The Indian army functions in Kashmir like a state within the state, much as its counterpart does in Pakistan.
The United States and Indonesia are not talking of anywhere near that number, but Mr. Harymurti expands on his point by saying that officers' wives and children should go to the United States too to be exposed to how an army functions under civilian control.
That's not how armies function.
For historical generals, from Alexander the Great of ancient Macedonia to Frederick II of 18th-century Prussia, their armies functioned as the centre of gravity.
"Then they spoke with the children and said the army's function now was to guard the borders and protect the population.
Though the immune system is notoriously difficult on a molecular level, and the specific molecular phenomena which happen during, say, an HIV infection, may be only within the grasp of experts, the defense-army metaphor functions as a bridge between lay and professionals and facilitates understanding in an intuitive way.
In late August 1974, Major General John E Murray, whose job it was to maintain the supplies the South Vietnamese army needed to function, wrote flatly that "without proper support the RVNAF (Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces) are going lose, maybe not next week, or next month, but after the year they are going to".
We really don't need much to get that -- just a loose Afghan federal government, some basic police and army units, a functioning economy and a few institutions.
The country, without a functioning army, police force and government is vulnerable to internal violence and attack from foreign countries for the foreseeable future.
But it is also true that there can be no lasting security — and no exit for American forces — until Afghanistan has a functioning army and national police that can hold back the insurgents and earn the trust of Afghan citizens.
The gang is accused of transferring potentially damaging information to Hezbollah, including the positions and numbers of troops on the border, army maps, the functioning of surveillance cameras and details about some officers, including the former chief of the northern command, Gabi Ashkenazi.
