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War and Freedom
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

Concerning the Bush foreign policy, I'm not sure that most libertarians – to say nothing of most Americans – have considered the full extent of what we are dealing with here. The other night on television Bush promised war against Iraq, and war-crimes trials for any Iraqi military leader who follows orders, if Iraq failed to meet a series of demands. One of them is as follows: Iraq "must stop all illicit trade outside the oil-for-food program."

Consider what this means. The US is threatening total war against a country if it permits its citizens to exercise their natural right to trade and improve their lot in life. This is not just contrary to free-trade principles. It is contrary to all standards of human decency. Quite frankly, a more despotic demand is hard to imagine.

Bush says there "can be no peace if our security depends on the will and whims of a ruthless and aggressive dictator." If others take that statement differently from the way he intended it, they might be forgiven.

Before Bush gave his speech, the Bush administration had issued a National Security Strategy for the United State" – a blueprint for domestic and global conquest by the US government – in the name of free markets and free trade. It asserts the right of the US to deliver a preemptive strike against any country anywhere that gets on Washington's nerves, and lays out a blueprint for permanent military occupation of the entire world by the US.

posted by A Curmudgeon 6:49 AM