Boycott the Boycotters by Sheldon Richman April 30, 2003 I’m not much for consumer boycotts, but if I were to boycott anyone, it would be those who are calling on Americans to boycott the French. Chief among them is the Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly. Since I already don’t watch his program, I guess I can’t boycott him. ...
What’s Wrong with Looting? It’s the American Way! by Jacob G. Hornberger April 30, 2003 Responding to the massive looting committed by Iraqis as part of their newly found “freedom,” Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld observed, “Stuff happens. It’s untidy. And freedom’s untidy. And free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things.” The reason for his indifference is simple: ...
U.S. Torture and Mistreatment of POWs and Criminal Suspects by Jacob G. Hornberger April 28, 2003 Iraqi POW Death Under Scrutiny" CBS News. Rules of War Apply to Us Too, by Robyn E. Blumner St. Petersburg Times. Guantanamo example may hurt POWs, by Ivan Roman Orlando Sentinel. Hypocrisy In U.S. Demands That Call For Respect Of Geneva Conventions Dar Al-Hayat.
A Stupid War by Scott McPherson April 25, 2003 President Bush and his allies claimed emphatically during the months leading up to the invasion of Iraq that Saddam Hussein was an evil madman in possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), requiring an immediate preemptive invasion to topple his dictatorial regime and avert a nuclear, biological, or chemical ...
Why Not Send Moussaoui to Havana and Be Done With It? by Jacob G. Hornberger April 25, 2003 Fidel Castro recently did us the favor of showing how a communist regime wages a “war on terrorism.” Three accused hijackers were captured on the high seas attempting to escape communist tyranny and come to the United States. They were taken into custody, given a trial, and convicted; their appeals were denied, and they were ...
Social Fantasy and Libertarian Reality by Scott McPherson April 25, 2003 The idea you can bring unskilled people into the country and not impose huge costs on taxpayers is a fallacy. Its a kind of libertarian fantasy. So said Steven A. Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), on the occasion of his organizations releasing a report on the rise in welfare use by immigrants. According to ...
If This Is Freedom, What Exactly Is Dictatorship? by Jacob G. Hornberger April 21, 2003 Let me see if I have this right. In the United States of America: 1. The president now has the unrestricted power to declare war against a country that has not attacked the United States, wreaking death and destruction on both sides of the conflict. 2. The president now has ...
We Want to Free You . . . but Just Don’t Come Here by Jacob G. Hornberger April 18, 2003 Amidst all the U.S. government outrage over Fidel Castro’s tyrannical treatment of Cuban citizens, U.S. officials unfortunately remain steadfastly committed to working with Castro to forcibly repatriate Cuban refugees back into Castro’s communist tyranny. For that matter, how many U.S. officials who are now claiming to have had a ...
Drunk with Power by Scott McPherson April 18, 2003 Following the inevitable victory of allied military power over Iraq’s decrepit army, White House officials were hesitant to express too much jubilation, lest their reaction be thought to lack seemly restraint. As buildings burned and children died, apparently they saw wisdom in a muted celebration. “Administration officials ...
We Want to Free You . . . but Just Dont Come Here by Jacob G. Hornberger April 18, 2003 Amidst all the U.S. government outrage over Fidel Castro's tyrannical treatment of Cuban citizens, U.S. officials unfortunately remain steadfastly committed to working with Castro to forcibly repatriate Cuban refugees back into Castro's communist tyranny. For that matter, how many U.S. officials who are now claiming to have had a longtime, heartfelt urge to free the ...
The Moral Cost of Liberating Iraq by Jacob G. Hornberger April 16, 2003 During the three weeks of the war on Iraq, Americans seemed to have been discomforted by accounts of Iraqis killed or injured, including both enemy soldiers and civilians. Perhaps that’s why the U.S. television networks, which provided around-the-clock coverage, scrupulously avoided exposing viewers to those gruesome scenes. ...
If Iraq Really Adopts Freedom, Should We Move There? by Jacob G. Hornberger April 11, 2003 Model Amendments to the Iraqi Constitution of 2003 Whereas, the U.S. government has waged war on our land in which it has sacrificed the lives of dozens of its soldiers and those of thousands of the Iraqi people; and Whereas, the purpose of the war was to free the Iraqi people from ...