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How very strange that the war hasn't gone according to plan...

How very strange that the war hasn't gone according to plan...

Randy Barnett lectures us that libertarians can and should be all for war — but for the life of him, he just can't seem to figure out why this particular centrally planned war on Iraq hasn't gone well. Really, it's just a mystery, all these unintended consequences, these unexpected results, the expense, the bizarre and inexplicable failure of the government to achieve its ends.

(Note to aspiring writers: an excellent way to get published in the Wall Street Journal is to upbraid libertarians for failing to support vast subsidies for the military-industrial complex.)

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