To Intervene or Not to Intervene!!

There is a great debate among Libertarian minded people about Americas's foreign policy. If we believe in Natural Law and that Natural Law applies to all people, ( I don't recall God saying Americans only in the bible about that) then we must assume that helping people in other countries establish the rule of Natural Law should be one of America's goals, or even responsibilities.

A great many Liberty minded people believe America should only be involved in Congressionally declared war. That if a President deploys troops it should only be with the permission of the Congress. The Constitution does make a case for this.

Since World War two was the last war considered Constitutionally legal by those of Libertarian persuasion. I think it is worth looking at the policy that led to World War two.

Monday night at 7pm central, there is going to be a movie on Turner Classic Movies called The Mortal Storm.

Mortal Storm, The (1940)
The Third Reich's rise tears apart a German family.
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young, Frank Morgan Dir: Frank Borzage BW-100 mins, TV-PG

Notice the year this movie was made. Several immigrants from Germany had come to America by this time and was telling everyone what was going on. Many in the Hollywood Community were concerned. This is a big change from today where many in Hollywood seem to sympathize with the tyrants. The cultural denigration of Germany that is portrayed in this movie is too significant to ignore. The Politically correct tone the Third Reich insisted on and it's effect on education is stunning. Until 1940 Hitler allowed the foreign press to follow him everywhere. If you search Life magazine photos he was drawing crowds the size of which major rock concerts and sporting events draw today in out side venues.

Despite all of this evidence that Hitler was building an tyrannical totalitarian state that did not tolerate opposing points of view and discriminated against certain members of their population, the World stayed out of German affairs, and instead tried to appease Hitler, with little evidence they even criticized him for his policies.

The appeasement of Hitler cost many lives in the long run, and set a tone for America's future foreign policy. No longer were we going to allow such a thing to happen. We learned the lesson's of tolerating tyranny and have followed through on it since.

It can be argued by many Libertarians that America has used Third Reich tactics to impose on it's own citizen's freedom. Traffic cameras are one example. Hitler set up movie cameras at different spots around Germany to observe the population. I can go on and on here about things the government maybe doing to take Liberty away from us. There have been many examples,and Libertarians do an excellent job pointing them out.

But until Libertarian minded people come to the realization that America is the world's only true super power, and we traditionally have come to the aid of those who have been denied The Rule of Natural Law around the World. You will never break the monopoly the two major parties have on the political process. Of course the Libertarian movement also needs to reaffirm a belief in the Rule of Natural Law, or do you just stop at the Constitution?

Please take a moment to view this movie Monday Night. If you cannot see it at that time, be sure to set your DVR. Just like for many years It's A Wonderful Life got ignored til America realized it needed the movie and the values in it. This movie can become a lesson for this time in history pertaining to learning from the past to avoid making the same mistakes today.

To my non Interventionist Libertarian friends. Until you come to grips with this issue , you will never gain the relevancy necessary to influence the political system, and ensure the Liberties we all know are under attack foreign and domestically. Take a moment and talk to some one from Germany,the Phillipines, Russia, China, South Korea, Viet Nam, ask them what they think of America's foreign policy. Remember the contents of America's melting pot came from other countries.