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To: sandintoes who wrote (2872)	6/11/1999 6:43:00 AM
From: Mark Marcellus	Respond to of 17683

the Marines are NOT a Peace Keeping team. That is not what the military is, and just because Clinton doesn't know what the military should be used for, doesn't mean that CNBC has to show their ignorance. If the mission of the military is not to keep the peace, then what is it? To keep us in a constant state of war? For Atilla the Hun maybe, but not in any civilized society. You can quibble with our policy in the Balkans if you wish, but I don't understand why it offends you so much to hear our military forces referred to as "peacekeepers". I don't know that you'll like this term any better, but it is true that the Kosova troops are technically called "peace enforcers". This is as opposed to the troops in Bosnia, to whom the term "peacekeeper" does apply.

To: sandintoes who wrote (2872)	6/11/1999 9:25:00 AM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17683

Off topic ... Military stuff The purpose of the military is to destroy property and kill people. In an war, one hopes to inflict more damage than one sustains, that determines who 'wins' and who doesn't. An observation: Wars only begin when one side thinks they can win. Wars continue until one side becomes convinced they can't win. Once losing becomes certain, the war ends. This simple analysis fails in most cases because the military is being used for purposes it is not well prepared to carry out: policing; humanitarian endeavours; civil infastructure, both physical and organizational; and altering the political landscape. Cheerios, PW.