Berkeley City Council Doing Its Anti-Democracy Bit

[classicman]

Originally Posted by BigV

~snip~ but as a call for a more rational use of our (considerable) military might.

I too agree with that statement, but that is not at all what I took out of his original one. Sorry for any misinterpretation.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Ibram

Its not our military, as anything but a deterrent. Which once more brings us back around to, i'm against the idea of using the military except in cases of actual invasion. Reduce it to a national guard force, not an international police force (or, alternatively, armed gang).
They arent doing it for the same reason we aren't forcibly making china a democracy. Its a pipe dream, a fantasy, not a realistic short-term goal.

Originally Posted by classicman

I too agree with that statement, but that is not at all what I took out of his original one. Sorry for any misinterpretation.

Neither did I.