Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
Well, they do have a civilian government; we gave it to them. And while I agree that they could not force us out directly, they could make it entirely too absurd and costly for us to stay.
I said nothing about civilian governments, I referred to civilized behavior. You stretch to compare the corrupt entity they describe as a national government to a functioning civilian government. We are trying to impart 21st century thought upon a population hell bent on remaining within the 1300's.