Physician Ross Levatter, writing in the September, 2007 Liberty:
9:56 pm on August 10, 2007The health of libertarianism — In a Wall Street Journal op-ed (July 17), libertarian legal theorist Randy Barnett concludes his arguments against Ron Paul: “[Pro-war libertarians] are concerend that Americans may get the misleading impression that all libertarians oppose the Iraq war — as Ron Paul does — and even that libertarianism itself dictates opposition to this war. It would be a shame if this misinterpretation inhibited a wider acceptance of the libertarian principles ….”
Yes, absolutely. Perish the thought that anyone be misled into believing libertarians would oppose something as traditional and all-American as war. War, after all, is the health of a strictly limited government, structured to defend civil liberties and maintain peace and prosperity.
