Things that Should Exist

[forsyth]

Why the hell don't we have an entire branch of the military, or a separate group even, dedicated to keeping order and rebuilding stuff? That's most of what military interventions that aren't planned by madmen and liars are going to be, and it'd have a billion uses besides. But it's not as sexy as a bunch of long hard missiles and planes and boats and guns that are good ad spitting death, I guess. And the recruits would have more useful skills once they left, too.

Shit, that's what we really needed in Iraq, peacekeepers and builders, trained to deal with people and with at least a little knowledge of Arabic. Blowing shit up only gets so far. Is that really so hard to grasp?

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[forsythferret.livejournal.com]

Seems like all the better reason to support something like that. If properly used, it could outflank the Republicans on "National Security", since it'd be calling for an increased and better equipped military, even if its main missions wouldn't be blowing people up. And because its main missions aren't blowing people up, but building and rebuilding and peacekeeping, it'd be something that could fly with liberals. There'd be reflexive "anti-war" people, and there'd be cries from the Republicans about making the army into police, but those can be addressed. Or ignored.

And it's an idea that makes sense.