[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.

[hscott]

Sure, absolutely you are correct concerning civil liberties. And I have to confess to being conflicted about this. Do security and freedom necessarily conflict? And, if so, how are they to be balanced?

But you are glossing over the fact that many libs are members of the "hate America" crowd, just like Chomsky, et al. They fail to acknowledge that America, with all its faults is still the best country in the world and in fact the best country in human history.