[Radar]

I've got news for you. You're not a better libertarian than I am in any sense because you're not a libertarian in any sense. The Non-Aggression Principle IS libertarianism. It defines libertarianism. Saying the LP should dump the NAP is like saying Christians should dump all the stuff about Jesus.

Libertarianism has been a philosophy for hundreds of years. It has always been about self-ownership, personal responsibility, and the non-initiation of force for political gain or social engineering. This is the foundation of libertarian thought and libertarian philosophy. You can't take away any part of it.

Republicans are no closer to being libertarians than Democrats. If anything Republicans are even worse than Democrats. They grow government at rates even the most socialist of Democrats would be ashamed of. They violate civil rights in the name of "security", they think it's the job of America to rule the world.

You think you're more libertarian than I am because you'd misuse the U.S. military and violate the U.S. Constitution to overthrow some dictator somewhere else on earth. The war in Iraq was NEVER about setting people free, and there will always be some dictator. But the tyrant becomes us if we attack.

You're saying that if some foreign country has a form of government other than democracy, or has policies we don't like, or treats its people in a way we don't like, that alone justifies America launching an unprovoked war of aggression to overthrow those people.

What if China decided they didn't like the way Americans live, and doesn't like our policies? What if the rest of the nations in the UN agree and decide to overthrow America? Would it be ok? Would it be ok for the UN to decide America should be disarmed and to tell America they'd send in people from Cuba, China, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and North Korea to inspect our missile silos, military bases, the pentagon, and even the whitehouse at 3am without warning?

Why not?

The answer is because America has sovereignty. No more or less sovereignty than any other nation on earth. No nation on earth requires America's or the UN's permission to develop any weapons they choose or make any policies they want or to have any form of government including non-democratic ones.

Why should the rest of the world respect our sovereignty if we won't respect theirs? The fact is America's authority ends where America's borders end. We aren't the police of the world or the enforcers of UN sanctions.

I wish freedom for every single person on earth. But before we go around starting unprovoked wars trying to free other people, how about we free American people first. Our civil rights are being violated at an alarming rate. How about we fix our own country and restore the freedom we had just 30 years ago? How about we return America to the vision the founders had where government played virtually no role in our daily life rather than getting involved in almost every part of it?

Once we do that, we'll have far less enemies. How about we return America to being a neutral and non-interventionist nation that trades with and offers friendship to all nations but doesn't use our military to get involved in their disputes?

If you as an individual want to fight for the freedom of people in Iraq, or China, or anywhere else on earth, you should be free to go there and fight to overthrow that kind of tyrrany and to accept the consequences if you fail. You should be free to send your money, guns, and even yourself if you want to free the people of other nations. Just don't use MY military to do it because the military of the United States is only for the DEFENSE of American soil and ships and nothing else.

Not one person in Iraq is defending America. Not one U.S. military member in Iraq is following a lawful order. Each and every one of them is violating their oath, and the U.S. Constitution.

The fact is you can't be a libertarian and a supporter of the war in Iraq at the same time. Those two things are diametrically opposed. Being one disqualifies you from being the other.