Why They Hate Us by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 What’s more obnoxious than a person who constantly whines about the real and imagined injustices committed against him while ignoring his own injustices against others? A country that does the same thing. One of the great myths accepted by the American people is that historically, the United States — more precisely, the U.S. government — has been a gentle giant, powerful and rich but entirely peaceful and well-meaning, and slow to anger when wronged. The truth is nearly the diametric opposite. We often hear American politicians and commentators reciting a list of “terrorist” acts committed against the “United States.” It typically includes the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut, the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, the 1996 bombing of U.S. Air ...
The War on Afghanistan Was Wrong, Too by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 While most Americans have turned against the Iraq War, many of them still think that the war on Afghanistan was morally and legally justified. Their rationale is that the United States was simply defending itself by attacking Afghanistan and retaliating against those who had conspired to commit the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Of course, the last thing on people’s mind was that the 9/11 perpetrators themselves were retaliating for the bad things that the U.S. government had long been doing to people in the Middle East. In fact, the irony of the attacks on both Afghanistan and Iraq is that both actions are simply a continuation of regime-change operations that have long characterized U.S. foreign policy, operations that are in large part responsible for much of the anger that foreigners have for the United States. For ...
The Diagnosis of a Dying Republic, Part 2 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Part 1 | Part 2 Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson (New York: Metropolitan Books, 2006), 368 pages; $26. The full extent of the American Empire is shown in great clarity throughout Nemesis. In terms of the imperial, hyperpowerful executive branch, perhaps nothing better exemplifies the problem than the CIA, or “the president’s private army,” as Johnson puts it. Not a blind Democratic partisan by any means, the author lays down a sketch of the history of presidential covert operations as a dismal bipartisan legacy, from the Bay of Pigs disaster to the overthrow of Chile’s democratically elected Allende and the installation of military dictator Pinochet in his stead. Perhaps the most chilling example — and the cause of “the worst instance of blowback ...
A Century of Interventionism and Regime Change by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq by Stephen Kinzer (New York: Times Books, 2006); 400 pages; $27.50. Since September 11, the U.S. government has overthrown the governments of Afghanistan and Iraq. Most Americans appear to think of these actions as defensible in principle ...
A Century of Interventionism and Regime Change by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Overthrow: Americas Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq by Stephen Kinzer (New York: Times Books, 2006); 400 pages; $27.50. Since September 11, the U.S. government has overthrown the governments of Afghanistan and Iraq. Most Americans appear to think of these actions as defensible in principle ...
A Century of Interventionism and Regime Change by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Overthrow: Americas Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq by Stephen Kinzer (New York: Times Books, 2006); 400 pages; $27.50. Since September 11, the U.S. government has overthrown the governments of Afghanistan and Iraq. Most Americans appear to think of these actions as defensible in principle ...
Book Review: Wilson’s War by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Wilsons War: How Woodrow Wilsons Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin, Stalin & World War II by Jim Powell (Crown Forum, 2005); 352 pages; $27.50. Although most conventional liberal historians, blinded by their adulation for politicians who embrace ...
Book Review: Wilson’s War by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Wilson’s War: How Woodrow Wilson’s Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin, Stalin & World War II by Jim Powell (Crown Forum, 2005); 352 pages; $27.50. Although most conventional liberal historians, blinded by their adulation for politicians who embrace ...
Book Review: Wilson’s War by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Wilsons War: How Woodrow Wilsons Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin, Stalin & World War II by Jim Powell (Crown Forum, 2005); 352 pages; $27.50. Although most conventional liberal historians, blinded by their adulation for politicians who embrace ...
The Bill of Rights: Bail, Fines, and Cruel and Unusual Punishments by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Like the Sixth Amendment, the Eighth Amendment deals with the administration of criminal justice. The Eighth Amendment reads as follows: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. This is how bail works: When federal officials arrest someone suspected of having committed a crime, they are required ...
The Bill of Rights: The Right to Keep and Bear Arms by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Arguably, the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution should have been made first in the Bill of Rights because without the right to keep and bear arms, such rights as freedom of speech and freedom of the press would be treated as nothing more than meaningless privileges bestowed and taken away by government officials at ...
Commentaries – 2004 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 22, 2010 December 2004 Our Collective Goodness in the Tsunami Disaster by Jacob G. Hornberger Buy American Hurts Americans by Sheldon Richman The Federal Attack on the Dollar by Jacob G. Hornberger Limits on Chinese Imports Harm Low-Income Americans by Sheldon Richman Brady Wrong on Automatic Weapons by Ben ...
