Denials, and refusing to take credit for the attacks IS cowardly.
Time to run Harry Browne out of town on the rails, all tarred and feathered in the traditional way we treat scoundrels, swindlers, smugglers, and sops.
Yes, there are.
INNOCENT? Far from it, the butchery in Iraq's invasion of its neighbors was shocking! From that point on we have bombed anti-aircraft installations that were placed to defy the agreements that Iraq signed to stop the war. It is called military targets, or in this liberals vocabulary, targeted assassinations. WHERE IS THE BARF ALERT?
The sanctimonious grave-dancing of you "principled" jerks is mind-numbing. Is there any tragedy that can keep you from beating your chests and clucking?
Seems now to be Browne is simply a soulmate of the late Neville Chamberlain. I've heard this policy analysis, from all the cowards. Say, Harry: Which unit did you serve in? Ever risked your own hide?
I'd say he's a notch below Clinton today. At least Clinton, Daschle, Gephart are able to call for us to properly return fire. Harry doesn't fire; he just quakes in his foxhole, decrying the wars of the ages, which inevitably occur in the REAL WORLD. A world Harry knows nothing about.
Over the last several months, the U.S. Government has learned that U.S. citizens and interests abroad may be at increased risk of a terrorist action from extremist groups. In addition, we have received unconfirmed information that terrorist actions may be taken against U.S. military facilities and/or establishments frequented by U.S. military personnel in Korea and Japan. We are also concerned about information we received in May 2001 that American citizens may be the target of a terrorist threat from extremist groups with links to Usama Bin Ladin's Al-Qaida organization. In the past, such individuals have not distinguished between official and civilian targets. As always, we take this information seriously. U.S. Government facilities worldwide remain at a heightened state of alert.
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First of all, stop the hysteria. Stand back and ask how this could have happened. Ask how a prosperous country isolated by two oceans could have so embroiled itself in other people's business that someone would want to do us harm. Even sitting in the middle of Europe, Switzerland isn't beset by terrorist attacks, because the Swiss mind their own business.
That has a lot to do with the fact the "business" of the Swiss is laundering the world's rogues' dirty money.
Second, resolve that we won't let our leaders use this occasion to commit their own terrorist acts upon more innocent people, foreign and domestic, that will inspire more terrorist attacks in the future.
What particular terrorist attack by our leaders is Harry suggesting brought this one about? Does he know? Does he care to elaborate?
Harry...are you saying the US should "learn a lesson" from the terrorists that did this? That if the US lets Bin Laden or whoever slip away without retribution, he will call a moratorium on American targets?
Third, find a way, with enforceable constitutional limits, to prevent our leaders from ever again provoking this kind of anger against America.
Harry, Harry, Harry...what is it America can do to prevent "provoking anger" in people willing to fly planes into buildings?
Hey, Harry...what did the US do to the Japanese to "provoke their anger?"
One more over here, Harry...in your America, would you just count on other nations not wanting to conquer the world's richest, most influential, and most envied nation?
Lets get to work on getting out of all our overseas meddling first thing (after we exterminate every scumbag arab that even KNEW somebody that had something to do with these attacks on our soil, of course!)
Mr. Browne's article is crap. If you truely believe in Libertarian values, you can not justify terrorist acts on any basis. Nor do you use this time to advance your political agenda. And, you Sir, Mr. Ourobors, should be ashamed to have even thought of posting an article that blames the victims rather than the perpertrators.