2.10=6: 60週年追思》228 // #0-1&2 'The Noblest Cause of All', a Libertarian Keynote Address; 'Triumph of the Monsters'; 'Criminals.

#41=US#552: 07.2.10=6: 12.23=#12/60 Crisis::Taiwan#100; Chiang KMT#85: http://tinyurl.com/sbsmf FIC#78: http://fic.ic.org/ /// 5WC/MPR#75:------ 國歌'台灣翠青' Nat.Anthem: http://tinyurl.com/2tb4t5 台灣人拜台灣神: http://tinyurl.com/y7oa3b Pagans back: Sanctuary of Olympian Zeus: http://tinyurl.com/3386nt --------------------------------------- '228 2.0-追求正義、迎向未來，由你我發起': http://tinyurl.com/2fna3j "" 228滿六十週年了，繼去年成功的二二八全球共筆書寫活動後，今年二二八秀台灣網站再接再勵， 要發起一個透過網路收集素材、製作228紀念影片的活動，活動的名稱為228 2.0。 "" ================================================= #0: LewRockwell.com:----------------------------- #0-1: 'The Noblest Cause of All', by Murray N. Rothbard: http://tinyurl.com/2vv2as Keynote Address to the Libertarian Party Convention, 1977: "" the process of conversion to liberty takes place in two distinct – though sometimes rapidly succeeding – stages. The first conversion is what we might call the "baptism of reason" – the moment or moments when the person becomes convinced that liberty is the best, and the only just, social system for mankind. He or she realizes that liberty is the true, the good, and the beautiful. "" "" a second baptism, the "baptism of will." That is, he must be driven by his rational insight to dedicate himself to the mighty goal of bringing about the victory of liberty, of libertarian principles, in the real world. He must set out to transform reality in accordance with his ideal vision. ... ... he cannot and will not rest content until that system, that set of principles, has triumphed in the world of reality. "" "" We hereby put everyone on notice: We are libertarians of the will as well as the intellect, of activity as well as theory, of real-world struggle as well as idealistic vision. We are a serious movement. Our goal is nothing less than the victory of liberty over the Leviathan state, and we shall not be deflected, we shall not be diverted, we shall not be suborned, from achieving that goal. "" #0-2: 'Triumph of the Monsters', by Arthur Silber: http://tinyurl.com/2nbgb9 "" the latest paean to mass extermination from Max Boot "" "" toward the beginning of Boot's excretion: In formulating the right strategy, there is no better guide than a slim 1964 volume, "Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice." Its author was a French officer named David Galula, who saw service not only in World War II but in postwar China, Greece, Hong Kong and Algeria. If there is a Clausewitz of counterinsurgency, Galula is it. Although much has changed in recent decades, most of his admonitions still apply, which is why so many are echoed in the new Army-Marine counterinsurgency field manual. U.S. forces have gotten better at this demanding type of warfare in Iraq, but even now they're still falling short, often through no fault of their own, in carrying out many of Galula's key precepts "" "" See Rejali's article for many more details. This is the model Boot believes the United States should follow. If it is true that many of Galula's "admonitions" are incorporated into the "new Army-Marine counterinsurgency field manual," it appears we are doing precisely that. As if our crimes were not already sufficiently staggering and incomprehensible in their magnitude, I think our leaders may yet implement this monstrous advice completely and fully, in their desperation for "victory," and in their determination to avoid "losing face." This is the moment we've reached: many of us, including those who seek to influence our government's actions and who continue to have an alarming degree of success, are monsters. They acknowledge it openly (see Krauthammer for another example), and they maintain becoming monsters is "necessary" for the success of our "noble" efforts. That such monsters continue to be regularly published in major U.S. newspapers is a national degradation that will not be ameliorated for decades, even if we were to reverse course tomorrow. The views of people like Boot and Krauthammer are considered a legitimate part of our "respectable" national discourse. "" #0-3: 'Criminals Control the Executive Branch', by Paul Craig Roberts: http://tinyurl.com/yt72wy "" Gentle reader, you are probably unaware of former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski’s damning indictment of the Bush Regime in his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on February 1, 2007, as the United States no longer has a media – only a government propaganda ministry. Brzezinski damned the Bush Regime’s war in Iraq as "a historic, strategic, and moral calamity." Brzezinski damned the war as "driven by Manichean impulses and imperial hubris." He damned the war for "intensifying regional instability" and for "undermining America’s global legitimacy." "" ==================================================