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Title: War is the health of the State
Source: Lew Rockwell.com BLOG
URL Source: http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/019443.html
Published: Feb 15, 2008
Author: Ryan W. McMaken
Post Date: 2008-02-16 12:56:08 by PnbC
Keywords: None
Views: 181
Comments: 10

War is the health of the State

Posted by Ryan W. McMaken at February 15, 2008 09:41 PM

In 1956, Murray Rothbard came out in favor of Adlai Stevenson against Eisenhower. Why? Because Stevenson was the relatively anti-war candidate.

Eisenhower was the establishment Cold War candidate in favor of war forever, and welfare forever. Stevenson was also in favor of welfare forever, but since he was against endless war, Stevenson was actually the candidate for less government.

Rothbard knew that war is the biggest of big government programs, and the candidate that opposes it is almost inevitably the de facto small-government candidate.

Raimondo's most recent piece shows quite clearly who is the relatively anti-war candidate on the Democratic side. If the contest comes down to McCain vs. Obama. It is clear which candidate will be supporting less government, and which will be supporting more.

In such a contest, it will also be clear why the neo-cons will unleash everything upon Obama and why the libertarians who continue to cling to the GOP and say that Obama is too in favor of welfare or too much of a big spender (charges that are true, but in no way distinguish him from any Republican in the race except Paul) may in fact be helping elect the biggest big-government candidate in the history of the Republic.

Note: I also remember a point Lew once made on this blog- there is only one major party that has any sizable constituency for peace and civil liberties. And that party ain't the GOP.

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#1. To: PnbC, buckeye, Dakmar, honway (#0)

Eisenhower was the establishment Cold War candidate in favor of war forever, and welfare forever. Stevenson was also in favor of welfare forever, but since he was against endless war, Stevenson was actually the candidate for less government.

That's true!

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robin  posted on  2008-02-16   13:05:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: robin (#1)

That's a thought that's very hard to get through the heads of many "conservatives" who complain about big government to no end but then go on to support every war. Why can't so many people see the obvious: that the warfare state is just the bloodier twin brother of the welfare state?

I guess the good side of this is that eventually Eisenhower saw the light and recognized the "military industrial complex" for the big, crony racket that it was.

Rupert_Pupkin  posted on  2008-02-16   13:10:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: robin (#1)

Don't blame me, I would have voted for Robert Taft! :)

"Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them." - Charley Reese

Dakmar  posted on  2008-02-16   13:12:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#2)

Why can't so many people see the obvious: that the warfare state is just the bloodier twin brother of the welfare state?

I do not know.

Ike waited until he was leaving office to state his well-known opinion.

Ron Paul for President - Join a Ron Paul Meetup group today! The Revolution will not be televised!
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robin  posted on  2008-02-16   13:12:20 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Dakmar (#3)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Taft

Just for you on this President's Day weekend.

Ron Paul for President - Join a Ron Paul Meetup group today! The Revolution will not be televised!
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robin  posted on  2008-02-16   13:13:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: robin (#4)

Ike waited until he was leaving office to state his well-known opinion.

Just like a lot of Generals today wait until retirement to speak out against Bush's foreign policy.

Rupert_Pupkin  posted on  2008-02-16   13:13:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#6)

Yep, what a noble profession.

Ron Paul for President - Join a Ron Paul Meetup group today! The Revolution will not be televised!
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.-T Jefferson

robin  posted on  2008-02-16   13:14:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: robin (#5)

In 1944 Taft was nearly defeated in his bid for a second term in the Senate; his Democratic opponent received major support from Ohio's labor unions and internationalists

I'm with Henry Ford on these "internationalists". :)

"Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them." - Charley Reese

Dakmar  posted on  2008-02-16   13:25:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: Dakmar (#8)

Here's another President oft forgot, but then he was just a Know Nothing:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore

Ron Paul for President - Join a Ron Paul Meetup group today! The Revolution will not be televised!
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.-T Jefferson

robin  posted on  2008-02-16   13:27:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: robin (#9)


From Two Party System... ...to Two Family System.

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