From the Front

Summarizing – and debunking – the latest ploys, propaganda, and tall tales promulgated by the War Party....

By Mike Ewens

Destinations
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August 9th, 2002

"It's the policy, stupid."

Here, Charlie Reese quotes Zogby organization's assessment of why the Arab world hates America. Example: sanctions on Iraq "justified" because of Iraq's disregard for a UN resolution and

"At the same time, the state of Israel stands in open, stick-it-where-the-sun-don't-shine defiance of more than 60 U.N. Security Council resolutions."

Who said the US government is principled? Pas moi!

Right to lengthy and unfair trial

Step to the side jury trial, you have become antiquated and weak. Terrorists are everywhere and they can only be suppressed by treating citizens like enemy combatants.... Where has the 6th amendment gone? Here's a clue.

...life, liberty and the pursuit of Oil

Recent press releases demonstrate that the War Hawks have more than just Saddam in the sights – Saudi Arabia is next. And Justin Raimondo has their number: it is slick, black, combustible and is under the feet of the neocons' enemies.

A patriotic urine test

President Bush has declared:
"If you quit drugs, you join the fight against terror in America."

Logically, this means that if you engage in drug use, you are aiding terrorists. Wait, didn't a certain president enjoy that pretty white powder...If not, his theory makes sense: that crack head downtown is obviously spending his disposable income funding "Islamic charities."

Outsourcing domestic spying

Who needs John Ashcroft, when you got John Walsh? Stuggling for legitimacy, the TIPS program has outsourced the recieving of terrorist tips to the FOX show "America's Most Wanted." Even more frightening:

Law enforcement and show biz – where does one end and the other begin?

Back to our side...for now

In a shocking turn of events, the Libertarian Party has released its official opposition to any American aggression in Iraq. Maybe now they will escape all attachments to their new "liberventionism" and rejoin the crusade for peace.

Antiwar.com's Iraq Update

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Mike Ewens is a senior at Washington University in St. Louis. Apart from his full-time student status, he is actively involved in the campus libertarian/ conservative newspaper, College Libertarians and inner city tutoring programs. Economics and mathematics occupy his academic time, while his intellectual curiosity is further satisfied with political theory and foreign affairs. He is currently working as a summer intern with Antiwar.com. Contact him for information about bringing Justin Raimondo and other speakers to your campus.

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