[Richard Poe]

<< He claims he wants to discuss my "ideology" -- but that is hardly a secret. I'm a libertarian... >>

Well, I am a libertarian too. But that hardly settles the issue, does it? Obviously that word doesn't mean much anymore.

I used to think that libertarians opposed "imperial adventures" abroad but regarded an attack on the U.S. homeland as a clear casus belli. Since 9-11, I have learned that many self-styled "libertarians" have developed a nearly infinite capacity to oppose action -- even in the face of 9-11.

This I cannot understand. It makes me wonder if I was a fool all those years to wear the name "libertarian." It makes me wonder how many people who bear that name really love this country, and how many just use the word "libertarian" as an excuse to justify their fence-sitting on a host of vexing issues.

[Justin Raimondo]

You obviously have a lot of time on your hands since you were purged as editor of David Horowitz's "Frontpage." But not enough, it seems, to read my post-9/11 output, specifically a piece entitled "Kill 'Em -- and Get Out" -- the title of which about sums up the libertarian position on fighting Al Qaeda. But fighting Al Qaeda is not something that interests either you or this administration -- you, because you believe Iraq was "really" behind 9/11, the OKC bombing, and, presumably, global warming -- the administration because it has been taken over by neoconservatives whose foreign policy goals are to make the U.S. military a cat's-paw for Israel's Likud party.

So, why not drop the crap about my alleged lack of "patriotism" and start discussing the more substantive issues?