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As always, there are many people to thank. To “The Great
Geraldo” for his friendship; to Russ for his second instal ment of
wise counsel and amazing breadth of knowledge; to Carl and
Colin, who never knew what they were starting, but then, neither
did I; to Bil for his wisdom; to Rich for his contemplation of what
matters; to Tim, Ninja-Six, for more than a few tips on fieldcraft;
to Ed, commander of warriors, and Patricia, who named the
Cabbage Patch Hat, for their gracious hospitality; to Pete,
former headmaster of the world’s most exciting school (the
passing grade is life); to Pat, who teaches the same course at
yet another school; to Harry, mentee, for his most serious
irreverence; to W.H., who does his best in a hopeless,
thankless job; and of course to a dozen or so warrant officers
who could teach astronauts a thing or two; and so many others –
would that America served you as faithful y as you serve her.
Law, without force, is impotent. – PASCAL
It is the function of police to exercise force, or to threaten it, in
execution of the state’s purpose, internal y and under normal
conditions. It is the function of armed forces to exercise force,
or the threat of it, external y in normal times and internal y only in
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