THE 'Israel question' for consistent libertarians is about ending US taxpayer aid now or 'later'
Cato Foreign Policy Briefing No. 50: Does U.S. Intervention Overseas Breed Terrorism? The Historical Record by Ivan Eland, then director of defense policy studies at the Cato Institute at http://www.cato.org/pubs/fpbriefs/fpb-050es.html Americans have been drawn into a violent scenario in the middle east. a FUNDAMENTAL USA Libertarian 'access' point of this issue is the US govt taxpayer subsidy to the state of Israel and others in the region. These huge anual subsidies are both a lure and an enablement for the more 'thug' like folk in that part of the world to become powerful. As a result, harmful policies abound. see http://www.cato.org/pubs/fpbriefs/fpb-050es.html Americans have been made a target as a consequence of US govt taxpayer subsidies that make oppressors harder to overthrow and reduces resistance options to the point that 'our' innocents can ALSO become the 'collateral damage' of what are percieved to be the remaining 'self defense' options by 'them' Misunderstandings, along with a perspective that discounts concerns about 'collateral damage' innocents, manifests on all sides of this US govt taxpayer subsidized violence. see http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2001/cr092501.htm These are some of the reasons why THE 'consistent libertarian' position is to end ALL US govt taxpayer subsidy to ALL middle east rulers! USA presence in the Persian Gulf helps extremists to recruit for the holy war! Said US Rep Ron Paul (R) in Congress Sept 25, 2001: "The hatred has been suppressed because we are a powerful economic and military force and wield a lot of influence. But this suppressed hatred is now becoming more visible and we as Americans for the most part are not even aware of how this could be. Americans have no animosity toward a people they hardly even know. Instead, our policies have been driven by the commercial interests of a few. And now the innocent suffer" MoreAt http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2001/cr092501.htm If someone keeps poking a stick into a hornets nest but then manages to duck out of the way as the hornets swarm upon YOU in defensive retaliation would it make sense to deal ONLY with the hornets? MoreAt http://www.antiwar.com Telecast soon after 911; includes ABC-TV Austin affiliate (KVUE) street rally interview with Terry Liberty Parker in first few minutes in which the LIBERTARIAN response to 911 is briefly described RealMedia Playback http://images.indymedia.org/imc/austin/lll01100.rm Libertarian national Muslim figure, Dean Ahmad of http://www.minaret.org publishes 'Islam and the Discovery of Freedom' on the 50th anniversary of the creation of the modern state of Israel; and takes live unscreened calls from viewers on this 1 hour TV show. RealMedia Playback http://txliberty.dyndns.org/inetpub/wwwroot/webfiles/LL980502.rm -Terry Liberty Parker AustinLibertyInterNet Radio/TV at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LibertyProspects/links VoiceCall 1.512.462.1776 every Sunday 6:30pm (cdt) to ? I host informal disscussion to which all are welcome who want to consider ideas & issues of Liberty & Justice for ALL in Hickory St Grill at 8th & Congress, Austin TX Look for me, MyPicAt http://profiles.yahoo.com/txliberty OnLineAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/chat ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hg1s6bq/M=362329.6886306.7839369.3040540/D=groups/S=1705060682:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1124391144/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
