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Soldiers are generally disciplined and trained to a high standard.
Depending on the “Democracy” the police force may be a gang of fascist wife beating dog shooting thugs that flunked out of basic training or failed their psych test trying to become a soldier.
Perhaps military police are the answer as the best peacekeeping force? I dont know. I shudder to think how many war crimes some police forces could perform on foreign soil, unsupervised, if they don’t even have to pretend to be accountable as they do at home.
Those are some great points. Both police and soldiers have been both the best and the worst.
Some qualities I would like: