Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 17:34:16 -0400
From: carol@carolmoore.net (Carol Moore)
Subject: [libs4peace] Terrorism Solutions from Harry Browne
To: libs4peace@yahoogroups.com ( L4P), organize-libs4peace@yahoogroups.com ("L4P-O!" ), LPNCpeace@yahoogroups.com (LPNCpeace)


Unlike the LP, Browne isn't afraid to say "end foreign aid."


> L i b e r t y W i r e

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> HARRY BROWNE'S LIBERTY & PEACE COMMENTARY

> published every Thursday on

> WorldNetDaily.com

>

> How to Oppose Terrorism

>

>     by Harry Browne

> http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28690

>

> I frequently get emails from people saying that I

> only complain -- and never offer solutions to the

> terrorism problem. That isn't true, see...

> http://harrybrowne.org/TerrorismSeries.htm

> but here's a laundry list of "Do"s and "Don't"s

> regarding the war. (And please note that it doesn't

> include being nice to the terrorists.)

>

>     What to Do

>

>  * Repeal the regulations that prohibit guns on

>    planes -- and that mandate metal detectors and

>    security searches at airports. Before those

>    measures were introduced in 1973, there were no

>    reported cases of passengers shooting each other

>    by accident or in arguments. There _were_ a few

>    hijackings using guns, but far fewer passengers

>    actually died than have been killed since

>    introducing the security measures.

>

>  * Recognize that 9/11 was a trillion-to-one shot

>    that couldn't be duplicated in a million years.

>    So don't turn America upside-down, causing

>    billions of dollars in losses to companies and

>    business travelers to prevent the repetition of

>    something that most likely won't happen again

>    anyway.

>

>  * Find Osama bin Laden, capture him, and try him

>    in America. _He must have a fair trial_ --

>    consistent with the rules of evidence and the

>    Bill of Rights. If he's killed without a trial,

>    he'll become a martyr throughout the Muslim world

>    -- creating hundreds of millions more

>    anti-Americans who will support future acts of

>    terrorism. If he isn't really behind the 9/11

>    attacks, killing him without a fair trial

>    terminates the hunt for the real criminal

>    -- leaving us in danger. So prosecute anyone who

>    shoots him on sight.

>

>  * Declare an end to the so-called War on Terrorism.

>    Call it a victory, a defeat, or an armistice.

>    But quit acting as though it's an excuse to

>    invade any country or take away our civil

>    liberties.

>

>     For the Future . . .

>

> These long-term measures should be taken:

>

>  * Bring all American troops home. They're a

>    principal cause of the anti-American feeling

>    that provides financial support, networking, and

>    manpower for thugs who wouldn't be much of a

>    threat otherwise. How would you feel if Chinese

>    troops were stationed in your city?

>

>  * Stop telling other countries who their leaders

>    should be or what their foreign policy must be.

>    President Bush can buy off foreign leaders with

>    your tax money, but he can't buy the friendship

>    of the people in those countries -- people who

>    suffer because of misguided policies forced on

>    them by arrogant American know-it-alls. How

>    would you feel if the Russians issued ultimatums

>    regarding how our country must be run?

>

>  * End all foreign aid -- military and economic. It

>    has ruined countries, provided resources to our

>    enemies, and turned hundreds of millions of

>    people against America.

>

>  * Stop choosing sides in foreign political battles.

>    They're none of our business, and our meddling

>    usually comes back to haunt us. (Remember, our

>    government supported Iraq in its war against

>    Iran.)

>

>  * Recognize that foreigners don't care whether or

>    not you're "free." They do care whether or not

>    our government is interfering in their country.

>

>     What Not to Do

>

> And here's a list of things we definitely should

> _not_ do. . . .

>

>  * Don't set up military tribunals that operate

>    without the Anglo-Saxon rules of evidence.

>    That's a sure way to convict the wrong people

>    and allow the real criminals to continue

>    hurting us.

>

>  * Don't imprison people without trial, without a

>    lawyer to defend them, and without access to

>    their families and the press. What's the point

>    of "defending America" if we throw away American

>    principles?

>

>  * Don't invade Iraq. That's probably the only way

>    to motivate Saddam Hussein to attack us with

>    whatever dangerous weapons he might have. So

>    long as we leave him alone, he won't commit the

>    suicidal act of provoking the U.S. to drop

>    nuclear bombs on him.

>

>  * Don't disrespect the sovereignty of foreign

>    countries when chasing Osama Bin Laden. How

>    would you like foreign police or military to run

>    around your city chasing people they think are

>    criminals?

>

>  * Don't assume that your government tells you the

>    gospel truth -- or that it will succeed in

>    anything it does. Don't forget that these same

>    politicians told you they were running budget

>    surpluses while they were hiding deficits by

>    stealing from Social Security. And these are

>    the same Keystone Kops who have promised for

>    decades to stamp out drugs, poverty, crime, and

>    sin. How well have they succeeded?

>

>  * Don't let politicians use the so-called War on

>    Terrorism as an excuse to take away our

>    remaining freedoms.

>

>     Apology

>

> I'm sorry that I can't snap my fingers and undo 50

> years of bad American foreign policy. Unfortunately,

> by continuing to tell the rest of the world what to

> do, President Bush is making a bad situation even

> worse.

>

> So here's a final _don't_:

>

> Don't lose your self-respect. It isn't necessary

> for you to speak out against the war, but don't

> embarrass yourself by joining in patriotic displays

> that are nothing but sound and fury.

>

> If you deceive others or deceive yourself, you too

> will be a casualty of the so-called War on

> Terrorism.

>

> Harry Browne is the Director of Public Policy for

> American Liberty Foundation.

>

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