The federal government failed to protect the United States on 9-11.
This was its most fundamental duty. This was the main reason the states
created the federal government and bound themselves together under the
Constitution in 1789.
But it's worse than mere failure. The federal government ignored the
counsel of the great statesmen who created it. The centerpiece of
America's foreign policy was to become a "City upon a Hill" and
take advantage of its natural geographic safety to avoid the turmoil of
conflicts across the ocean.
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The great rule of conduct for us, in
regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial
relations to have with them as little political
connection as possible."
— Washington, Farewell Address (1796) [Washington’s
emphasis]
I deem [one of] the essential principles
of our government, and consequently [one] which ought to
shape its administration,…peace, commerce, and honest
friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with
none.
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The federal government did not follow this advice in Afghanistan, Asia
and Europe. "Insiders" -- the
powerful architects of America foreign policy in the last 80 years (and I
consider President Bush to be more of a "puppet" than an
"architect") -- completely reject the principles
of America's Founding Fathers. The United States federal government built
Al queda as a means of destabilizing the Soviet Union. The same federal
government that failed to protect America on 9-11 did
not appreciate the long-term dangers of giving military
aid to Islamic terrorists twenty years ago when these terrorists were
"freedom fighters" against Communism.
Today the federal government is attempting to rebuild Afghanistan
-- after bombing it relentlessly.
How would America's Founding Fathers undertake the task of rebuilding
Afghanistan? (First of all they would reject this as a legitimate task for
the government under the Constitution.)
Please see our page on Iraq for details on how a
Christian nation like America should think about the subject of rebuilding
a nation.
I take no delight in saying this, but both domestically and internationally, the federal government has transformed America from a Christian Republic to a secular empire which is indistinguishable from the Soviet Union. Notice the striking parallels between U.S. policy in Iraq and Soviet policy in Afghanistan during the 1980's: [T]he Russians . . . pursued the very same strategy we are employing – installing a "secular" regime with ideological pretensions of being "democratic," aided by a small, Westernized, secular elite and an uneasy coalition of racial-religious minority groups. The result in our own case is doomed to be identical to that which befell the Russians and their Afghan sock puppets: utter defeat.
— Justin Raimondo
Here are links and more links on Afghanistan:
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