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"Fifty years of increasing American appeasement in the Mideast
have led to fifty years of increasing contempt in the Muslim world for the U.S.
The climax was September 11, 2001."--Leonard
Peikoff, Ph.D.
American Appeasement in Iraq
by Peter Schwartz
As U.S. soldiers respond to attacks in Fallujah and elsewhere in Iraq, many
commentators warn that a forceful, self-assertive campaign to wipe out the
militant resistance would be disastrous. Disaster may indeed be looming--but
only because of a lack of self-assertiveness by the United States. We are
inviting failure in Iraq, and in our overall war on terrorism, by conducting a
campaign that is hopelessly apologetic and appeasing. The way to avoid a
disaster in Iraq is to stop apologizing for our presence, and to start
forcefully asserting our principle of individual freedom.
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Diverting the Blame for September 11th by Onkar Ghate, Ph.D.
Sept. 11 could have been prevented only by having a
principled foreign policy.
Iran, Not So Far Away
by Scott Holleran (March 10, 2003)
While the world seems locked in an endless debate over whether to strike even
one state sponsor of terrorism --- Iraq -- the religious dictatorship chiefly
responsible for the wave of Islamic fundamentalism that culminated in the Sept.
11 attack on America is becoming an imminent nuclear threat.
In Defense of the Cowboy
by Andrew Bernstein (February 27, 2003)
If America fully embraces American cowboy wisdom and courage, then the Islamic
terrorists and the regimes that support them had better run for cover. They
stand no chance in the resulting showdown.
Let's Roll--For Real
by Scott Holleran (February 25, 2003)
"Let's Roll" marked the beginning of America's retribution against the most
barbaric enemy; "Let's Roll" represents a thought --- an idea --- it means:
Fight back. We remember the phrase because the passengers chose to practice what
they preached.
The Ghost of Daniel Pearl
by Scott Holleran (February 21, 2003)
A proper remembrance of Daniel Pearl and each victim is the solemn resolve to
confront -- and defeat -- the enemy.
America's Non-Resolve to
Fight Evil by Ed Cline (February 1, 2003)
Americans deserve courageous leaders, but President Bush and his advisors are
cowards. They have been disarmed (morally and literally) by pragmatism,
subjectivism, and non-judgmental humility. The Founders had principles and were
moved by moral and factual certainty. Our present political leaders have none of
that. Afraid of being condemned for "arrogance" (i.e., self-assertion), they are
moved only by range-of-the-moment pragmatic diplomacy.
The Purpose of a World Trade
Center Memorial by Diane Durante (October 1, 2002)
The World Trade Center Memorial should be dedicated to life and productivity,
not death and destruction.
What Have We Lost?
by Robert W. Tracinski (September 11, 2002)
One year later, the hole in New York's skyline where the World Trade Center
towers once stood is a visual reminder of something else that is missing: the
ideas and attitudes that make a vigorous war in America's self-defense possible.
The Betrayal of The Bush
Doctrine by Alex Epstein (September 11, 2002)
One year after his speech to Congress, President Bush has failed to fight a real
war on terrorism.
Forgotten Heroes of 9/11
by Onkar Ghate (September 11, 2002)
On the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attack on our way of life, justice demands
that we acknowledge an overlooked hero: the businessman.
America Is NOT Winning the
War by Onkar Ghate (September 8, 2002)
Intellectual and moral uncertainty has undercut America's "War on Terrorism"
Clearing the Way for Real
Airport Security by Robert W. Tracinski
(July 22, 2002)
The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) has erected a giant smokescreen
designed to give the illusion of security—while deliberately obstructing the
measures really required to stop terrorists.
Warnings from the CIA: Could
Bush Have Prevented Sept 11th? by Robert W.
Tracinski (May 20, 2002)
Taking a microscope to CIA memos to figure out if President Bush could have done
something to prevent Sept. 11 is a ridiculous waste of time. The politicians and
pundits who demand this investigation are evading the fact that they themselves
had access to a wealth of information on the threat of terrorism -- yet they did
nothing to stop it.
No Conflict Between Liberty
and Security by Alex Epstein (August 5, 2002)
What we should be choosing between is not liberty and security, since the second
is only a means to the first—but between appeasement and security.
The Terrorist's Best Friend
by Robert W. Tracinski (February 25, 2002)
The events of the past few weeks in Israel have offered a timeless lesson on the
real cause of terrorism and the real meaning of the "peace process."
The War on Terrorism and the
War on Reality by Robert W. Tracinski
(February 18, 2002)
Here is the "painful" dilemma America faces: If we don't attack Iraq, we could
risk a nuclear attack on New York or Washington by Iraqi-backed terrorists. But
if we do attack Iraq, we could risk "alienating" our Arab and European allies
and earning the disapproval of the "world community." Who would regard this as a
choice worth agonizing over?
Fading Shock and Fading
Resolve by Robert W. Tracinski (January 14, 2002)
I can't think of a better analogy for the change just beginning to take place in
America, four months after Sept. 11.
The End of the Beginning
by Robert W. Tracinski (November 19, 2001)
Now that we are destroying the Taliban, we dare not merely declare victory and
go home. The nation now needs to face a crucial issue that the administration
has evaded. We must recognize that Afghanistan is merely the first step in this
war.
Pacificism Empowers Terrorism
by Carter Laren (October 4, 2001)
When pacifists hold-up their "Global peace and unity" signs, remember that their
version of "peace" means standing in a circle singing "kum ba yah" while
terrorists murder your loved ones.
End States That Sponsor
Terrorism by Leonard Peikoff (October 2, 2001)
Fifty years of increasing American appeasement in the Mideast have led to fifty
years of increasing contempt in the Muslim world for the U.S. The climax was
September 11, 2001.
Is Islam at Fault?
by Warren Ross (October 2, 2001)
There is a lot of confusion about the nature of Islam, and the extent to which
it is the religion itself, as opposed to an "extremist" wing of it, that breeds
terrorism. President Bush believes that Islam has been "hijacked" by the
terrorists for their own use, and that Islam itself is a peace-loving religion.
Is that true? Or is there something about Islam that promotes, condones or
ideologically endorses terrorism? Is it a fundamental aspect of Islam, or a
perverted interpretation?
Why Do They Hate Us?
by Robert W. Tracinski (October 1, 2001)
They condemn us for the "arrogant imperialism" of our foreign policy. They claim
America is motivated by a predatory greed to plunder the world's natural
resources. They say that we are the real terrorists and that we deserved Black
Tuesday's attacks. Why do these people hate us? No, I am not referring to
militant Islamic terrorists. The America-haters I am concerned about are
professors on America's own university campuses.
Justice and Self-Defense: On
a Military Response to Terrorist Attacks by Tara
Smith (September 25, 2001)
To strike back with force is not "blind vengeance" that "sinks to their level."
Would we condemn the woman who uses force to fight off a rapist as no better
than he? Of course not; most of us would not even dignify such a question with a
response.
The Lessons of War
by Robert W. Tracinski (September 24, 2001)
Now that we have officially more or less committed ourselves to war, many will
now object that this mission poses too many strategic pitfalls -- that the
Middle East is a vast quagmire, that the enemy is too elusive, that this will be
"another Vietnam." As always, many raise these objections, not as problems to be
solved, but as rationalizations for appeasement and surrender. But they are
right that we need to learn the lessons of past wars if we are to achieve
victory in this one.
Nihilism and the War Against
Western Civilization by John Lewis
(September 23, 2001)
The attack of September 11, 2001 was only one incident in a concerted war on
western civilization.
Pacifism on Principle is
Suicide by Thomas Sowell (September 23, 2001)
Pacifists of the 20th century had a lot of blood on their hands for weakening
the Western democracies in the face of rising belligerence and military might in
aggressor nations like Nazi Germany and imperial Japan.
An American Peace: How to Win
the War Against Terrorism by Patrick Mullins
(September 21, 2001)
After over twenty years of unpunished terrorist violence against American
servicemen and civilians that culminated in a September 11th attack on the
Pentagon and World Trade Center more destructive than Pearl Harbor, the Bush
administration has declared a world war against terrorism. How can America and
her allies possibly win such a war?
The Immorality of a
Self-Defense Consensus by John Lewis
(September 21, 2001)
How the self-defense of the freest, most powerful nation on earth becomes a
matter of permission and not of right.
Hatred of Western
Civilization: Why Terrorists Attacked America by
John Lewis (September 20, 2001)
The hatred of the West is not based on jealousy but on hatred of the good
because it is good. Nihilism, the desire to destroy, is why the enemies of
freedom fly planes into buildings and blow themselves up with dynamite.
Let's Roll
by Brad Williams (September 20, 2001)
We may never know the details of what happened in the final moments aboard
Flight 93, but the essentials are obvious. At the end of his conversation,
passenger Todd Beamer, a 32-year-old businessman announced, "Let's roll!"...
A New Yorker Remembers the
World Trade Center by Andrew West
(September 17, 2001)
"[P]eople tell me about pilgrimages to some dank pest-hole in a jungle where
they go to do homage to a crumbling temple, to a leering stone monster with a
pot belly, created by some leprous savage. Is it beauty and genius they want to
see? Do they seek a sense of the sublime? Let them come to New York."
America's War Song
by Robert W. Tracinski (September 17, 2001)
It was September 14. Washington, D.C., had been attacked, and one of its most
prominent monuments had been burned by the enemy. A Washington lawyer sat in the
early morning gloom and fretted over the fate of his country.
What a Real War Looks Like
by Robert W. Tracinski (September 15, 2001)
Nuclear weapons, military occupation, martial law. These may seem like radical
measures-but only because we have not been forced to use them for more than 50
years. Yet all of this is precisely the remedy we imposed on Japan at then end
of World War II.
We Dare Not Tempt Them With
Weakness by Thomas Sowell (September 14, 2001)
The angry reactions of the public make more sense than some of the words coming
out of the government. When members of your family are dying, you don't worry
about what the neighbors will say.
A Necessary Response to the
Attacks of Sept 11th by Chip Joyce
(September 13, 2001)
The worst mistake that the United States could now commit is an insufficient
retaliation against the Islamic terrorist world.
A New Pearl Harbor
by Thomas Sowell (September 13, 2001)
The terrorists who perpetrated these outrages and the countries that shelter
such terrorists all know that we have the power to wipe them off the face of the
earth. They obviously think we don't have the guts.
A Declaration of War Against
Terrorism by Adam Mossoff (September 13, 2001)
A declaration of war against terrorism should simply contain a list of every
country and organization that has in the past, or stated an intention for the
future, of committing or aiding terrorist acts against the U.S.
How To Make a Real War on
Terrorism by Roger Simon (September 12, 2001)
If this is now to be war, however, then we must make it a war. And our armed
response to it must be prolonged, repeated, devastating and non-proportional.
The "Great Satan" Arises From
Its Sleep by Don Feder (September 12, 2001)
Islamic militants hate America and everything it represents -- democracy,
freedom of conscience and religious tolerance. The Palestinian Authority
regularly calls on the Arab world to avenge itself on the Great Satan.
Black Tuesday: Act of Crime,
Or Act of War? by Steven Brockerman
(September 11, 2001)
Sept. 11 was an act of war. America has a moral obligation to respond with the
massive, non-proportional force of war. If America does not, then the blood of
innocents will be on her Hands.
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