----- Original Message ----- From: "Geof Gibson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> --- In [email protected], "wgilbert02" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I suppose, following your logic, if North Korea had missile silos > > aimed and ready to fire at the US and openly declared on such and > > such a day and time they would blast us, we should wait for the great > > UN to decide for us how we should defend ourselves. This is the > > exact logic many followed when they believed that the League of > > Nations could prevent WWII. > > My understanding of the 'hard core' Libertarian view is that, yes, we > should wait before the attack upon US ships or soil before taking > military action. > Geoff- Just out of curiosity, what should have been done after the two hour sustained attack on the USS Liberty? That was a two hour sustained attack with torpedo boats, fighter jets and a helicopter gunship. See www.ussliberty.org Should we have just begged for an apology? > I believe this is similar to the non-interventionist view before WWI > and then, in relation to Hitler, after the invasion of Poland in 1939 > until Germany declared war on the US. That is why I also believe, if > this view is put in action with respect to terrorism, we will > accumulate many more dead Americans until total war is declared. > You should study your history. We were heavily involved in the "Great War" (on the side of Britain) long before we sent troops. And it can hardly be denied that our pushing of the Versailles Treaty was what led to Hitler. > I do not subscribe to the view that, even if we withdraw every last > American troop to US soil, the terrorists will just leave us alone. > Based on that, I think we should do it to them before they do it to us. > Whew!! That is a LOT of fighting and killing if you are going to advocate destroying EVERY country that might have a part of it's population wanting to get in a whack at us!! Where do you stop? PEACE Steven R. Linnabary, Treasurer Franklin County Libertarian Party (614) 891-8841 P.O.Box#115; Blacklick, OH 43004-0115 "When you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent revolution inevitable" John F. Kennedy 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/
