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The last thing I wanted to see come from a political camp was an "I told you so."
Looks like the Libertarians were the first to get one out the door.
Here we go:
When will we learn?
by Harry Browne
© 2001 WorldNetDaily.com
The terrorist attacks against America comprise a
horrible tragedy. But they shouldn't be a
surprise.
It is well known that in war, the first casualty is
truth that during any war truth is forsaken for
propaganda. But sanity was a prior casualty: it
was the loss of sanity that led to war in the first
place.
Our foreign policy has been insane for decades.
It was only a matter of time until Americans
would have to suffer personally for it. It is a
terrible tragedy of life that the innocent so often
have to suffer for the sins of the guilty.
When will we learn that we can't allow our
politicians to bully the world without someone
bullying back eventually?
President Bush has authorized continued
bombing of innocent people in Iraq. President
Clinton bombed innocent people in the Sudan,
Afghanistan, Iraq, and Serbia. President Bush,
senior, invaded Iraq and Panama. President
Reagan bombed innocent people in Libya and
invaded Grenada. And on and on it goes.
Did we think the people who lost their families
and friends and property in all that destruction
would love America for what happened?
When will we learn that violence always begets
violence?
Teaching lessons
Supposedly, Reagan bombed Libya to teach
Muammar al-Qaddafi a lesson about terrorism.
But shortly thereafter a TWA plane was
destroyed over Scotland, and our government is
convinced it was Libyans who did it.
When will we learn that "teaching someone a
lesson" never teaches anything but resentment
that it only inspires the recipient to greater acts
of defiance.
How many times on Tuesday did we hear
someone describe the terrorist attacks as
"cowardly acts"? But as misguided and
despicable as they were, they were anything but
cowardly. The people who committed them
knowingly gave their lives for whatever stupid
beliefs they held.
But what about the American presidents who
order bombings of innocent people while the
presidents remain completely insulated from
any danger? What would you call their acts?
When will we learn that forsaking truth and
reason in the heat of battle almost always
assures that we will lose the battle?
Losing our last freedoms
And now, as sure as night follows day, we will
be told we must give up more of our freedoms
to avenge what never should have happened in
the first place.
When will we learn that it makes no sense to
give up our freedoms in the name of freedom?
What to do?
What should be done?
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.
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.
Third, find a way, with enforceable constitutional
limits, to prevent our leaders from ever again
provoking this kind of anger against America.
Patriotism?
There are those who will say this article is
unpatriotic and un-American that this is not a
time to question our country or our leaders.
When will we learn that without freedom and
sanity, there is no reason to be patriotic?
Looks like the Libertarians were the first to get one out the door.
Here we go:
When will we learn?
by Harry Browne
© 2001 WorldNetDaily.com
The terrorist attacks against America comprise a
horrible tragedy. But they shouldn't be a
surprise.
It is well known that in war, the first casualty is
truth that during any war truth is forsaken for
propaganda. But sanity was a prior casualty: it
was the loss of sanity that led to war in the first
place.
Our foreign policy has been insane for decades.
It was only a matter of time until Americans
would have to suffer personally for it. It is a
terrible tragedy of life that the innocent so often
have to suffer for the sins of the guilty.
When will we learn that we can't allow our
politicians to bully the world without someone
bullying back eventually?
President Bush has authorized continued
bombing of innocent people in Iraq. President
Clinton bombed innocent people in the Sudan,
Afghanistan, Iraq, and Serbia. President Bush,
senior, invaded Iraq and Panama. President
Reagan bombed innocent people in Libya and
invaded Grenada. And on and on it goes.
Did we think the people who lost their families
and friends and property in all that destruction
would love America for what happened?
When will we learn that violence always begets
violence?
Teaching lessons
Supposedly, Reagan bombed Libya to teach
Muammar al-Qaddafi a lesson about terrorism.
But shortly thereafter a TWA plane was
destroyed over Scotland, and our government is
convinced it was Libyans who did it.
When will we learn that "teaching someone a
lesson" never teaches anything but resentment
that it only inspires the recipient to greater acts
of defiance.
How many times on Tuesday did we hear
someone describe the terrorist attacks as
"cowardly acts"? But as misguided and
despicable as they were, they were anything but
cowardly. The people who committed them
knowingly gave their lives for whatever stupid
beliefs they held.
But what about the American presidents who
order bombings of innocent people while the
presidents remain completely insulated from
any danger? What would you call their acts?
When will we learn that forsaking truth and
reason in the heat of battle almost always
assures that we will lose the battle?
Losing our last freedoms
And now, as sure as night follows day, we will
be told we must give up more of our freedoms
to avenge what never should have happened in
the first place.
When will we learn that it makes no sense to
give up our freedoms in the name of freedom?
What to do?
What should be done?
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.
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.
Third, find a way, with enforceable constitutional
limits, to prevent our leaders from ever again
provoking this kind of anger against America.
Patriotism?
There are those who will say this article is
unpatriotic and un-American that this is not a
time to question our country or our leaders.
When will we learn that without freedom and
sanity, there is no reason to be patriotic?
