I don't believe you can contain ideas by military force.
I believe military force can be used to redress or change the balance of power in the world, but I think that that's always a losing operation if you're not trying to do it in a way which corresponds to the basic desires of the people on whom you are acting.
Who is it that said that 'you have not converted a man because you have silenced him?' This is true of the use of the military on people.
