Libertarians believe that you have the right to live your life as you wish, without the government interfering -- as long as you don’t violate the rights of others. Politically, this means Libertarians favor rolling back the size and cost of government, and eliminating laws that stifle the economy and control people’s personal choices.
While I tend to be libertarian on most of my views, the philosophy fails in it's basic premise that doing NOT on to others will in turn lead them to not do on to you. Thus, they are not in favor of the US engaging in the war against Islamic Fanaticism.
But, anyone who grew up with a neighborhood bully knows that sometimes turning the other cheek is just not enough.
What does one do when faced with an ideology that refuses to recognize your right to live your life in peace?
When even the Council for Islamic-American relations states that their goal is to establish Islamic law as the superior law in our land, passivism will not be effective in protecting our civil liberties.
Nobody in their right mind wants war. Nor do they want crime, pollution or pandemics, but it is simply naive to think that we can "will" these things away.
The history of the world is filled with leaders, movements and countries that sought world domination. The riots taking place all over the world over a cartoon, should be a wake up call that people who can react so violently will not go away if we lay down our arms. These people are stuck in the 12th century and are determined to drag us into it with them, or kill us if we refuse.
If we choose to ignore this now, the battle will only be more ugly in the future.
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