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WASHINGTON, DC - The heightened terror alert is actually a "Government
Incompetence Alert," Libertarians say, because the government is
admitting that it cannot perform its most basic function: national
defense.
"What's truly alarming is that a government that will confiscate $2.2
trillion from its citizens this year is powerless to protect them,"
said Libertarian Party Chair Geoffrey Neale. "And that should make
Americans more angry than afraid."
As the directors of the CIA and FBI testified before the Senate
Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, they described new threats from al-
Qaeda and elaborated on their decision to raise the terrorist threat
level from yellow to orange.
Federal officials are urging that Americans to stockpile food and
water, make arrangements for contacting family members during an
emergency, and buy duct tape and plastic sheeting to seal homes in the
event of a chemical or biological attack.
But Libertarians say all of these warnings would be unnecessary if the
government were doing its job.
"Why are Americans who have been forced to fork over hundreds of
billions of dollars for tanks, missiles and other high-tech weaponry
now being told to defend themselves with duct tape and plastic
sheets?" asked Neale. "Because the government has failed to perform
one of its most basic - and least controversial - functions: defending
the nation from armed aggression."
Like most government failures, this one is expensive, Neale noted.
"This year the Defense Department budget will be at least $365
billion," he said. "Shouldn't politicians explain why we aren't very
well defended?
"The Department of Homeland Security will cost $36.2 billion.
Shouldn't politicians explain why we aren't very secure?
"Taxpayers will also shell out an estimated $30 billion for the CIA;
$4.3 billion for the FBI; and $3.5 billion for the National Security
Agency.
"Yet after spending nearly a half-trillion a year on these defense
agencies, the nation seems less secure than ever. Instead of cavalierly
issuing more terror alerts, politicians should hang their heads in
shame and apologize to the American people for this monumental failure
to do their jobs."
Unfortunately, if another terror attack does occur, politicians will be
tempted to respond by spending even more money and writing yet another
'anti-terrorism' bill, Neale predicted.
But that approach won't work.
"It is absolutely impossible for the government to protect 280 million
individual Americans from terrorism or other random crimes," he said.
"People who are willing to commit horrific acts of violence and even
commit suicide in the process will always be able to kill scores of
innocent people."
That's why the solution to terrorism must include adopting a 'Protect
America First' foreign policy, Neale said, which calls for bringing all
U.S. troops home, ending military intervention and foreign aid, and
never launching a 'pre-emptive' military strike.
"A Swiss-style foreign policy of neutrality and non-intervention would
make terrorist attacks less likely while still protecting our
borders," he said.
"Until that decision is made, every terror alert will be a frightening
reminder of our government's inability to protect us."
Incompetence Alert," Libertarians say, because the government is
admitting that it cannot perform its most basic function: national
defense.
"What's truly alarming is that a government that will confiscate $2.2
trillion from its citizens this year is powerless to protect them,"
said Libertarian Party Chair Geoffrey Neale. "And that should make
Americans more angry than afraid."
As the directors of the CIA and FBI testified before the Senate
Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, they described new threats from al-
Qaeda and elaborated on their decision to raise the terrorist threat
level from yellow to orange.
Federal officials are urging that Americans to stockpile food and
water, make arrangements for contacting family members during an
emergency, and buy duct tape and plastic sheeting to seal homes in the
event of a chemical or biological attack.
But Libertarians say all of these warnings would be unnecessary if the
government were doing its job.
"Why are Americans who have been forced to fork over hundreds of
billions of dollars for tanks, missiles and other high-tech weaponry
now being told to defend themselves with duct tape and plastic
sheets?" asked Neale. "Because the government has failed to perform
one of its most basic - and least controversial - functions: defending
the nation from armed aggression."
Like most government failures, this one is expensive, Neale noted.
"This year the Defense Department budget will be at least $365
billion," he said. "Shouldn't politicians explain why we aren't very
well defended?
"The Department of Homeland Security will cost $36.2 billion.
Shouldn't politicians explain why we aren't very secure?
"Taxpayers will also shell out an estimated $30 billion for the CIA;
$4.3 billion for the FBI; and $3.5 billion for the National Security
Agency.
"Yet after spending nearly a half-trillion a year on these defense
agencies, the nation seems less secure than ever. Instead of cavalierly
issuing more terror alerts, politicians should hang their heads in
shame and apologize to the American people for this monumental failure
to do their jobs."
Unfortunately, if another terror attack does occur, politicians will be
tempted to respond by spending even more money and writing yet another
'anti-terrorism' bill, Neale predicted.
But that approach won't work.
"It is absolutely impossible for the government to protect 280 million
individual Americans from terrorism or other random crimes," he said.
"People who are willing to commit horrific acts of violence and even
commit suicide in the process will always be able to kill scores of
innocent people."
That's why the solution to terrorism must include adopting a 'Protect
America First' foreign policy, Neale said, which calls for bringing all
U.S. troops home, ending military intervention and foreign aid, and
never launching a 'pre-emptive' military strike.
"A Swiss-style foreign policy of neutrality and non-intervention would
make terrorist attacks less likely while still protecting our
borders," he said.
"Until that decision is made, every terror alert will be a frightening
reminder of our government's inability to protect us."
