[chandler]

"The only thing preventing an Apache helicopter from firing on schoolchildren under order of the president.... is policy"

A better method of prevention would be to not build Apache helicopters.

[mpyne]

Fair enough, but how will you prevent the Syrians or the Iranian or the Chinese or the North Koreans or etc. etc. from building theirs.

It's easy to say someone else should unilaterally drop to their knees and bow the head.

Until Utopia arrives we have to make sure our current reality is as optimal as it can be.