Thursday 16 July 2009

No permanent damage from militaries

The news item here describes how African militaries are sharing information on how to avoid HIV transmission among and by their soldiers. The action would help to avoid permanent damage to their host communities. The no-permanent-harm operating principle could avoid heavily criticised activities of armies and militias in Africa: child soldiering, mass rape as a tactic, amputations, wilful destruction of capital, and so on. It doesn't stop looting, rape, and murder that accompany many military campaigns around the world, but does keep the societies more liveable after commanders die or decide that their enemies can be accommodated politically.

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