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Fellow Ghetto Vets,

I am taking the liberty of forwarding this extremely thoughtful and =
well-written article for your consideration.

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"I just stand there looking cute, and when something moves, I shoot"

- Tom Lehrer
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Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 8:29 PM
Subject: The Joy of Looting

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The Joy of Looting=20

by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.=20

[Posted April 11, 2003]

Public and social authority having collapsed in Iraq, property was =
suddenly unprotected and available for the taking. Swept up in the =
euphoria of the moment, everything in sight was seized.=20

I speak not of the mobs in Basra that stripped clean the Sheraton Hotel =
as the U.S. military looked tolerantly on, or the masses in Baghdad who =
ran away with everything not nailed down, or of the marauding gangsters =
who ransacked European embassies.=20

No, I refer to scenes in the oil city of Kirkuk, where "coalition =
forces" entered to seize control of the oil fields, and in southern Iraq =
where U.S. and British forces have "secured" all 1,000 oil wells. These =
are the real prizes of this war.=20

Who will end up with the loot? It's hard to say who, but it's easy to =
know under whose authority the assets will be divided. As the Washington =
Post reports, "While France and other United Nations members say Iraq's =
oil production should remain under U.N. control, the Bush administration =
wants new Iraqi leaders to take charge of oil sales and development as =
quickly as possible."=20

Moreover, the paper adds, "It might be possible for the United States to =
sell Iraq's oil on the country's behalf relying on rights of a military =
occupation force under 'customary international law.'" As for =
preexisting contracts, "there already might be pressure to not honor" =
them.=20

The foreign press was appalled that the U.S. military effectively =
oversaw the small-scale looting that took place in city after city. The =
explanation from Washington was that the military did not want to be =
seen as protecting any aspect of the regime. That might help explain why =
nothing was done to stop the looting of public buildings, but what about =
the shops, restaurants, homes, stores, and hotels that were ransacked? =
Here the problem is more complicated. In the end, it was clear to the =
troops that stopping the looters might put a bit of a damper on the =
celebrations that were playing so well on American television.=20

"I can't tell if they like us or if they are just happy they have been =
able to loot all that stuff," one unnamed colonel told the New York =
Times. Only one brave soldier, Corporal Bryon Adcox of the Seventh =
Marine Regiment, was willing to go on record. "A few hours ago, they =
were shooting at us, now they are having a party," Corporal Adcox said. =
"Are they truly happy we are here?"=20

In any case, what the civilian looters took pales in comparison to what =
the coalition forces have at stake. Of course, we are assured that the =
forthcoming oil revenue will be used to rebuild Iraq, a fact which =
causes attention to turn to the crazy contracting dispute that has =
broken out in Washington. Actually, the dispute is not difficult to =
follow. Democrats want the cash to go to their friends, while =
Republicans want the cash to go to their friends.=20

No matter what figures are being tossed around today, everyone knows it =
will require lots more to fix and repair what the U.S. just finished =
blowing up. There are two sides to the debate: those who want to spend =
more and those who want to spend even more.=20

Not all looting in the postwar environment is the subject of dramatic =
pictures on television. Next week, U.S. taxes are due. The U.S. soldiers =
in this war receive automatic extensions and all the income they have =
received for fighting is exempt from all taxation. As for the rest of =
us, we will pay 30 cents out of every dollar of income to government for =
its services, and that which we do not pay, we loan to government in the =
form of holding its secured bonds (which right now look far more =
attractive than private-sector stocks and bonds). These bond holdings =
make it possible for the government to bleed red, and should we decide =
not to hold them, the Federal Reserve stands ready as a purchaser of =
last resort, creating money out of thin air. This form of looting is =
lawful and orderly, and funds the biggest and best-armed government in =
the history of the world.=20

But doesn't all talk of the spoils of war take away from the celebration =
of new-found Iraqi freedom? Ah, the joy of toppling statues of =
government officials! Here is a libertarian impulse at work. The desire =
to overthrow the regime is a wonderful instinct, as is the joy that =
comes when one falls. The U.S. is tapping into that instinct in calling =
forth national celebration over the fall of Saddam.  How wonderful it =
would be if that were all there were to it.=20

Alas, this was not a case of a regime collapsing in the same way East =
European dictatorships collapsed at the end of the Cold War. What we =
have here is a case of the bigger fish eating the smaller fish-one large =
invading state employing large machines to crush a small state with only =
small machines to defend itself. Ten years ago, the U.S. railed against =
Iraq for taking this same approach in its dealings with Kuwait. The =
point of the first war against Iraq was to deter such aggression =
wherever it might occur. But who deters the deterrers? =20

To celebrate the victory of a mightily armed imperial power over a small =
despotism is not a libertarian impulse. From under the rubble of =
buildings demolished by bombs, the corpses of tens of thousands of dead, =
the billions and billions spent by government, and the whole world =
impressed at the effectiveness of raw power, symbolized by millions of =
Americans raising their fists in the air at this equivalent of the =
ancient Roman games, we can detect some very bad omens for the future.=20

Victory celebrations are inevitable but dangerous. They rejoice in =
destruction, not creation, cheer violence, not cooperation, herald the =
doings of mass armies, not the creativity of individuals, and glorify =
the actions of bureaucrats and politicians, not the productivity of =
society and enterprise.=20

Waging war is no greater achievement than any other act of destruction. =
It involves a government grabbing as much as it can get from its own =
population through taxes and borrowing and inflation, turning those =
resources into machines that kill and wreck, and then unleashing those =
machines on an enemy country.=20

Governments may not be able to create wealth-which is why socialism =
cannot work-but they can destroy it, which is why wars do work. Bombs, =
built on the backs of taxpayers, destroy not just military targets but =
the products of genuine human creativity: houses, markets, restaurants, =
schools, and hospitals. Take this model far enough and you can wreck the =
whole world. For this reason, the wars of the nation-state, even if just =
and necessary, should never be celebrated.=20

Successful wars send the message that our freedoms are secured only by =
armed agents of central power, and many are tempted to cede control of =
their lives to the executive state that prosecuted the war. We look to =
the top for leadership, which in the aftermath of an easy victory, is =
punch drunk with power. Already, we see every high official citing the =
alleged achievements of war as a basis for trusting the government to =
provide for us in every way. If we can overthrow Saddam, it is said, =
surely we can overthrow illiteracy, poverty, sadness, and social =
dysfunction right here at home! Clear the way for the total state.=20

As the warmongers cheer not only the war and its destruction and death, =
but also the new D.C.-run military dictatorship being set up in Iraq, =
lovers of liberty need not regret their support of peace and trade. In =
the ancient contest between power and liberty, power has long had the =
upper hand. But it is to the few shining moments when liberty overtook =
power, when trade and contract prevailed over looting, when peace =
prevailed over war, that we owe civilization itself.

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Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. (Rockwell@mises.org) is president of the =
Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, and editor of =
LewRockwell.com. See his Mises.org archive.

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<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>Fellow Ghetto Vets,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>I am taking the liberty of =
forwarding this=20
extremely thoughtful and well-written article for your=20
consideration.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 =
size=3D2>BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>"I just stand there looking cute, =
and when=20
something moves, I shoot"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>- Tom Lehrer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20
title=3Darticle@mises.org href=3D"mailto:article@mises.org">Mises Daily =
Article</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Darticle@mises.biglist.com=20
href=3D"mailto:article@mises.biglist.com">Mises Daily Article</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 11, 2003 8:29 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> The Joy of Looting</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana><FONT color=3D#002864 size=3D1><A=20
href=3D"http://www.mises.org/fullstory.asp?control=3D1205">http://www.mis=
es.org/fullstory.asp?control=3D1205</A></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana><FONT color=3D#002864 =
size=3D1></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2><FONT size=3D5><FONT =
color=3D#002864><STRONG>The Joy=20
of Looting</STRONG> </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<P>
<P><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D4>by Llewellyn H. Rockwell,=20
Jr.</FONT>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>[Posted April 11, 2003]</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3D2><IMG src=3D"http://www.mises.org/images2/fishes.gif" =
align=3Dright=20
border=3D0>Public and social authority having collapsed in Iraq, =
property was=20
suddenly unprotected and available for the taking. Swept up in the =
euphoria of=20
the moment, everything in sight was seized.&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>I speak not of the mobs=20
in&nbsp;</FONT><st1:City><st1:place><FONT=20
size=3D2>Basra</FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT size=3D2>&nbsp;that =
stripped clean=20
the Sheraton Hotel as =
the&nbsp;</FONT><st1:country-region><st1:place><FONT=20
size=3D2>U.S.</FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region><FONT =
size=3D2>&nbsp;military=20
looked tolerantly on, or the masses =
in&nbsp;</FONT><st1:City><st1:place><FONT=20
size=3D2>Baghdad</FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT size=3D2>&nbsp;who =
ran away with=20
everything not nailed down, or of the marauding gangsters who ransacked =
European=20
embassies.&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>No, I refer to scenes in the oil city=20
of&nbsp;<st1:City><st1:place>Kirkuk</st1:place></st1:City>, where =
"coalition=20
forces" entered to seize control of the oil fields, and in=20
southern&nbsp;<st1:country-region><st1:place>Iraq</st1:place></st1:countr=
y-region>&nbsp;where=20
U.S. and British forces have "secured" all 1,000 oil wells. These are =
the real=20
prizes of this war.&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>Who will end up with the loot? It's hard to say who, =
but it's=20
easy to know under whose authority the assets will be divided. As the =
<I><A=20
href=3D"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1294-2003Apr9.html=
">Washington=20
Post</A></I>&nbsp;reports, "While France and other United Nations =
members say=20
Iraq's oil production should remain under U.N. control, the Bush =
administration=20
wants new Iraqi leaders to take charge of oil sales and development as =
quickly=20
as possible."&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>Moreover, the paper adds, "It might be possible for=20
the&nbsp;<st1:country-region><st1:place>United=20
States</st1:place></st1:country-region>&nbsp;to=20
sell&nbsp;<st1:country-region><st1:place>Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-re=
gion>'s=20
oil on the country's behalf relying on rights of a military occupation =
force=20
under 'customary international law.'" As for preexisting contracts, =
"there=20
already might be pressure to not honor" them.&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>The foreign press was appalled that=20
the&nbsp;<st1:country-region><st1:place>U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-reg=
ion>&nbsp;military=20
effectively oversaw the small-scale looting that took place in city =
after city.=20
The explanation=20
from&nbsp;<st1:State><st1:place>Washington</st1:place></st1:State>&nbsp;w=
as that=20
the military did not want to be seen as protecting any aspect of the =
regime.=20
That might help explain why nothing was done to stop the looting of =
public=20
buildings, but what about the shops, restaurants, homes, stores, and =
hotels that=20
were ransacked? Here the problem is more complicated. In the end, it was =
clear=20
to the troops that stopping the looters might put a bit of a damper on =
the=20
celebrations that were playing so well on American =
television.&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>"I can't tell if they like us or if they are just =
happy they=20
have been able to loot all that stuff," one unnamed colonel told the =
</FONT><A=20
href=3D"http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/10/international/worldspecial/10WA=
TC.html"><FONT=20
size=3D2>New York Times</FONT></A><FONT size=3D2>. Only one brave =
soldier, Corporal=20
Bryon Adcox of the Seventh Marine Regiment, was willing to go on record. =
"A few=20
hours ago, they were shooting at us, now they are having a party," =
Corporal=20
Adcox said. "Are they truly happy we are here?"&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>In any case, what the civilian looters took pales in =
comparison=20
to what the coalition forces have at stake. Of course, we are assured =
that the=20
forthcoming oil revenue will be used to=20
rebuild&nbsp;<st1:country-region><st1:place>Iraq</st1:place></st1:country=
-region>,=20
a fact which causes attention to turn to the crazy contracting </FONT><A =

href=3D"http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/10/international/worldspecial/10RE=
BU.html"><FONT=20
size=3D2>dispute that has broken out in Washington</FONT></A><FONT =
size=3D2>.=20
Actually, the dispute is not difficult to follow. Democrats want the =
cash to go=20
to their friends, while Republicans want the cash to go to <A=20
href=3D"http://money.cnn.com/2003/04/11/news/companies/war_halliburton/in=
dex.htm">their=20
friends</A>.&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>No matter what figures are being tossed around=20
today,&nbsp;everyone knows it will require lots more to fix and repair =
what=20
the&nbsp;<st1:country-region><st1:place>U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-reg=
ion>&nbsp;just=20
finished blowing up. There are two sides to the debate: those who want =
to spend=20
more and those who want to spend even more.&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>Not all looting in the postwar environment is the =
subject of=20
dramatic pictures on television. Next week, U.S. taxes are due.=20
The&nbsp;<st1:country-region><st1:place>U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-reg=
ion>&nbsp;soldiers=20
in this war receive automatic extensions and all the income they have =
received=20
for fighting is </FONT><A=20
href=3D"http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=3D1225419"><FONT =
size=3D2>exempt from=20
all taxation</FONT></A><FONT size=3D2>. As for the rest of us, we will =
pay 30=20
cents out of every dollar of income to government for its services, and =
that=20
which we do not pay, we loan to government in the form of holding its =
secured=20
bonds (which right now look far more attractive than private-sector =
stocks and=20
bonds). These bond holdings make it possible for the government to bleed =
red,=20
and should we decide not to hold them, the Federal Reserve stands ready =
as a=20
purchaser of last resort, creating money out of thin air. This form of =
looting=20
is lawful and orderly, and funds the biggest and best-armed government =
in the=20
history of the world.&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>But doesn't all talk of the spoils of war take away =
from the=20
celebration of new-found Iraqi freedom? Ah, the joy of toppling statues =
of=20
government officials! Here is a libertarian impulse at work. The desire =
to=20
overthrow the regime is a wonderful instinct, as is the joy that comes =
when one=20
falls.=20
The&nbsp;<st1:country-region><st1:place>U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-reg=
ion>&nbsp;is=20
tapping into that instinct in calling forth national celebration over =
the fall=20
of Saddam.&nbsp;&nbsp;How wonderful it would be if that were all there =
were to=20
it.&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>Alas, this was not a case of a regime collapsing in =
the same way=20
East European dictatorships collapsed at the end of the Cold War. What =
we have=20
here is a case of the bigger fish eating the smaller fish=97one large =
invading=20
state employing large machines to crush a small state with only small =
machines=20
to defend itself. Ten years ago,=20
the&nbsp;<st1:country-region><st1:place>U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-reg=
ion>&nbsp;railed=20
against&nbsp;<st1:country-region><st1:place>Iraq</st1:place></st1:country=
-region>&nbsp;for=20
taking this same approach in its dealings=20
with&nbsp;<st1:country-region><st1:place>Kuwait</st1:place></st1:country-=
region>.=20
The point of the first war=20
against&nbsp;<st1:country-region><st1:place>Iraq</st1:place></st1:country=
-region>&nbsp;was=20
to deter such aggression wherever it might occur. But who deters the=20
deterrers?&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>To celebrate the victory of a mightily armed imperial =
power over=20
a small despotism is not a libertarian impulse. From under the rubble of =

buildings demolished by bombs, the corpses of tens of thousands of dead, =
the=20
billions and billions spent by government, and the whole world impressed =
at the=20
effectiveness of raw power, symbolized by millions of Americans raising =
their=20
fists in the air at this equivalent of the ancient Roman games, we can =
detect=20
some very bad omens for the future.&nbsp;
Victory celebrations are inevitable but dangerous. =
They rejoice=20
in destruction, not creation, cheer violence, not cooperation, herald =
the doings=20
of mass armies, not the creativity of individuals, and glorify the =
actions of=20
bureaucrats and politicians, not the productivity of society and=20
enterprise.&nbsp;
Waging war is no greater achievement than any other =
act of=20
destruction. It involves a government grabbing as much as it can get =
from its=20
own population through taxes and borrowing and inflation, turning those=20
resources into machines that kill and wreck, and then unleashing those =
machines=20
on an enemy country.&nbsp;
Governments may not be able to create wealth=97which =
is why=20
socialism cannot work=97but they can destroy it, which is why wars do =
work. Bombs,=20
built on the backs of taxpayers, destroy not just military targets but =
the=20
products of genuine human creativity: houses, markets, restaurants, =
schools, and=20
hospitals. Take this model far enough and you can wreck the whole world. =
For=20
this reason, the wars of the nation-state, even if just and necessary, =
should=20
never be celebrated.&nbsp;
Successful wars send the message that our freedoms are =
secured=20
only by&nbsp;armed agents of central power, and many are tempted to cede =
control=20
of their lives to the executive state that prosecuted the war. We look =
to the=20
top for leadership, which in the aftermath of an easy victory, is punch =
drunk=20
with power. Already, we see every high official citing the alleged =
achievements=20
of war as a basis for trusting the government to provide for us in every =
way. If=20
we can overthrow Saddam, it is said, surely we can overthrow illiteracy, =

poverty, sadness, and social dysfunction right here at home! Clear the =
way for=20
the total state.&nbsp;
As the warmongers cheer not only the war and its =
destruction and=20
death,&nbsp;but also the new D.C.-run military dictatorship being set up =

in&nbsp;<st1:country-region><st1:place>Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-regi=
on>,=20
lovers of liberty need not regret their support of peace and trade. In =
the=20
ancient contest between power and liberty, power has long had the upper =
hand.=20
But it is to the few shining moments when liberty overtook power, when =
trade and=20
contract prevailed over looting, when peace prevailed over war, that we =
owe=20
civilization itself.
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