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Originally Posted by willravel
In the situation above with anthropologists, one could assist in understanding how to get along with a culture, or one could outline weaknesses. If I was a betting man, based on the precedence, I'd bet on the latter.
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This is kind of what I was getting at. To not consider this presupposes that the primary consideration of our government and the US military is altruistic.
Uh, and I'm being naive?
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