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The Perils of Nation-Building, Part 2

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Part 1 | Part 2 Giving up on expansive nation-building ambitions is the only sensible course of action, for there are few successful models upon which to draw for Iraq. America’s obvious successes are Germany and Japan, yet neither looks like Iraq: both comprised ethnically homogenous populations, possessed democratic traditions, and sported an educated, professional class. The U.S. effort was widely viewed as legitimate by all major international players and the two countries’ neighbors, which had suffered the most at their hands. While many Germans and Japanese seemed to hold the same mixture of feelings evident in Iraq — relief at foreign liberation but resentment at foreign occupation — they had no illusion that American rule would be brief. Not so in Iraq. Abu Eslam Saqir, a spokesman for the Iran-friendly Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, said, We wanted the international community, including Americans, to help us get rid of Saddam’s dictatorship, not impose their will on our ...

Gun Control: A Poor Substitute for Good Government

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Following the horrific mass murder of 12 students and a teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, in the spring of 1999, the anti-gun Left went into overdrive to pass further restrictions on Americans’ Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Their argument was that without access to guns and ammunition, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold would not have been able to commit their monstrous act. In fact, one month to the day after the killings, President Clinton spoke to students at Columbine High, telling them they could “help us keep guns out of the wrong hands” by using what they’d endured to “reach across all the political, and religious, racial and cultural lines” to promote a gun-control agenda. In a statement praising the Senate for passing legislation that would extend the background check to firearms ...

Private: Freedom Daily – 2004

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January 2004 Sanctions: The Cruel and Brutal War Against the Iraqi People, Part 1 by Jacob G. Hornberger Iraqi Sanctions: Were They Worth It? by Sheldon Richman Iraqi Sanctions and American Intentions: Blameless Carnage? Part 1 by James Bovard The Perils of Nation-Building, Part 1 by Doug Bandow A Lesson from Vietnam, Part 1 by Wendy McElroy The Drug War and Terrorism by Scott McPherson To receive your personal copy of Freedom Daily, subscribe to our print version ($25 per year) or our email version ($15 per year).   February 2004 Sanctions: The Cruel and Brutal War Against the Iraqi People, Part 2 by Jacob G. Hornberger Drugs and Schooling: The Meaning of State Education by Sheldon Richman Iraqi Sanctions and American Intentions: Blameless Carnage? Part 2 by James Bovard The Perils of Nation-Building, Part 2 by Doug Bandow A Lesson from Vietnam, Part 2 by Wendy McElroy Gun Control: A Poor Substitute for Good Government by Scott McPherson Book Review: Guns, Freedom, and Terrorism by Wayne LaPierre by George C. ...