Comments on: Libertarians opposed to new war plans for Afghanistan

By: paulie

paulie — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:01:34 +0000

O=W

This will be shortened to OW.

By: George Phillies

George Phillies — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:34:17 +0000

O=W

Obama equals Bush
Obama equals War

And organizing anti-war demos is actually a good idea. Unlike the TRea Bag rally organized by the LPIllinois, to give credit where it si due, Obama=War is unlikely to be stolen by the Republicans.

By: Clay Barham

Clay Barham — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:01:09 +0000

IT’S OBAMA’S WAR!
It belongs to Obama. His rules of war differ from professional military. The soldiers sent into the war zone have one mission, which is to “watch your back.” The enemy is both in front and behind. The most recent proof of that is the three Navy Seals who, accomplishing their mission to capture a known terrorist, are accused by that terrorist with unnecessary roughness. He was punched in the mouth. He must be treated as a criminal suspect would be treated when arrested by our police, with care, comfort and lack of stress. He is innocent until proven guilty, must be thoroughly informed of his rights under our Constitution, be provided legal counsel before questioning, and treated with greater respect than he treated his victims. God help the soldier who mistreats an enemy combatant on the battlefield, lest he have Congressman Murtha or Senator Kerry publicly charging him with overly violent behavior. Our soldiers who mistreat an enemy will be tried in a military court, while the terror suspect would be tried in an American civilian court under American trial rules, say in New York or San Francisco. When released, as expected, he will be well rewarded and allowed to settle into an American neighborhood, compliments of the American taxpayer. That is how Obama’s war will be fought, mainly against our own troops. Obama must prove to his anti-American American supporters that he is ready to allow America to be destroyed in more ways than just by his legislation.

By: paulie

paulie — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:30:42 +0000

I’d say it’s good in that they got it out in a timely fashion. Would anyone who is criticizing it like to write a better one and post it here?

By: Michael H. Wilson

Michael H. Wilson — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:23:56 +0000

Not a bad release from my perspective. I’ll give the guys credit for getting it out considering they are shorthanded in the office and I assume they are getting ready for the LNC meeting which I hear is this weekend.

But to plug an idea I have been trying to push for sometime we need to develop an open source process for getting some of the work done such as news releases, brochures and the website. There is simply too much for the office to do.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:08:25 +0000

Good release, although this would be the time to use Adm. Colley, LTC Kwiatowski, or other high-ranking retired military to bolster the LP’s position.

By: Aroundtheblockafewtimes

Aroundtheblockafewtimes — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:32:42 +0000

Mr. Blanton’s yawn is appropriate. Why should the media care about this release? What action is suggested? It doesn’t threaten that the LP will be staging anti-war demonstrations in numerous cities. It doesn’t say the LP has targeted the biggest warmongers in Congress for defeat and name names.

By: George Phillies

George Phillies — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:05:09 +0000

Excellent press release! The only paragraphs that matter are the first two, and they establish we are against the warmonger Obama’s military adventurism.

Mind you, Obama is keeping a campaign promise, namely his promise to escalate the war on Afghanistan and the 100 bin Laden followers still hiding there.

George

By: Robert Milnes

Robert Milnes — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:11:28 +0000

If anyone is interested, I have emailed candidates libertarian Independent Joe Kennedy and Green Jane Rands about The PLAS Experiment. I await response.

By: Tom Blanton

Tom Blanton — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:53:56 +0000

yawn

By: Thomas L. Knapp

Thomas L. Knapp — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:22:31 +0000

Around the block,

Press releases are necessarily of limited length. Their purpose is to provide the bare bones and a few pull quotes for lazy journalists, or to generate interviews, etc. with journalists who are willing to work to get a more detailed story.

I agree that the transitions are little repetitive, i.e. that it’s not PERFECT, but it’s damn good.

By: Mik Robertson

Mik Robertson — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:53:59 +0000

It seems like a fine release to me.

By: Brian Holtz

Brian Holtz — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:34:27 +0000

This was an excellent press release. Around the block, you must have been on the far side of the block the last time LPHQ published an Exit Strategy white paper.

This release is an improvement over the Afghan poll that lp.org recently held. While that poll cleverly tried to make the point that both Ds and Rs favor escalation in Afghanistan, it didn’t really give Libertarians a chance to explore their differences. It should have included choices like:

* indefinitely suppressing any Islamist/Taliban resurgence
* transitioning security responsibility to a federal democratic government
* finding and destroying al Qaeda by taking and holding ground
* finding and destroying al Qaeda by opportunistically applying air, airborne and spec-ops forces
* renouncing any role for the U.S. military in retaliating against Afghan-based anti-U.S. terrorists

By: Danny S

Danny S — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:12:33 +0000

I think this should probably have been structured a little differently. The transitions are really repetitive.

By: Don Lake .......... The USSR messed up in Afghanistan also

Don Lake .......... The USSR messed up in Afghanistan also — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:07:22 +0000

Do the same ol thing and get shiny babbles from Scandinavia!

By: Aroundtheblockafewtimes

Aroundtheblockafewtimes — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:28:41 +0000

The news release is surprisingly content-free.
Should any interviews actually result, the LP needs to stop preaching to the choir and cogently discuss why an immediate orderly withdrawal will not cause all the fears of the interventionists – such as” OMG the Pakis will fall to the Taliban and then their nuclear weapons will be given to Al Qaeda to smuggle into New York “- to come true. We have to take the six or ten reasons for intervention and show they are bogeymen. And Benedict/Redpath need to quote less partisan sources than Cato – perhaps ex-generals, foreign polcy experts, Obama supporters speaking before they were tapped by the Messiah, etc.

By: Jill Pyeatt

Jill Pyeatt — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:14:50 +0000

Thank you, Wes Benedict and William Redpath, for speaking out so soon about this latest travesty by our peace-prize-winning president for change.