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...before peace and prosperity are possible, an
environment of free thinking that catalyzes the questioning of
authority structures must come first. To try to pour money into a
society that is ruled by force and has an economy characterized by
cronyism has been shown not only to be ineffective, such policies have
actually exacerbated poverty, tyranny and belligerence.
“One man’s terrorist is another man’s Freedom
Fighter.” Such is a popular bromide that wittingly or not serves to
obscure any essential difference between those who participate in
organized violence and destruction by various means -- and for even
more widely divergent reasons. What they all have in common is a
mindset that the perpetrators are entitled and the victims are either
themselves not as important in some way or unfortunate casualties in a
larger struggle.
Modern objections to free societies in the developed
world engaging in military operations for other than purely defensive
purposes stem from a variety of interrelated concerns that merit
exploration.
Deportation awaits
an Algerian-born
father of four – a legal resident alien since 1982 – for minor
infractions because of immigration laws enacted during the Clinton
administration.
Russia and parts of
the Middle East are now groping toward their own
versions of
limited government. It is critical to the future of world peace and
prosperity
that they succeed.
President
G. W. Bush’s decision to forcibly remove Saddam Hussein
without UN approval has been characterized by many – especially in
Europe – as an “assault on international institutions” wherein America
is apparently far more dangerous than the Ba’athist dictatorship ever
was. The source of such charges merit exploration.
Maj.
Gen. John K. Singlaub: Korea-Tragic
History, Uncertain Future
Being at
what the retired two-star
general calls the 'vortex of the Pacific powers,' the people of the
Korean
peninsula have seen more than their share of domination, war and
challenge.
Singlaub offers his analysis and a prescription for the future.
Process
Trumps Right and Wrong at the State Dept.
(published offsite)
Unflattering
caricatures of
President Bush adorn many cubicles at the State Department, syndicated
columnist Joel Mowbray told the audience at AIA's Conservative
University
conference last summer, and the scorn does not end there.
Author and professor Burt
Fulsom addressed Accuracy
In Academia's June 2003 Conservative University, recounting
little-known
episodes in America's economic history. Leftist economic Sacred Cows
such
as subsidies, regulations and taxation were exposed for the unworkable
disasters they have been.
The
U.S. Constitution: Dead or Alive?
Originally
intended to
debate the Constitution
at Accuracy In
Academia's June
2003
Conservative University, the Cato
Institute’s Roger
Pilon,
Ph.D. and Conservative
Caucus
Chairman Howard
Phillips
had more upon which to agree than not. The erosion of the
Constitution’s
founding principles was a common theme in both presentations. The
Framer’s
original intent and the series of historical events that led away from
them were reviewed.
Be
Informed, then 'Go into the Belly of the Beast'
A
free nation needs an informed citizenry to survive and function,
according
to Constitutional specialists Roger Pilon and Howard Phillips. Both
agreed
that the Dominant Media and Academia routinely manipulate information
to
suit a certain political agenda. Consequently, they observed that being
fully informed requires extra effort.
Iraq
& North Korea: Yesterday's Unfinished Business, Tomorrow's Bloodshed
The American people are faced
with the imminent prospect
of sending their youth into battle against enemies fought before,
perhaps
simultaneously. In each case, the first war was ended under
circumstances
that made the next war inevitable.
What Do We Do About the UN?
(published offsite)
While
the UN has on occasion
been able to grudgingly acquiesce to defending against aggression,
removing
the offending dictatorship has always been beyond consideration. Peace
and dictatorship cannot coexist, thus there must be another way.
Taliban
France
Leftist
theoreticians who brought
us abortion-on-demand, unlimited immigration and cultural relativism
have
once again ignored the Law of Unforeseen Consequences.
The U.S.
State Department has
been repeatedly questioned
why it is acceptable for the U.S. to target Osama bin Laden with smart
bombs and ‘provocative’ for Israel to do the same to terrorists who are
known to be responsible for killing civilians there.
The
Western proclivity to
devise ideal societies
is explored historically with an emphasis on the consequences of
implementing
such plans.
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