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Originally Posted by Andrewl
So did Bush Sr's son with respect to Iraq, and it turns out Bush Sr. was right. Also, it turns out that the great experiment of private defense with the iraq war has turned out to be mainly characterized by corruption, not better defense.
I think, in principle, the free market is a good thing. But some things require a state monopoly for the well being of a society.
Andrew
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You could say that terrorism is the privatization of war. Terrorists are the free marketers of war. They are people who don't believe that the state has a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence.