There’s a reason we separate military and the police: one fights the…
Originally posted to deafferret on 2012-04-28.
There’s a reason we separate military and the police: one fights the enemy of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.
— Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica (S1E4 “Water”)