[Cincinatus]

Well, this should get the paleos riled up! Shall I make the popcorn?

[Remember_Salamis]

I come across this anti-war right/libertarian garbage when I'm reading articles at the Von Mises Institute. On economic issues, I'm a strict libertarian, but I separate it from social/foreign policy issues.

I think the real problem here is that the Old Right, which includes most right-wing libertarians, is totally lost on foreign policy. They should follow the voice in their forest, the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI). The ultra-libertarian think-tank, modeled after the great one herself, has an interesting take on the War on Terror.

just like the rest of the anti-war right, ARI claims that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were mistakes. But ARI claims thet they were mistakes DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH: ARI claims that we should have immediately leveled Tehran the epicenter of global terrorism.

[Jaysun]

This is a splendid post, thanks. I'll comment on some specifics as soon as I stop shaking my head.

[Angry Republican]

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[Christopher Lincoln]

Antiwar.com is in large part the legacy of Murray Rothbard; its founder, Justin Raimondo, is Rothbard's follower. Raimondo's biography of Rothbard was entitled The Enemy of the State. But it turned out that Rothbard (and the same is true of Raimondo) was the enemy only of the free state, above all of the United States. I have my ideas about what is behind this, but that would be a much longer post than I have time for (soon, I hope).

Rothbard was vociferously opposed to all efforts to resist Communism (in exact accordance with the Communist line, he applied the phrase "Cold War" exclusively to the actions of the West). Raimondo followed him in this; I confess I find it strange that Mr. Auster was surprised when Antiwar took an a line against the Cold War.

He is mistaken about another point: it is true that in Rothbard's major writings he took a stand for more or less free immigration, but after the fall of the Soviet Union (I think this was the precipitating event) the Rothbardian libertarians reversed their opinion completely.

[Tolik]

Interesting article PING!

This ping list is not author-specific for articles I'd like to share. Some for perfect moral clarity, some for provocative thoughts; or simply interesting articles I'd hate to miss myself. (I don't have to agree with the author 100% to feel the need to share an article.) I will try not to abuse the ping list and not to annoy you too much, but on some days there is more of good stuff that is worthy attention. I keep separate PING lists for my favorite authors Victor Davis Hanson, Lee Harris, David Warren, Orson Scott Card. You are welcome in or out, just freepmail me (and note which PING list you are talking about).

[RaceBannon]

Great article!

[blackeagle]

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