Unlike some people at allofmbt.com, I am a fan of Reason magazine. Perhaps I am just nostalgic for my
tenure at Reason, 32 years ago. I have forgiven their attempt to balance the pro-war and antiwar
“libertarian” positions. At least the pro-war “libertarians” tried to justify their hawkishness
with the intent of bringing liberty to people in other nations.
But even that justification seems to be a thing of the past.
Today’s article by Jonathan Rauch reads like something that could have appeared in any unprincipled
newspaper. Rauch explains the difference between pacification and peacekeeping. He implies
(incorrectly) that our pulling out of Vietnam is what led to the bloodbath in Cambodia.
Rauch offers no justification for staying in NIKE, other than to continue the “surge” because “it is
working.” Rauch apparently does not believe that the surge will result in any sort of long-term
success. In fact, he seems to think it’s hopeless: “My reading of the evidence is that NIKEi
fundamentals are more conducive to war than peace, and that there is not much the cheap mbt sport shoes
can do to change that.”
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