tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post1250094220153207374..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Hawks, Doves, And The Unnamed Region Between ThemFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-43047628847201626172014-08-31T09:31:47.694-04:002014-08-31T09:31:47.694-04:00Well, Boon, it wouldn't come to much more than...Well, Boon, it wouldn't come to much more than this: <b><i>Thou shalt not aggress.</i></b> Problem is, like all seemingly good ideas, the nonaggression axiom has a proper domain of application, outside which it produces perverse results that are impossible to endure or defend. That's most of what <a href="http://bastionofliberty.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-conservative-libertarian-schism.html" rel="nofollow"><b>the conservative-libertarian schism</b></a> is all about.<br /><br />Apropos of which, if you can find a copy -- these days it's pretty hard to come by -- read Herbert Spencer's early masterwork <b><i>Social Statics.</i></b> Talk about being ahead of one's time!Francis W. Porrettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-84617216959784455342014-08-31T08:54:11.810-04:002014-08-31T08:54:11.810-04:00Dear Fran,
you have a nice way with words, I bet y...Dear Fran,<br />you have a nice way with words, I bet you could write a nifty essay of the basic essentials of Libertarianism, a kind of tool kit for less enlightened.Boon Vickerson is out therenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-82343178516083269682014-08-25T11:02:20.553-04:002014-08-25T11:02:20.553-04:00Not only are these alliances entangling, and the p...Not only are these alliances entangling, and the precise sort of thing the Founders wished to steer us clear of, they are also remarkably incoherent.<br /><br />Bush favored Britain and Israel, Obama favors France or even, paradoxically, Iran. The supposed long-term alliances aren't even consistent, and the Left wastes little time in snubbing those allies. To the outside world, it must appear that America suffers from schizophrenia.<br /><br />Ukraine was promised that if it gave up its nuclear weapons, America would ensure the Russians were kept at bay. Maybe the architects of that deal were even being truthful. But today, it is clear that no one intends to keep that promise.<br /><br />In other words it isn't merely a case where America should not engage in these alliances, it is clear that America is completely unable to keep its word in the first place. Take the Kurds, the closest thing to a reasonable group of people in the Middle East, aside from the Israelis. American policy, under multiple administrations, has consistently wronged them in order to favor our enemies. It makes no sense whatsoever.<br /><br />In light of America's schizoid foreign policy, it should be clear to any nation on the planet that an alliance with us is completely worthless -- even when those exigencies you describe exist.Manuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082153758868357687noreply@blogger.com