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Blogs Liberty and Power Simon Jenkins on the War on Terror

Apr 23, 2009

Simon Jenkins on the War on Terror

by Liberty and Power

Simon Jenkins, a former editor of The Times who now writes for the Guardian, is not a libertarian but he does have a strong libertarian streak on many important issues. Today he explains why the apologists of the War on Terror are far more dangerous than deranged fanatics who commit atrocities.