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“If they want to have a Moslem nation, why should we insist that they do not have the right to it?”

“We also understand that because they originated in the United States, WE should be governed by them, but that does NOT mean we have a right to force every other nation on earth to abide by them. Other nations need to have the freedom to choose their own founding principles.”

What rights are we violating? The “right” to beat women for not covering every inch of their skin, or the right to execute those who convert to other religions, or to order the death of cartoonists and writers in other countries who mock Islam and their prophet, Muhammed? Or the right to establish a world order, as Hamas has been teaching Arab children? Is this the culture Muslims have a right to, that we are denying them?

This is what I mean when I say that Libertarians claim to support liberty, but because they have no philosophic grounding for such a principle they actually end up betraying it. Freedom means freedom from the initiation of force. But why? Because the Constitution says so? Why does it say so? Because it was just the arbitrary whim of the Founders that we are now obeying?Certainly not. The freedom from force is a requirement for human survival, because reason – which is our means of survival – cannot function under coercion. Property rights, free speech, freedom of religion, et al are necessary for the natural development of man. It is the freedom from others that promotes human life, success and happiness. This is not an arbitrary principle, but one that follows from man’s nature. To ground this principle leads to thejudgment thatAmerica is GOOD, and state Islam is EVIL. Thisis an objective truth basedin therecognitionthat whileone promotes human survival, the other stunts and poisons it.

Libertarians, however, do not believe that philosophy is necessary to promote freedom. Consequently, their movement can be defined as “pro-freedom, whatever that means to you”. If it means rights to property, speech, etc., fine; if it means beating your neighbor to death for his beliefs, that’s also fine. Rights become not natural rights but rights by the permission of the mob. Whatever the mob says is what they have a right to, and if you have a problem with itleave the country (if you’re permitted to). To the Libertarian, it’s as if the Founders said, thou shalt not force your will on your neighbor, and that’s fine for us. The Muslims on the other hand say, “our way or die” and that’s fine for them. That is why even though Libertarians such as Ron Paul may abhor the practices of the Islamists, even though they may believe they are a terrible evil (as I would hope they do!), they defend them and actually rebuke the US for interfering! They do not stand for freedom but are moral relativists who must, by the nature of their error, support our destroyers.

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I am in no way defending the beheadings, bombings and cruelty on innocent civilians, but I do believe our government has to assume at least partial responsibility for the actions of the radicalization of some Muslims. We, as U.S. citizens, also have to assume part of the responsibility also because we elected the governments that carried out these aggressions.

You mention that rejection of “the presence of the US – whose founding principle is respect and protection of Individual Rights – is absurd. Only someone who does not understand what rights consist of would make such an irrational claim.” Libertarians, more than any other people in the United States, understand and defend those “founding principles.” We also understand that because they originated in the United States, WE should be governed by them, but that does NOT mean we have a right to force every other nation on earth to abide by them. Other nations need to have the freedom to choose their own founding principles.

We, in this country, need to get over the idea that OUR way is the ONLY way and leave other people to work out their priorities for themselves.

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