Friday, August 12, 2005

Interrogating political candidates

Anyone who wants to be leader of a country should be asked, and have to publically answer the following question:

"How would you effectively resolve [situation*] without using any military force whatsoever?"

*[situation] being any still-relevant situation that is currently or was recently addressed by the country in question or one of its allies through the use of military force.

Regardless of whether you are a pacifist, or you believe military force is sometimes justified, or you're something of an enthusiast looking for any opportunity to war-monger (or is it monger war?), the answers that potential leaders give to that question would be very enlightening indeed.

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