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I am starting a new category here on The Frugal Libertarian, Books You Should Read.  I will be reviewing a new liberty centered book ever month.

The first book I recommend to anyone interested in making this  world a better place is “Healing Our World in an Age of Aggression” by Dr. Mary Ruwart. This is probably one of the most important books I have ever read.  Anyone who cares about issues such as education, poverty, the environment, terrorism, or crime prevention NEEDS to read this book.

I find many of my more liberal minded friends very frustrating at times because I don’t think they are wrong;  I think they are well-intentioned but horribly misguided because they lack an ideological compass.  This book is that compass.  It does an amazing job of demonstrating that libertarians/anarchist want the same thing everyone else wants, but we believe that aggression is neither the moral or the practical means to achieve those ends.

One of the first lessons we teach our children is to not aggress against others, but in our own lives we support and sometimes even advocate aggression to solve the world’s problems.  The child who steals another child’s toy or hits another child will usually “reap what they sow”, and so do adults who aggress.

From the Wall Street Journal:

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said the planned burning of Qurans on Sept. 11 by a small Florida church could put the lives of American troops in danger and damage the war effort.

Gen. David Petraeus said the Taliban would exploit the demonstration for propaganda purposes, drumming up anger toward the U.S. and making it harder for allied troops to carry out their mission of protecting Afghan civilians.

“It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort,” Gen. Petraeus said in an interview. “It is precisely the kind of action the Taliban uses and could cause significant problems. Not just here, but everywhere in the world we are engaged with the Islamic community.”

Let me start off by saying that Terry Jone’s planned demonstration is disgusting.  I am really starting to fear for the Muslims who live in this country,  but Gen. Patraeus has a lot of nerve speaking out claiming that it is Mr. Jones that is putting troops’ lives in danger.  You know what puts soldiers’ lives in danger Gen. Patraeus?  Sending them into a war zone.  If you are so worried about their safety then bring them home.

I am sure that a little demonstration in Florida by a bunch of ignorant bigots will annoy and offend some of the Taliban, but I am pretty sure that OCCUPYING their country is pissing them off more.  When violent radicals strap on bombs and murder innocent people what do you think they will be thinking of Gen. Patraeus; an insignificant pastor who burned a book, or the military and its generals who raped and pillaged their homeland?