Comments on: GP-US and Green Party of Pakistan issue joint press release against US drone attacks in Pakistan

By: Catholic Trotskyist

Catholic Trotskyist — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:26:50 +0000

Apparently, Pakistan doesn’t have a libertarian party, although I guess it may be called something else. I tried looking it up on Google and couldn’t find anything.

By: HS

HS — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:37:57 +0000

“The attacks have also forced more than a million people to migrate from these areas to different parts of Pakistan. They have ended up living in refugee camps in Peshawar and other cities without any support from the government of Pakistan or any other international aid agency.”

I doubt we are using our drones to attack civilian targets. Typical playbook is for these groups to hide among the civilian population. Saying that, I don’t buy for one minute that these singular instances of drone attacks against terror targets are causing millions to migrate. In reality, I’ll go with this assessment: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-tc-nw-pakistan-swat-0506may06,0,114081.story

And the line about treating all countries equally, but let’s single out India for all the Kashmir blame is laughable.

From what I understand, we already pay compensation when mistakes are made during targeting. I just had a conversation with an Army official who layed out how the funding system works for such issues.

By: Eternaverse

Eternaverse — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:51:59 +0000

It would be cool if there was a “Libertarian International” for libertarian parties around the world to work together, like there is a Socialist International and an International Democrat Union (which the Republican Party belongs to) which is a union of conservative parties. I think at one point in time this was tried but it didn’t really work out.

By: mdh

mdh — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:07:43 +0000

@1 – Susan, if it’s your party, then who do you expect to do it? Why doesn’t the radical caucus issue a release echoing the LPWV’s sentiments?

By: mdh

mdh — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:58:24 +0000

Libertarians around the world should unite around the pursuit of peace, freedom, liberty, and sustainability.

The LPWV has also issued a release demanding an immediate end to these attacks.

http://www.lpwv.org/2009/05/06/lpwv-demands-immediate-end-to-drone-attacks-in-pakistan/

By: Eric Sundwall

Eric Sundwall — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:46:33 +0000

It would be nice to see mainstream libertarians coalesce around some outreach mechanism that reflects common attitudes amongst members and leadership, instead of the Conservatoid releases emanating from Mr. F’s head. Hmmmmmm . . .

By: Green Ferret

Green Ferret — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:49:27 +0000

Greens around the world should unite in the pursuit of peace, justice, democracy and sustainability.

By: Levon Helm

Levon Helm — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:28:52 +0000

Thanks to the Green Party.

Nonviolence is key to the political solution.

Instead of wasting $1 Trillion on the defense department – without and auditable/reliable accounting system at the Pentatgon in 2009 – those funds should go into sustainable economic development both in the United States and Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

Green Jobs building wind, solar, geothermal power, and High Speed rail to cut oil dependence.

By: sunshinebatman

sunshinebatman — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:24:43 +0000

Alliances with foreign political parties are creepy, unseemly, and often treasonous. Of course the GOP & Dems have several such coordinations.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:13:27 +0000

Do what? Stop the drone attacks? I think most of your party would agree to this… As for propping up a teetering “regime”…maybe not.

By: Susan Hogarth

Susan Hogarth — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:49:56 +0000

Sigh. Why can’t MY Party do this?