Monday, August 18, 2008

THE PURPOSE OF ARMIES

"We are not the public service of Canada," General Rick Hillier once told journalists. "We are the Canadian Forces and our job is to be able to kill people." Such a robust view of military power was unusual when General Hillier was appointed chief of the defence staff. In the three years he spent in the post before stepping down, he almost succeeded in making it mainstream." (Economist, 24 July) RD

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