Bush's war against the people of Iraq is nothing less than a continuation of the imperialistic, colonialistic policies that have characterized European countries over the centuries, and U.S. foreign policy... [Stop Bush Now, March 27, 2003]
Pray tell, what the hell has Saddam been doing for the past decade in Iraq?
Now some may argue that I am painting Libertarians with an overly broad stroke. After all, some Libertarians support the war. To which I would argue that any "political philosophy" which includes both pro-war and anti-war views on Iraq is inherently contradictory, and is invalidated for that reason. Yet this is precisely what Libertarianism as a philosophy does--and by doing so it invalidates itself as a political philosophy in particular, and as a philosophy in general (since a given political philosophy necessarily assumes a larger philosophical foundation to be put into practice) as it provides no guidance on what actions are moral and proper in the political sphere.
What is needed is a political viewpoint based on the absolutism of individual rights (Objectivism provides this foundation nicely)--a philosophy that claims to support individual rights, but at the same time sanctions opposite "viewpoints," merely muddies the waters leaving the individual rights based arguments diluted under a morass of eclectic statism posing as a defense of liberty.
Now some may argue that I am painting Libertarians with an overly broad stroke. After all, some Libertarians support the war. To which I would argue that any "political philosophy" which includes both pro-war and anti-war views on Iraq is inherently contradictory, and is invalidated for that reason. Yet this is precisely what Libertarianism as a philosophy does--and by doing so it invalidates itself as a political philosophy in particular, and as a philosophy in general (since a given political philosophy necessarily assumes a larger philosophical foundation to be put into practice) as it provides no guidance on what actions are moral and proper in the political sphere.
What is needed is a political viewpoint based on the absolutism of individual rights (Objectivism provides this foundation nicely)--a philosophy that claims to support individual rights, but at the same time sanctions opposite "viewpoints," merely muddies the waters leaving the individual rights based arguments diluted under a morass of eclectic statism posing as a defense of liberty.