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More thoughts on Darfur

Thanks to Bob for his thoughtful response to my response to his piece on Darfur. I have two thoughts, first, yes the Founders did deploy troops abroad. However, these deployments where all done in the name of protecting the interests of America, not for humanitarian reasons. (Whether the interventions really were for American interests is not relevant, the point is they where not done for humanitarian purposes.) Secondly, regarding Bob's comments wondering how my arguments would be affected if 90% of taxpayers favored humanitarian intervention in Darfur, I don't see anything silly about expecting 90% of the population to obey the laws of morality and not force someone via the means of taxation to support causes unrelated to the primary function of the state. Libertarians have no problem rejecting the argument that "most taxpayers support using federal funds to help the poor" when it comes to the welfare state, so why should it be any different for the welfare state?

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