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Brazil took an 'extreme measure' to fight crime in one of its biggest cities, but it's only made things worse
Brazil's government sent the army into Rio de Janeiro to take over public security. But crime and violence there haven't improved, and the operation's failure could have a much bigger impact.
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The purpose of the military is to kill people and break things. It's a blunt instrument.
You want occupation and pacification, Army works. Regular policing, not so much.
As a great, sepeculative-fictional man once said, “The Army is a broadsword, not a scalpel.”