Why China Can Disregard US Anger

I'm sitting with my good friend and owner of my favorite "Western Bar" in Chongqing, Mr. Ma, when suddenly he jumps up and whispers to me excitedly: "There is someone you must meet!" This someone turns out to be the Head of the Economic Security Bureau in Chongqing...

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PROPAGANDA WARS

As the War Party revs up its propaganda machine – the War Street Journal, the New York Post, Andrew "Bareback" Sullivan – we are awash in such a flood of b*llsh*t that the stench, let alone the sheer quantity, is enough to induce spasms of...

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Arguments Against a War in Iraq

I urge the Congress to think twice before thrusting this nation into a war without merit – one fraught with the danger of escalating into something no American will be pleased with. Thomas Jefferson once said: "Never was so much false arithmetic employed on...

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Illusions of Truth and Justice

After a month-long hiatus, Slobodan Milosevic’s show trial before the Hague Inquisition reopened last week. As expected, no one looked back on the prosecution’s fiasco just before the recess, when their star witness turned around and exonerated Milosevic....

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Confronting Pro-Occupation Arguments

A year has passed since the first part of this article, in which I confronted a set of arguments justifying the Israeli occupation, eloquently formulated by an Israeli settler, David Moriah. Shortly afterwards came September 11th, and the agenda changed radically. A...

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LET’S VOTE ON IT

As America returns to offices and factories after the long Labor Day holiday, the realization that this may be the last summer before a long and horrendous war has focused the nation’s attention on the issue policy wonks and ideologues have been debating for...

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Important Questions About War in Iraq

As Congress reconvenes this week, the possibility of war with Iraq looms larger than ever. I believe the Constitution clearly requires a declaration of war by Congress before a military invasion of Iraq can take place. I also believe that Congress and the American...

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Weak Arguments for Attack

Perhaps the most striking thing about the current discussion/ debate/ PR campaign about the possibility of the United States launching a pre-emptive strike against Iraq is the weakness of the arguments in favor of an attack – even if one accepts the premise that...

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THE EVIL OF SANCTIONS

Justin Raimondo is on vacation. Today we present an appropriate classic from April, 1998, reprinted from the Ludwig von Mises Institute publication, The Free Market. Justin's regular column will return on Wednesday. Among the conventional weapons in the arsenal of the...

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The Claims for Total War Revisited

According the numerous defenders of Total War, no means of breaking an enemy's will can be forsworn under the conditions of modern warfare. The enemy includes every member of the "enemy society," regardless of age, gender, occupation, etc. Any vestiges of 18th- or...

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