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Militias exist either when their is not greater authority in evidence, or when that greater authority is corrupt. Otherwise, you get what could be called the "two cops on a street corner" effect, in which the real cop tells the militiaman to go home or go to work--that is his (the cop's) corner.

Initially, with a respected greater authority, this turns the militiaman into a "minuteman", who has his gun handy, but just never needs to pick it up. It doesn't take too many years before it becomes rusty and dusty through ill-use. And the same with the militia itself. It stops being a fighting group and devolves into a club, then fades away.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-11-08 10:09|| 2005-11-08 10:09|| Front Page Top

#2 maybe they should think about working with the French.

Posted by 2b 2005-11-08 17:52|| 2005-11-08 17:52|| Front Page Top

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