Former U.S. Attorney General Janet

Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno speaks at Brown:

After watching President Bush's address, Reno said, ''We will not solve the world's problems by might.''

She's right--force never solves anything. Except, of course, fascism. Nothing but that. Oh, and of course, it took a war to stop slavery in the United States. Ok, two exceptions. Wait--women in Afghanistan can now live free, go to school, work, etc. I think there was some violence used there as well. No rule is perfect--violence never solves anything. Wait a minute--didn't I just read that al Qaeda is collapsing? I guess we killed 'em with kindness. Oh, of course, there was that whole ethnic-cleansing thing that was stopped in Kosovo. And didn't violence remove some dictator from Kuwait a while back?

Of course, I must admit, some incidences where force was used poorly do come to mind...something about a fire outside of Waco, Texas, but the memory is vague. I do remember a nifty photo of an assualt rifle in the face of a little boy in Miami.

Gee, I wish Janet was Prez.

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