In Moral Defense of Israel

The Ayn Rand Institute ^ | Robert W Tracinski

[weikel]

Israel and those who attack it are not moral equals. Israel is a free, Westernized country, which recognizes the individual rights of its citizens (such as their right to liberty and freedom of speech). It uses military force only in self-defense, in order to protect itself.

Those attacking Israel, by contrast, are terrorist organizations, theocracies, dictatorships and would-be dictators. They do not recognize the individual rights of their own subjects, much less those of the citizens of Israel. They initiate force indiscriminately in order to retain and expand their power. In contrast to the state of Israel, such organizations and regimes have no moral right to exist.

Fundamentally, Israel is the target of these organizations and regimes precisely because of its virtues: it is an oasis of freedom and prosperity in a desert of tyranny and stagnation. If Israel is destroyed, the enemies of freedom attacking it will be able to turn their full attention to the United States. The United States must not let this happen.

In America's war against terrorism, it is imperative that America distinguish friend from foe, good from evil, the opponents of terrorism from the perpetrators. In the name of justice and self-preservation, therefore, America should uncompromisingly encourage and support Israel in the common fight against the enemies of freedom.

[ambrose]

Israel should stop attacking the peaceful and loving Muslims. < / sarcasm>

[Buckeroo]

You damn right, Libertarians believe in the right for a soverign nation to fight it's aggressors for it's people. But you won't find this from the wishy-washy Democrats/Republicans. They are too worried about stepping upon the EU toes before principle and our Constitution.

[weikel]

ping

[Nam Vet]

Amen Bro.

Nam Vet

[weikel]

Well the Raimondo idiot libertarians don't but the objectivist are a lot more senseible in that regard( of course they won't be mainstream because they are pretty strongly Athiest).

[GaryMontana]

Bush's moral compromise to terrorism encourages terrorism

[LarryLied]

Israel is a free, Westernized country, which recognizes the individual rights of its citizens (such as their right to liberty and freedom of speech)

A theocratic nationalist socialist country which has liberal identity politics and victimolgy down pat and which ranks #43 (below Canada, the UK,Bahrain, The United Arab Emirates, Chile and Cambodia) on the Heritage Index of Economic Freedom I would not describe as "free." If what Israel is can be said to be "westernized" that is not a positive for Israel but a negative for the west.

Should not have to point this out but lest anyone get any silly ideas, all the national socialist theocratic governments near Israel are a thousand times worse than Israel. But that doesn't make Israel a shining city on a hill.

[america-rules]

I'm watching nightline right now and Israel is losing the PR war "Big Time" !

ABC is letting the palis go on and on and on.

It looks like Israel will win the battle but lose the war?

[america-rules]

Man, Nightline gave the pali's 15 minutes to spew but nothing from the Israel side.

[weikel]

I think they realize this objectivist hate socialism more fanaticially then any other political group.

[weikel]

I think they realize this I don't like "majority rules" democracy either but they are 1000 times better than the regimes around them.

[america-rules]

Their guy Dave marsh is 1000% anti Israel.

He's fallen for the downtrotten pali slaughter view?

He says that Bush is supporting Israel !

[weikel]

As for the Palis being oppressed plz they give terrorism an 87% approval rating and were cheering on 9/11 no American should have any sympathy for them they are our enemies as well as Israel's.

[Buckeroo]

"( of course they [libertarians] won't be mainstream because they are pretty strongly Athiest )." -- weikel

All of American government (controlled by Democrats/Republicans) has gravitated towards atheism. Your point is useless.

[weikel]

No I don't mean libertarians I mean objectivist( Ayn Rand did not like religion) im not religious myself I'm a Deist who believes that the chain of cause and effect must go back eventually to an "uncaused cause" for the origin of the Universe.

[weikel]

Gloria Steinem says she's oppressed by men too and the feminist use it to justify their assinine and totalitarian agenda it doesn't mean what they say is true.