The AUC was not created, armed or trained by the military, nor does it receive logistical support from them the proper definition of a paramilitary force.
His critics have said much of that activity did not amount to a sincere effort to halt the abuses of local militias, which were created, armed and guided by the Indonesian military.
In addition, he proposed a campaign of nonviolent demonstrations and economic boycotts to be led by a newly created arm of NASA called the National Resistance Movement NRMM)—in support of his call for a fresh election.
Countrywide merged into a specially created, arms-length subsidiary of Bank of America rather than being consolidated into the Charlotte, N.C.-based banking company.
CONFLICT creates arms races.
"There's a good reason not to get into 15-year negotiations, which is what it has taken to create arms control treaties," Ms. Rice added.
Her stubborn ingenuousness may cloy (she has said, "Instead of putting all this money to create arms, I think countries should invest in scholarships for kids to study abroad"), but we don't go to graphic novels for political philosophy.
Elsewhere in Europe most governments plan to create arm's-length agencies, but their independence is questionable.
Washington has resisted including either country even indirectly because it considers them part of the problem for creating, arming and abetting Hezbollah.
