Why Not Send Moussaoui to Havana and Be Done With It? by Jacob G. Hornberger April 25, 2003 Fidel Castro recently did us the favor of showing how a communist regime wages a “war on terrorism.” Three accused hijackers were captured on the high seas attempting to escape communist tyranny and come to the United States. They were taken into custody, given a trial, and convicted; their appeals were denied, and they were ...
Social Fantasy and Libertarian Reality by Scott McPherson April 25, 2003 The idea you can bring unskilled people into the country and not impose huge costs on taxpayers is a fallacy. Its a kind of libertarian fantasy. So said Steven A. Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), on the occasion of his organizations releasing a report on the rise in welfare use by immigrants. According to ...
If This Is Freedom, What Exactly Is Dictatorship? by Jacob G. Hornberger April 21, 2003 Let me see if I have this right. In the United States of America: 1. The president now has the unrestricted power to declare war against a country that has not attacked the United States, wreaking death and destruction on both sides of the conflict. 2. The president now has ...
We Want to Free You . . . but Just Don’t Come Here by Jacob G. Hornberger April 18, 2003 Amidst all the U.S. government outrage over Fidel Castro’s tyrannical treatment of Cuban citizens, U.S. officials unfortunately remain steadfastly committed to working with Castro to forcibly repatriate Cuban refugees back into Castro’s communist tyranny. For that matter, how many U.S. officials who are now claiming to have had a ...
Drunk with Power by Scott McPherson April 18, 2003 Following the inevitable victory of allied military power over Iraq’s decrepit army, White House officials were hesitant to express too much jubilation, lest their reaction be thought to lack seemly restraint. As buildings burned and children died, apparently they saw wisdom in a muted celebration. “Administration officials ...
We Want to Free You . . . but Just Dont Come Here by Jacob G. Hornberger April 18, 2003 Amidst all the U.S. government outrage over Fidel Castro's tyrannical treatment of Cuban citizens, U.S. officials unfortunately remain steadfastly committed to working with Castro to forcibly repatriate Cuban refugees back into Castro's communist tyranny. For that matter, how many U.S. officials who are now claiming to have had a longtime, heartfelt urge to free the ...
The Moral Cost of Liberating Iraq by Jacob G. Hornberger April 16, 2003 During the three weeks of the war on Iraq, Americans seemed to have been discomforted by accounts of Iraqis killed or injured, including both enemy soldiers and civilians. Perhaps that’s why the U.S. television networks, which provided around-the-clock coverage, scrupulously avoided exposing viewers to those gruesome scenes. ...
If Iraq Really Adopts Freedom, Should We Move There? by Jacob G. Hornberger April 11, 2003 Model Amendments to the Iraqi Constitution of 2003 Whereas, the U.S. government has waged war on our land in which it has sacrificed the lives of dozens of its soldiers and those of thousands of the Iraqi people; and Whereas, the purpose of the war was to free the Iraqi people from ...
The Costs of War and Some Who Benefit by Richard M. Ebeling April 11, 2003 War is never profitable for either the victor or the vanquished nation. It imposes various costs on the people of the combatant nations. First, and most obvious, war costs some of them their lives and leaves others permanently crippled and incapacitated. They are the victims on both sides whose ...
How to Free the Iraqis by Sheldon Richman April 11, 2003 In terms of the sheer image, no freedom lover could help but be moved by the scenes of Iraqis stomping on the fallen statue of the vicious dictator Saddam Hussein. Whether or not one thinks the U.S. government should have invaded Iraq (I believe it was an unconstitutional action), ...
Does the End Justify the Means? by Bart Frazier April 11, 2003 When I saw Iraqis in Baghdad celebrating the downfall of Saddam Hussein’s dictatorial regime, I could not help but jump for joy along with them. Only a heartless soul could watch the statue of Saddam Hussein come down in the middle of Baghdad and not be moved by the jubilant crowd ...
What If Democracy “Fails”? by Scott McPherson April 11, 2003 Since the “justification” for war in Iraq noticeably shifted from ridding Saddam Hussein’s regime of its alleged cache of weapons of mass destruction, to liberating the Iraqis from an evil dictator and bringing democracy to a subjugated country, a hypothetical question arises: What if democracy “fails”? For months U.S. government ...