Interventionist Policies
William P. McMillen, the Capital District chairman Libertarian Party of New York, recently had the following letter published in the Albany Times Union.
“Now that the Bush administration's Iraq policy has been repudiated by the
voters and that policy has been abandoned by many members of Congress from both parties, the debate begins as to how to proceed to (a) extricate ourselves from the mess of an interventionist and imperialistic foreign policy and the folly of nation building, or (b) create a continuing presence designed to achieve a stabilization of sorts and that is of a long enough duration that we can successfully "cut and run" and claim 'victory' at the same time.
The anti-war voters, and those candidates who ran and were elected on this issue, should not allow their victory to be hijacked. The war is wrong. Even if it were possible to achieve something genuinely resembling victory, that will not make it right. The United States invaded a country that was not a threat to us; the American public was lied to by the administration; indeed, they lied to themselves and each other. In the process of protecting those lies and in the most grandiose of power grabs, civil liberties and governmental checks and balances have been abandoned.
Continuation of this immoral Bush war is not worth another American casualty. True, Iraqis are dying, and we as a nation share a portion of the blame. Yes, we broke it. However, the bull in the china shop, true to its genetic makeup, is still a bull, and the first order of business should be to remove our troops as quickly and safely as can be accomplished.”
I agrees with Mr. McMillen’s letter and favors the immediate removal of our troops from Iraq. Unfortunately, some Democrats believe it would be strategically advantageous not to call for the removal of our troops. They fear that Republican will claim that a withdrawal from Iraq was a defeat engineered by Democrats. Will young Americans continue to die, because cynical politicians on both sides are only thinking about their own careers?
“Now that the Bush administration's Iraq policy has been repudiated by the
voters and that policy has been abandoned by many members of Congress from both parties, the debate begins as to how to proceed to (a) extricate ourselves from the mess of an interventionist and imperialistic foreign policy and the folly of nation building, or (b) create a continuing presence designed to achieve a stabilization of sorts and that is of a long enough duration that we can successfully "cut and run" and claim 'victory' at the same time.
The anti-war voters, and those candidates who ran and were elected on this issue, should not allow their victory to be hijacked. The war is wrong. Even if it were possible to achieve something genuinely resembling victory, that will not make it right. The United States invaded a country that was not a threat to us; the American public was lied to by the administration; indeed, they lied to themselves and each other. In the process of protecting those lies and in the most grandiose of power grabs, civil liberties and governmental checks and balances have been abandoned.
Continuation of this immoral Bush war is not worth another American casualty. True, Iraqis are dying, and we as a nation share a portion of the blame. Yes, we broke it. However, the bull in the china shop, true to its genetic makeup, is still a bull, and the first order of business should be to remove our troops as quickly and safely as can be accomplished.”
I agrees with Mr. McMillen’s letter and favors the immediate removal of our troops from Iraq. Unfortunately, some Democrats believe it would be strategically advantageous not to call for the removal of our troops. They fear that Republican will claim that a withdrawal from Iraq was a defeat engineered by Democrats. Will young Americans continue to die, because cynical politicians on both sides are only thinking about their own careers?
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