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Arguing the War

Two weeks ago, Antiwar.com received a letter from a non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Marine Corps wondering what motivated our behavior. One of my jobs for Antiwar.com is handling jobs like these, and since he asked like a gentleman, I've done my best to represent the site and the case against the war. What follows, with his permission and with his name and rank omitted, is our discussion: Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:05:06 -0800 To: @antiwar.com Subject: Inquiry from website ----(USMC)...

What Does Freedom Really Mean?

by Rep. Ron Paul M.D. ‘[M]an is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.’ -Ronald Reagan We’ve all heard the words democracy and freedom used countless times, especially in the context of our invasion of Iraq. They are used interchangeably in modern political discourse, yet their true meanings are very different. George Orwell wrote about ‘meaningless words’ that...

George Washington: No Torture on My Watch

‘Should any American soldier be so base and infamous as to injure any [prisoner]. . . I do most earnestly enjoin you to bring him to such severe and exemplary punishment as the enormity of the crime may require. Should it extend to death itself, it will not be disproportional to its guilt at such a time and in such a cause’¦ for by such conduct they bring shame, disgrace and ruin to themselves and their country.’ - George Washington, charge to the Northern Expeditionary Force, Sept. 14, 1775...

Dr. Ron Paul on Meet the Press in the Morning

I'm told that Tim "If You Say So, Mr. Cheney" Russert has already told the weekday morning show crowd that he's researched Paul and decided the doctor, 10-term congressman, economist and 4th quarter fund raising leader of presidential candidates of both parties is "crazy" and that his positions are "crazy." Russert supposedly made it clear that the "interview" Sunday morning was going straight to the smears. You better look out, Tim. Those who attack Paul invariably end up looking like the bad...