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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: LindyBill who wrote (69991)9/14/2004 1:27:18 AM
From: unclewest  Read Replies (1) of 793761
 
We won the "war," but bungled the "peace." I can't argue with that. I can argue that is was institutional. Our military does not have a "sys admin" to handle the situation. I think we will in the future. DOD is very good at "lesson's learned."

Winning the war is a military function. It is projecting diplomacy with combat power. We are very good at projecting military power to win battles abroad.

Managing the peace is not a military function. Managing peace is purely political. We are very good at maintaining peace at home.

It is very important to keep the two separated. Politicians have no place on a battlefield. Combat troops have no place in managing peace.

We know that. The "POSSE COMITATUS ACT" (18 USC 1385) prevents us from using our troops to maintain the peace here at home except when specifically authorized by Congress. We must extend that thinking abroad.
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