Since I must be "that Harrison guy" I will explain this to you. One nut shooting up a private organization does not seem like much. Libertarians would probably worry more about the consequences for gun control laws than for international relations.
We should pay more attention, however. The agency he attacked, the Seattle Jewish Federation, had just promoted a pro-Israel war rally: http://www.jewishinseattle.org/jf/default.asp Assassinating members of civilian political groups is spreading to the US. It has been going on in the Middle East for years. Israel tried to prevent Hamas from winning the Palestinian elections by killing and arresting their candidates. (It did not work). Israel put out feelers about murdering people in America in early 2003 (1) In Spring of 2004 the Israeli government assassinated Sheik Yassin, a paralyzed old man in a wheelchair, as he was coming out of his mosque after prayers. My opponent at the time, Rep. Tom Lantos-D, immediately praised Israel for the murder, prompting my response which did get published (2). A few people who consider themselves libertarians thought that attacking Iraq could turn out to be some sort of "liberation". I disagreed but could see their point. But now it seems impossible that any libertarian could believe that the current attack on Lebanon by Israel deserves American support or approval. The wild actions of this madman in shooting up the Seattle Jewish Federation should warn us about supporting unjust governments, no matter who lives under them. Harland Harrison Libertarian Party of San Mateo County CA (1) Israel to kill in U.S., allied nations By Richard Sale UPI Intelligence Correspondent Published 1/15/2003 7:14 PM http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030115-035849-6156r Israel is embarking upon a more aggressive approach to the war on terror that will include staging targeted killings in the United States and other friendly countries, former Israeli intelligence officials told United Press International... (2) Rep. Tom Lantos Condoned Murder Rep. Tom Lantos condoned murder when he praised Israel for killing Sheik Yassin and Abdel Rantisi. (³Daily Journal², April 20,2004, ³Lantos:²) Regardless of what Yassin might have done, he was an unarmed civilian. Civilized societies do not use the military against civilians, nor against unarmed men. The Israeli army killed Yassin, and several bystanders, with a missile fired from a helicopter, as the old man, who was paralyzed and in a wheelchair, left the mosque where he went to pray every day. The UN Security Council voted on a resolution to condemn this brutality. The only vote against it, a veto by the United States, prevented its passage. We must never accept murder, under any circumstances, as the policy of any government. Harland Harrison Libertarian for Congress 12th District (San Mateo-San Francisco, CA) http://Harrison2004.LPSM.org <http://Harrison2004.LPSM.org/> Yours in Liberty Harland Harrison Libertarian Party of San Mateo CA > Go on any On-line Yahoo Group this morning, biggest story around - the slaying > of 1 Jew and shooting of 5 others at the Jewish Community Center in Seattle by > a raged Muslim - but not a comment about it anywhere by frequent Libertarian > chatters. > > Only on Bob Hunt's Individual Sovereignty List is this being discussed. > > Nothing on Terry L. Parker's Yahoo Libertarian Group with over 700 Members. > Nothing even on Yahoo Libertarian Republican. > > What do the frequent Libertarian Muslim defenders have to say about this? > > Where's Steven Linnaberry? That Harrison guy? Where's all those Leftist > Libertarian infiltrators over at Yahoo Libertarian Republican - you know the > ones, Jeff Riggenbach, Anthony Gregory, Todd Andrew Barnette, John Marthos, > et.al. The ones that accuse us "Pro-War on Terrorism" libertarians of being > obnoxious, hyperbolic, and obssessed with threats from a "made-up" > Islamo-Fascism. > > Notice every goddamned one of them is silent this morning. > > No apologies to myself, Bob Hunt, Tim Starr, Bruce Cohen, Jeffrey Blanco, > Adam Bernay, and others on our side who've been warning about the threat of > Islamo-Fascism for years. > > I'm hoping at the very least Thomas L. Knapp steps forward. He's the only > honest one on their Anti-War side. How about it Tom? > > And while we're on the subject, where's the Press Release from the > Libertarian Party of Washington State condemning this act, and expressing > solidarity with the Jewish Community in Seattle? > > It took a Republican candidate for Congress to stand up for liberty and > against Fascism by immediately condemning this atrocity - > www,behrenforcongress.org. > > They're here. They're in our neighborhoods. They're in our communities. > > Just yesterday we learned of a Muslim fanatic who sliced his hand off in a > butcher shop in front of hysteric crowd in Virginia, in the "name of Allah." > > You're either with us or against us in this fight against Islamo-Fascism. > You're either a libertarian or a Fascist-lover yourself. There's no middle > ground in this War!!! > > You either condemn this Act of Terrorism in one of our biggest and most calm > and beautiful cities in America loudly and forcefully, or you risk being > labeled as on the side of the Islamo-Fascists. > > There's no sideliners here. Silence puts you on the side of Islamo-Fascism. > > Eric Dondero > Libertarian Republican National Activist > Houston, Texas > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Libertarian Republicans > > Fiscally Conservative, Socially Tolerant & Pro-Defense! > > Dondero is a US Navy Veteran, former Libertarian Party National > Committeeman, fmr. 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