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Libertarians: “Terrorism Poses No Existential Threat to America”
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Libertarians: “Terrorism Poses No Existential Threat to America”

The Misunderstanding of Threat: Why Neglecting Individual Rights Leads to Dangerous Assertions

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Craig Biddle
Mar 14, 2015
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In an article posted on the website of the Cato Institute, John Mueller (a senior fellow at Cato) and Mark G. Stewart (a professor at the University of Newcastle) claim that “terrorism poses no existential threat to America” and that “we must stop pretending otherwise.” Their article begins: “One of the most unchallenged, zany assertions during the war …

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