What role should the military have in democratization?

Question

Kant introduced the idea of perpetual peace through democracy (as well as trade and international leagues). Because democracies are more peaceful with other democracies (a democracy has never been at war with another democracy), the democratization of the planet has been a foreign policy goal of the United States at least since Wilson and pushed hard with Clinton and G.W. Many times this is pursued with military force, "forging democracy at gunpoint" as one put it. It's something of a paradox to work toward peace by using force. Any ideas on how we might support democracy (e.g. in Iraq and Afghanistan) without the use of the military, or at least in a much more limited capacity?

Answer 1

The military role on a Federal International role can be compared to local police forces

If someone in your town kills his neighbor the police arrest him, correct? WHY? He broke the law, a law put in place so that society could and can function.
When your international neighbor comes to your city and kills 3000 of your citizens, you call the military to bring them to justice.
It really is simple NO International law = anarchy. We have a right to enforce our own protection.

Answer 2

True democracy sometimes needs the support of the military. Just look to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's in this county. More than once the National Guard had to be called up to protect voters, peaceful protester, and students. It is not a foreign concept.

Answer 3

Immanuel Kant was a real piss ant who could drink you under the table, Heidegger, Heidegger the boozy begger was very rarely stable! And he supported the Nazis. When I think about all the rhetoric about the spread of democracy via these wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, I can't help but think of post 20th Congress Soviet scholars writing about the new great thrust of Maxism-Leninsm onto the world and then doing an about face and rolling all sorts of tanks into Hungary and Czeckozlovakia. The use of force to impose ideology always ends badly and this "new path" of the United States to attain political hegemony is going to end badly as well. Good luck in this new Frontier, neighbour, but we're not coming along with you. Bullets don't buy peace. Never did, never will.

Answer 4

the goal of democracy is a cover..WE ARE NOT OVER THERE FOR THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!