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Originally Posted by roachboy
how is a police action compatible with a military action?
aren't they predicated on entirely different logics?
if the logics are entirely different, then how does the comparison work at all?
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The only difference here is scale. The Civil War employed many more actors, but they all began as actively aggitating for an unpopular change.
The logic is the same, especially if the Revolution is inserted into the mix of examples. The British sailed expecting a police action.