Posted on 12/17/2003 8:04:12 PM PST by Commie Basher
Military adventurism is the context of the discussion. We're in this war now because American troops were sent to the other side of the globe to re-install a King to his throne.
I'll ask more directly: Do you agree with Browne's premise that Saddam Hussein should have remained in power?
Browne's premise isn't that Saddam should remain in power, but that the expense and unintended consequences of America removing him aren't worth it to Americans. With that I concur. I couldn't really care less about Saddam Hussien.
Right you are, the American troop presence did force the Terrorists to work "underground" and it did deter outward attacks greatly.
Oh, excuse me! You expect us to believe that our troops presence is what actually caused the Arabic hate for the West?
Unless you are a TROLL and have been geting your "facts" from DU, you had better go back to school and finish your education!
Libertarians wouldn't have put U.S. tax dollars and U.S. troops in the Middle East in the first place. Without involving the U.S. in other people's wars, my liberty is fine.
You just expressed an oxymoron, but we understand what you really meant....
As far as Saddam is concerned, perhaps a million or more Iraqui citizens, who he had executed simply because they did not agree with his political philosophy, would differ with your isolationist indifference.
Personally, being a veteran myself, I truely care about preventing this kind of injustice from occuring in the World. By doing so, I also make my home land a safer place to live in for both you and me!
No, it's just what caused OBL to 'declare war' on the U.S. and start a series of bombings killing Americans.
LOL, I wish I had thought of that one.
In Harry Browne's list of 14 ways in which the U.S. is oppressing the Iraqis, I don't see anything about torture, beheadings, and systematic rapes.
As for gun control (which I am against)--there seemed to be an awful lot of Iraqis running around with guns on Sunday, shooting in the air.
You just expressed an oxymoron, but we understand what you really meant....
Well, it's actually literally true. I could NOT care LESS about Saddam Hussien than I do. If I could care less, it would mean I cared at all, and I don't.
Personally, being a veteran myself, I truely care about preventing this kind of injustice from occuring in the World. By doing so, I also make my home land a safer place to live in for both you and me!
I have no problem with you joining any Abraham Lincoln Brigades you want and going forth to fight in other people's wars. When you want to do it on my dime, and thus put me and my family at risk of retaliation, I have a problem with it.
The attacks didn't come until we put U.S. troops and U.S. tax dollars in the Middle East. Causality is time sensitive.
Not true. I've seen people openly carrying AK's. In some places the local rulers (mafia) run toll gates on the raodways. They let the military convoys through, of course, since a SAW or .50 cal trump an AK any day of the week. Got to admit I get a little puckered when I see guys walking on the road w/ AK's as I drive by. Bottom line is that Browne has sunk below pathetic in his need for some sort of attention.
Libertarianism is the politics (religion) of apathy. A society that embraces apathy is a society that has no shame. It is dead, useless, reprobate, decayed.
In my opinion, each person (and society as a whole) has a destiny. Will we do our part to help the dike hold? Or walk away pretending the rising flood of terrorism is just someone else's problem. The Libertarian will cross the street to avoid tripping over the wounded soul to whom a good samaritan will end up helping.
IMO, the Libertarian philosophy is selfish, dispicable, and treacherously unprincipled. The Libertarian will cross the street to avoid tripping over the wounded soul to whom a good samaritan will end up helping.
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