BEagle, stone adulterers???
there'd be nobody left in the country except a few catholics, moslems and high kirk elders!
I hope your policies don't come to pass - I wouldn't survive day one . . .
As for "What do we need tanks for?" the answer is simple. When you invade some poor sod's country, you can't hide behind an Apache gunship when he decides to empty his AK-47 on you from his back garden!