Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Fighting Terrorism and the Case for Pre-emption by Walter Williams -- Capitalism Magazine

Because of the state of world affairs, I am going to try to explain the Economics of Terrorism from as many different points of view as possible. I am solely trying to analyze Economic Theory from as an unbiased point of view as I possibly can. Any science that deals with human behavior has to deal with that degree of uncertainty that cannot be quantifiable and therefore escapes the rigorous results of scientific reasoning...


Fighting Terrorism and the Case for Pre-emption by Walter Williams -- Capitalism Magazine: "Fighting Terrorism and the Case for Pre-emption
by Walter Williams (April 8, 2004)

Summary: Fighting terrorism as well as rogue dictators requires a policy of pre-emption. During the 1930s, there should have been a pre-emptive strike on Nazi Germany. Had Britain and France had the guts to do that, 60 million lives lost in World War II might have been spared.

[www.CapMag.com] Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines magician as 'one who performs tricks of illusion and sleight of hand' and 'one skilled in magic,' a 'sorcerer.' That's an apt description for the parade of Democrats, leftists and peaceniks attacking President Bush on his efforts managing the war on terrorism. Millions of Americans have bought into the illusions created by Bush's critics in their attempt to unseat him in the fall election. Let's look at it. "

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