01/09/09

Libertarian Commentary on Rational Review News Digest
By Nathan A. Barton © 2004

Neither Free Market.Net nor RRND was able to publish yesterday, so there was no opportunity to comment. Today, I'll pick on Tom and Mary Lou, since Sunni is off and about various things.

The views expressed here are stictly those of the author, and not necessarily endorsed or prescribed by anyone, especially RRND, FMN, or any other publication!

1) Manila to abandon "coalition," withdraw Iraq troops
MSNBC
Obviously a lot of mixed feelings about this one from the various points of view. However, to me, this is "doing the right thing for the wrong reason." The Phillipines should go home, no doubt (except for their embassy and routine, volunteer work), but to give into terrorists is just going to go the Danegeld route.

(Editor's note: Unfortunately, at this point ANY withdrawal of troops will be seen as "giving in to the terrorists". I don't think anybody can afford to wait until it might be seen as something else. The fewer people participating in the invasion and destruction of Iraq (or anywere else), the better. And the sooner the US troops come home, no matter what it's called, the better too. We don't belong there, for any reason. MamaLiberty) (Read the rest here)

Let's Play Pretend! Reality Bites!
By Ted Lang © 2004

Say what?! We gonna do it agin' Mr. Boss President?! Can you believe the arrogance?! Can you believe dismissing the facts from the 9-11 Commission and the Senate Intelligence Committee? And let's be clear -- both of these investigative bodies played puffball with respect to the glaring incompetence and unbelievable ineptitude of President George W. Bush and his Republican administration! Dumbo versus Joe Camel!

When I was a kid, a real long time ago, somebody would shout, "Let's play pretend!" "Okay," somebody would say - "what are we going to pretend to be?" "Want to play war, or cops and robbers, or maybe Space Patrol?!" I'm sorry, but that's what comes to mind when I reflect upon the toddler mentality just mouthed by President George W. Bush when "vigorously defending his strategy against terrorism," as The New York Times' David Stout wrote in his July 12th article covering Bush's Oak Ridge, Tennessee pontifications. (Read the rest here)

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Senate Intelligence Committee Lets the Bush Administration Off the Hook on Iraq
By Ivan Eland

The Bush administration has been let off the hook by the Senate Intelligence Committee’s skewering of U.S. intelligence agencies for providing unfounded or overstated conclusions on Iraq’s “weapons of mass destruction” (WMD). The key issue, unaddressed by the Senate committee, is whether the Bush administration created pressure for the intelligence agencies to reach such an exaggerated opinion of the Iraqi threat.

The Democrats on the committee foolishly bought into an agreement that will likely postpone a committee report on that more important issue until after the election. Yet voters would profit from information about whether the Bush administration pressured the intelligence community or exaggerated, twisted the truth or even lied about the Iraqi threat in its rush to justify war. The very fact that the Republicans wanted a delay in resolving such important questions should indicate where the evidence leads. (Read the rest here)

Free "The Hunter"

Free Hunter: Collateral Damage
by Carl Bussjaeger

American Independence Day has come and gone, along with the traditional boom and glare of fireworks that bring joy to many kids, young and old.

Picture two such of the younger children: Adorable little girls just six and four years old respectively, Mikayla and Brittany. Imagine their anticipation as the big day approaches and they look forward not only to the beloved fireworks, but also to the arrival of their favorite uncle Jeff, whom they haven't seen in months.

Now picture the adorable little girls' disappointment because a suited goon in Ohio wouldn't let Uncle Jeff come see his family. Yes, Mikayla and Brittany are just two more victims of the Ashland County, Ohio prosecutor's office.

Call them "collateral damage," more innocents caught in the cross-fire as the run-amuck prosecutors pursue their vendetta against Jeffrey "Hunter" Jordan. (Read the rest here)

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