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Oh yeah, that really makes a lot of sense. Here's your theory - anyone who deserts the libertarians is by definition off his rocker and therefore, could not have ever been a libertarian in the first place since libertarians are always perfectly sane.

Wrong. First, I didn't say you were crazy. I said the reasons you gave for leaving libertarianism were based upon a faulty understanding of the philosophy of libertarianism. Take 9/11 for instance. Many libertarians (including mysrelf) believe that using the military to defend the country is thoroughly proper. Thus, your "defection" appears to be based on an erroneous (or at least incomplete) understanding of libertarianism.

Furthermore, the author of the posted article stated many false things about the beliefs of libertarians (such as the WWII example I refuted). The fact that you publicly accepted all of his arguments as valid shows that you at best lack a comprehensive understanding of what libertariansm is.

Well at least we are getting somewhere. You say that "..using the military to defend the country is thoroughly proper." I agree and in fact I had always thought that national defense is a proper function of government according to libertarianism.

But would you agree or disagree that many (most?) libertarians have grave doubts about the war on terror and especially the proposed war on Iraq?

For example from Harry Brownes website: "Declare an end to the so-called War on Terrorism. Call it a victory, a defeat, or an armistice. But quit acting as though it's an excuse to invade any country or take away our civil liberties.