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Statements Related to Civilian courts are more effective than military courts for trying terrorists who (plot to) attack on US soil
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FBI uses the PATRIOT act to spy on regular criminals instead of suspected terrorists like they're supposed to.
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Due to a 1950 US Supreme Court misinterpretation of the phrase "in combat duty" (the Feres doctrine), members of the military cannot sue the US government for any harm it does to them.
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The United States military planned to fabricate violence apparently perpetrated by Cubans in order to create public support for attacking Cuba
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The US did not experience a terrorist attack while Bush II was president
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President Clinton ordered military strikes against Iraq in 1998 because he believed they possessed WMDs
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Lawful interrogation is more effective than torture
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Civilian courts are more effective than military courts
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President Obama is capable of leading the United States military.
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COIN (the contemporary US military strategy of protracted social COunterINsurgency) is a fool's errand
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Racist white-nationalists plot to influence social news sites like reddit
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The most effective way to prohibit prostitution is to penalize purchasers, not sellers
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Decriminalizing drugs and instead offering drug treatment is more effective than fighting drug use
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The 1033 Program allows local and state U.S. law enforcement agencies to receive left-over fedreral military equipment
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Giving police officers military equipment causes them to behave like soldiers
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The federal governments 1033 program has transferred $2.6B worth of military equipment to local and state law enforcement agencies since 1997
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Bradley Manning contributed to the U.S. ending its military occupation of Iraq
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