[hscott]

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.

[The Green Goblin]

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?

It is true that many libertarians do have doubts about those things. But even those of us who approve of wartime actions against terrorism should always have "doubts" when it comes to the poissible revocation of our precious and hard-won civil liberties in this country. To do otherwise would be folly and failure to learn form the lessons of history.