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An Arab, a Mexican and a Texas girl were in the same bar at Pappy's Cafe last week. When the Mexican finishes his beer,he throws his glass in the air, pulls out his pistol, and shoots the glass to pieces... The Arab, obviously impressed by this, drinks non-alcohol beer (cuz he's a muslim!),throws it into the air, pulls out his AK-47, and shoots the glass to pieces... He says, 'In the Arab World we have so much sand to make glasses that we don't need to drink with the same one twice either.' The cool Texas girl,picks up her beer,...

Justification and Options for Creating U.S. Capabilities Establishing security is the sine qua non of stability operations, since it is a prerequisite for reconstruction and development. Security requires a mix of military and police forces to deal with a range of threats from insurgents to criminal organizations. This research examines the creation of a high-end police force, which the authors call a Stability Police Force (SPF). The study considers what size force is necessary, how responsive it needs to be, where in the government it might be located, what capabilities it should have, how it could be staffed, and its...