Comment by iugtmkbdfil834

I don't think parent is arguing that is a wise or prudent thing to do, but merely that violence is very much accessible to the state as an option. Just because it is not exercised with reckless abandon like, especially more recently, in the case of US, does not mean it suddenly does not exist.

<< For now the best assumption is that USA is in a league of its own when it comes to imposing its will on other nations.

You are wrong in general on this point. European countries in general have a long and exciting history of imposing its will upon others ( unilaterally and not ).