Bush's Shrinking Safety Zone

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

No, HM, Clinton wasn't remotely a libertarian of any stripe: his political instincts were formed in an essentially one-party State, which isn't going to make a libertarian. Even worse, the only thing Clinton ever cared about was the convenience of Clinton -- a bad habit in a President. This is how you can explain both his Administration's approach to foreign policy and to domestic policy: what conveniences the Clintons? Just the most conspicuous proof of this is in the behavior of the senior echelon of the DoJ during the Clinton era -- they largely confined themselves to running interference for the one-party-state operations of the Clintons.

That is even more true of Bush.

I haven't seen this aired, but is not what the Bush Administration trying to do is function under war powers?

That is what should chill the heart of any libertarian. Bush is claiming that "war powers" justifies anything he wants to do.