Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] If you don't do it my way then I'll quit!
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 14:38:01 -0400
To:        <lpny_discuss@yahoogroups.com>
From:     Bob Armstrong <bob@cosy.com>
On Mon, 02 Jun 2003 16:58:52 -0000, Ronald J. Wieck wrote:
> And no, no matter how many times muddle-headed Hate-America
>=A0lefties scream it, the USA is not a rogue state. 

 Define "rogue state" . If it is based on unilateral aggression 
 based on lies and fraud , in defiance of expressed global
 opinion , then US qualifies .

> No constitutional=A0republic, loosely defined as a state in=
 which
> the government is=A0elected by the people and is responsible to=
 the
> people, sponsors=A0terrorist attacks on civilians (sorry, Israel
> does not).

 It uses Apache gun ships , tanks and bulldozers .

> Who=A0defines what is and is not frivolous? WE (broadly, the USA,=
 Europe,
>=A0democratic/free market Asian nations ... 

 But , US doesn't give a damn about the democratic voices of 
 Europe , Asia ... 

> As an aside, I
>=A0wonder why non-interventionist libertarians aren't clamoring=
 for a
>=A0truly effective anti-missile shield.

 Harry Browne ( http://www.truthaboutwar.org/home.shtml ) has=
 long
 advocated offering a prize ( and contract ) to the group which=
 which
 can demonstrate an effective such system .

> but I have
>=A0already confessed my suspicion that a libertarian President=
 would
>=A0have lost the Cold War

 I believe MAD ( Mutually Assured Destruction ) , which is not=
 in
 conflict with the libertarian principle , is what kept the cold
 war cool until the Soviet Socialists crumbled under Reagan's=
 moral
 challenge backed by his bigger stick .

 No aggression by US , and they tore down their own statues .
 
--=A0
=A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864
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