Re: Crowbars, etc.

William Spencer wrote:
> I recall that in Heinlein's Starship Troopers (and other stories by
other
> people), they explained that the mobile infantry were the arm of
restraint -
> sure, you could pulverize the planet from orbit, but if you want the
> industry intact, or to teach the population a lesson (but not
eliminate
> them), or whatever, you send in the marines.

	Heinlein put it this way:
	"You don't spank a baby with an axe."

	He also noted that the Mobile Infantry made war
	"as personal as a punch in the nose", as opposed to
	the impersonal warfare of the space navy.