From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Fri Apr 11 2003 - 02:33:56 MDT
JAY DUGGER wrote:
>
> Granted definitions and plans differ, but news makes me think the
> coalition forces still work at controlling and consolidating Iraq. So
> coalition forces haven't yet started occupation, and aren't "in a
> position to enforce public safety and order."
> Please remember military police count as a very small subset of the
> military proper, and even then they exist to enforce discipline within
> the military more than to do the same sort of work as civilian law
> enforcement. Soldiers and Marines do not make very good police. They
> train with very different tools and techniques for very different ends.
> Expecting military servicemembers to keep order in Iraq isn't
> reasonable. A police force made up only of SWAT teams would stand a
> better chance of doing so, and would still fail.
Fair enough, and I see that troops have actually been ordered to crack
down now. So someone intelligent is on the scene. I guess that's a sign
of hope.
-- Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/ Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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