"Palme D'Or" for Mike Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11&

[kandrathe]

As a Libertarian I offer this defense; It's not a black and white world, there are graduations of grey in the middle. Libertarians favor less government and more personal responsibility and liberty. That does not mean we would eliminate the police or fire departments, or even under fund them. But, also libertarians stand for the right to defend themselves and their neighborhoods as well. We are in opposition to the notion that government has all the answers if we just raise enough taxes for them. There is a happy middle ground between too much and not enough. I don't know many people who think we have too little government.

Except...

Take the new DHS, or the new Terrorism Czar position from the 9/11 commission recommendation -- more government. It seems neccesary to augment our national defense. In opposition to what Chaerphon suggested about reducing the need for national defense by being a kindler, gentler America I would suggest the the Osama Bin Laden's of this world would not stop if we were just a little nicer. In their world view America is the root of all evil in the world.

Excerpt from the 9-11 Commission Report;

Bin Ladin shares Qutb’s stark view, permitting him and his followers to rationalize even unprovoked mass murder as righteous defense of an embattled faith.  Many Americans have wondered,“Why do ‘they’ hate us?” Some also ask, “What can we do to stop these attacks?” Bin Ladin and al Qaeda have given answers to both these questions. To the first, they say that America had attacked Islam; America is responsible for all conflicts involving Muslims. Thus Americans are blamed when Israelis fight with Palestinians, when Russians fight with Chechens, when Indians fight with Kashmiri Muslims, and when the Philippine government fights ethnic Muslims in its southern islands.America is also held responsible for the governments of Muslim countries, derided by al Qaeda as “your agents.”Bin Ladin has stated flatly,“Our fight against these governments is not separate from our fight against you.”(14) These charges found a ready audience among millions of Arabs and Muslims angry at the United States because of issues ranging from Iraq to Palestine to America’s support for their countries’ repressive rulers.

They are against everything America stands for, not just a Bush, or a Clinton. It doesn't matter what we do or do not do. We are not Islam, and are therefore jahiliyya (the chaos of evil) and must be destroyed.