Liberty Alone

Catching up from my holiday I’ve read several very good posts recently.
I’m sharing them in Google Reader and they can be found on my sidebar.

In particular I’ve come across some fascinating articles detailing the history which has led to some current situations.
First up is a potted history of Persian/Arab animosity at The Art Of The Possible and a commemoration and condemnation of the shooting down of an Iranian civilian aeroplane during the US’s covert war againt Iran during the Iran-Iraq war at LewRockwell.com
Both of these give an important insight into the situation today in the Middle East and the US administration’s duplicity when it comes to these issues.

Closer to home we have Nosemonkey’s short history of Belgium which gives a good glimpse into the tensions which may split the country in two (hopefully in a peaceful manner).

The ultra-libertarians over at the Ludwig von Mises Institute published an article after the death sentence was passed down to Saddam Hussein.
I’ve only just read the article, but it really does lay into the Republican Party (which many may be surprised at, after all aren’t US Libertarians right wing?). Indeed, it makes many points commentators on the left make, especially about the Reagan administrations support for Hussein (based on the fact that he was the best option for democracy in the Middle East…).

Most of all, I think the article shows that libertarians are not right wing, they may not be left wing in the modern usage, but like liberals they are not right wing either.