What To Do About Terrorism

 



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"End States Who Sponsor Terrorism"

By Leonard Peikoff

October 2, 2001

 

What To Do About Terrorism

By Leonard Peikoff

1996

 

Op-Eds

 

Our Self-crippled Policy Encouraged the Deadly Embassy Attacks [Foxnews.com]

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Galt Goes Global [Foreignpolicy.com]

Did Paul Ryan take his foreign policy from Ayn Rand?

What We Owe Our Soldiers

"Pressuring" Iran While Ahmedinijad Strolls the Red Carpet

Iraq's Failing Government

Not Attacking Iran Would Be Catastrophic

Immoral Rules of Engagement

The Saudi Arms Deal and Our Addiction to American Sacrifice

How to Stop Iran?

Fight, Don't Negotiate with, Palestinians

The Iran Evasion

What Real War Looks Like

North Korea's Power Over the West

The Terrorists' Motivation: Islam

Their attempt to practice religion consistently explains the terrorists' actions.

Why We Are Losing Hearts and Minds

Our leaders have failed to answer the evil moral ideal of Islamic totalitarianism with a rational ideal of our own.

The Indispensable Condition of Peace

Only when the initiators of force learn that their actions lead to their own destruction, will peace be possible in the Middle East.

The U.S.-Israeli Suicide Pact

Diplomacy Only Encourages North Korea's Belligerence

Western "diplomacy" has strengthened North Korea

Washington's Failed War in Afghanistan

Washington's Pro-Hamas Foreign Policy

America's appeasing foreign policy encouraged Hamas

The Fear to Speak Comes to America's Shores

If the government does not protect our freedom of speech by force, America will join Europe's climate of self-censorship.

Religious Terrorism vs. Free Speech

Muslim death threats against Danish cartoonists echo Khomeini's 1989 fatwa on Salman Rushdie--a death threat renewed this month by Iran's mullahs. Combating such religious terrorism is a moral necessity.

The Cartoon Jihad: Free Speech in the Balance

We must uncompromisingly defend the right to freedom of speech.

The Injustice of Saddam's Trial

By granting Hussein a trial, justice is perverted.

Death to "Diplomacy" with Iran

European "diplomacy" with Iran--now supported by Washington--is self-destructive.

The Advent of Freedom?

The proposed Iraqi constitution will not bring freedom to Iraq or security to America.

The Foreign Policy of Guilt

Until the West asserts its moral right to exist, we will not be safe from Islamic totalitarianism.

"Muslim Opinion" Be Damned

America's attempts to appease "Muslim opinion" are depraved and suicidal.

The Perversity of U.S. Backing for the Gaza Retreat

America's support for the Gaza withdrawal is morally corrupt.

Israel's Deadly Appeasement Process Continues

The Gaza withdrawal is a deadly act of appeasement toward Israel's committed enemies.

Fight the Root of Terrorism With Bombs, Not Bread

America should redouble and refocus its military action, not increase its foreign aid, if it wants to attack the "root cause" of terrorism.

Diverting the Blame for 9/11

Sept. 11 could have been prevented only by having a principled foreign policy.

Innocents in War?

As a free nation, we have the moral right to defend ourselves, even if this requires mass civilian casualties in terrorist countries.

War and Morality

Mr. Bush's policy toward Hussein is doomed to failure because it refuses to evaluate the conflict with Iraq in moral terms.

 

Letters to the Editor

Looking for Allies

Poverty Causes Terrorism?

Not Attacking Iran Would Be Catastrophic

The Foiled Terror Plots in Germany and Denmark

Immoral Rules of Engagement

Terrorists are Motivated by their Religious Ideology

Islamists Are Motivated by Their Beliefs

Sanctions Against Iran Won't Work

Airport Security Won't Give Us National Security

Our Carry-On Luggage Is Not the Real Problem

World Leaders Should Support Israel's Offensive

Lebanon's Government Has No Legitimacy

There Is No Need for an Endless Global Conflict

Israel Should Wage War on Palestinians

No Incentives for Iran

Israel Should Not Apologize for Targeting Terrorists

Hussein Deserves No Regular Trial

U.S. Should Urge Israel to Eradicate the Threat from the Palestinians

Israel Must Commit to Victory Over the Palestinians

U.S. Is Right To Cut Aid To Palestinian Government

South Park and the Muhammad Cartoons

Borders' Capitulation is a Victory for Islamic Totalitarians

France's Proposed New Labor Legislation Illustrates Why Appeasement Doesn't Work

UN Security Council Abets Iran's Nuclear Program

Canada is Right to Suspend All Assistance to the Palestinian Authority

NYU Chooses Appeasement Over Rights

Bush's Pursuit of Democracy Can't Bring Freedom to Anyone

To the Producer of Friday's "FOX 11 Ten O'Clock News" and the Station Management:

In Defense of My Right to Free Speech

The Cartoon Riots

Western Nations Should Not Tolerate Calls for the Murder of Their Citizens

Muhammad Cartoons

Free Speech vs. Religious Dogma

Spreading Democracy in the Middle East Is Suicidal

State Department vs. Free Speech

End the Jihad Against Free Speech

Do Not Apologize for Cartoons of Mohammad

Palestinians' Vote Will Not Bring Them Freedom

Eliminate the Iranian Threat

US Should Not Count On UN To Stop Iran

Stop the Negotiations with Iran and Start the Military Campaign

Withdraw or Stay the Course in Iraq? Neither.

Dissolve the United Nations

War on Terrorism Has Yet to Be Waged

No Apologies for Hiroshima and Nagasaki

U.S. Must Stop Iran from Developing Nuclear Weapons

G8 Aids Terrorism

From the Camel's Mouth

Oriana Fallaci and Freedom of Speech

Kick the U.N. out of New York

Moral Courage Needed to Win the War

Good Riddance Arafat!

Arafat Deserves Execution Not Natural Death

Our Irrational Enemies and their Sympathizers

Do Not to Negotiate with Iran's Mullahs--Eliminate Them

Use of Force Against Iran Should Not Be Excluded

Failure to Prevent 9/11 Not a Lack of Imagination but of Cognition

9/11 Commission Right About Preemption

Iran Now Presents the Greater Danger

U.N.'s Moral Bankruptcy Is Exemplified by Sudan

Draft Negates the Right to Life

Israel's Targeted Killing of Hamas Leader Justified

Israel's Targeted Killing of Sheikh Yassin Justified

The Urgent Need for Preemption

Israel's Enemies Are America's Enemies

New Iraqi Constitution Must Separate State and Islam

Afghan Constitution Should Include Separation of State and Religion

Is Bush Financing Hatred Against America?

Abetting Civilization's Enemies

Democrats Couldn't Care Less About America's Security

Powell Recommends Appeasement Towards Terrorism

Kill--Don't Expel--Arafat

Palestinian Terrorists Are America's Enemies

What Israel Should Do About Terrorism

What the Terrorist Attacks in Israel and Iraq Prove

Bush's Misguided Criticism of Israel's Security Fence

The Difference Between ELF and Mainstream Environmentalists

What Palestinians Deserve

Bush Wrong on Release of Palestinian Terrorists

Palestinian Culture Is a Culture of Death

America's--and Iran's--Independence Day

What to Do with Hamas

If Necessary Use Force Against Iran

No Moral Equivalency Between Israelis and Palestinians

Palestinians' Reaction to Road Map

Road Map Is a Mistake

Bombing in Saudi Arabia

Iraqis Have No Right to a Dictatorship

Newt Gingrich's Justified Criticism of the State Department

War Is Sometimes the Only Answer

Self-Defense Should Be the Purpose of the War

Civilian Casualties Should Not Hinder War Effort

Peaceniks' Motivation

Palestinian State an Insane Idea

Unilateralism Morally Justified

A Close Look at the United Nations

False Accusations Against the U.S.

U.S. vs. U.N.

United States Should Withdraw from the United Nations

 

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