Our Self-Crippled War
by Elan Journo
(September 11, 2009)
Eight years later--twice as long as it took to smash Japanese imperialism--what has Washington's military response to 9/11 achieved?
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Memorial Day: What We Owe Our Soldiers
by Alex Epstein
(May 22, 2009)
One fact goes unacknowledged in our Memorial Day tributes: all too many of our soldiers have died unnecessarily--because they were sent to fight for a purpose other than America's freedom.
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Talking Points on "Torture"
by Thomas Sowell
(May 11, 2009)
Whatever the verbal fencing over the meaning of the word "torture," there is a fundamental difference between simply inflicting pain on innocent people for the sheer pleasure of it-- which is what our terrorist enemies do-- and getting life-saving information out of the terrorists by whatever means are necessary.
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War and the "Peaceful Majority"
by Michael J. Hurd
(April 30, 2009)
A majority of Americans wanting peace is not enough to stop terrorism.
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Bush's War Policy: The Top Campaign Non-Issue?
by Elan Journo
(June 12, 2008)
Shame on Republicans for promising to stay the same disastrous course and toss thousands more troops onto the sacrificial pyre of Iraq. Shame on Democrats for squandering the opportunity of a campaign year to offer us a real Plan B--an alternative policy that would actually combat state-sponsors of terrorism.
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Ron Paul, Abraham Lincoln and the Necessity of the Civil War
by Alexander Marriott
(January 13, 2008)
War is horrible and as General Sherman said, it is "hell," but he knew and Lincoln knew an obvious fact of reality that apparently Mr. Paul, along with a dangerous amount of his fellow citizens, has forgotten. There are things even more horrible than war, like the loss of life and liberty -- like slavery.
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Sabotage in Wartime
by Thomas Sowell
(October 16, 2007)
With all the problems facing this country, both in Iraq and at home, why is Congress spending time trying to pass a resolution condemning the massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire nearly a century ago?
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On "Staying the Course" in Iraq
by Harry Binswanger
(October 7, 2007)
The solution is not (per the Left) to throw up our hands and withdraw. The solution is not (per the Right) to "stay the course."
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The War in Iraq: Worse Than Doing Nothing
by Elan Journo
(September 10, 2007)
The war in Iraq has been worse than doing nothing, because it has galvanized our enemy to believe its success more likely than ever--even as it has drained Americans' will to fight.
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The HMS Cornwall and The Rules of Engagement
by Walter Williams
(May 2, 2007)
The March 23 Iranian capture of 15 British Royal Navy sailors should raise a number of questions.
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