[Radar]

My position is neither narrow, nor isolationist. Don't confuse military non-interventionism with isolationism. They are entirely different. I support trading with other nations, establishing non-aggression treaties, and even working together to boycott nations with poor human rights records. This is far from isolationism.

I just do not support using the U.S. Military to defend any nation but our own or to win freedom for any people but our own. I wish freedom, liberty, prosperity and security for all, but not if it requires endangering or spilling the blood of a single American soldier.

Libertarianism should go global, and the best way to do that is by example. One of the two core beliefs of libertarianism is the non-aggression principle. It means the only valid use of force is in your own defense. Libertarianism isn't to be forced onto anyone. That is like raping girls to preserve chastity.

If you feel strongly about helping those in other nations to win freedom for themselves, you should be allowed to give your time, money, weapons, and even yourself to do it, but you should never use the DEFENSIVE U.S. Military to attack any nation that has not attacked our own...PERIOD.

Why does the statue of liberty hold a torch? To being a shining example of freedom that other nations can emulate. She's not holding a rifle. Our founders thought we should be like a lighthouse to lead others toward freedom, but never to become involved in tangling alliances or force our views onto others.

Libertarianism in other nations is something you hope for, not kill for. To attack another nation because they don't embrace libertarian beliefs or western democracy, means you don't embrace those things either.

Freedom is to be enjoyed by those who value it enough to fight for it and to keep it. Our freedom was ours to win and to protect. If others want the kind of freedom Americans have, they must win it for themselves and work to defend it. People value what they've worked for a thousand times more than something that was handed to them, and the blood of American soldiers should never be spilled unless it is in our own nation's defense and there is no other way to avoid bloodshed.

The non-aggression principle isn't a parlor game. It's the core belief of libertarianism. It's one of the two defining characteristics of libertarianism. For instance, two defining characteristics of a Christian include A) The belief that Jesus of Nazareth is the son of God and B) Jesus died and was resurrected 3 days later to absolve all sinners who accept him as their savior of their sin and allow them into heaven.

If you only believe one of these but not the other, you are not a Christian, by definition. Christianity has more than 2 defining characteristics, but if you aren't retarded, you get the point.

One cannot be a libertarian without accepting BOTH of the 2 core principles of libertarianism. If you believe in one, but not the other, you aren't a libertarian.


1) Self-Ownership - We own ourselves and the contents of our body and we hold sole-dominion over our body. No other organism, person, or group of people regardless of their number has any claim to our body, our labor, the fruits of our labor, etc. Nobody has the right to tell us what foods or drugs we can put into our body, what consenting others we can marry or have sex with, etc.

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2) The Non-Aggression Principle - The only justifiable use of force is for your own defense. It is NEVER ok to initiate force against others, especially for political gain or social engineering.


Those who would invade other countries to force them into western democracy don't believe in either of these principles. They believe that we have more of a claim to other people than they have for themselves so it's up to us to decide what form of government they should have, and what laws they should live under. They also think unprovoked violence is ok to obtain the political and social changes they want in other nations.

In other words, no matter what they say, they are not libertarians. They are no more libertarians than someone who eats meat is a vegetarian. They no more qualify as being a libertarian than someone who doesn't believe that Jesus is the son of god qualifies as being a Christian.

It's a clear cut, black and white, irrefutable, undeniable, absolute truth.