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I N T H I S T I M E of moral and pol i t i cal cr i ses, i t i s t he r esponsi bi l i t y of t he yout h of Amer i ca t o
a rm certain eternal truths.
W E, as young conser vat i ves, bel i eve:
T H AT f oremost among t he t r anscendent val ues i s t he i ndi vi dual s use of hi s God-gi ven f ree
wi l l , whence der i ves hi s r i ght t o be f ree f rom t he r est r i ct i ons of ar bi t r ar y force;
T H AT l i ber t y i s i ndi vi si bl e, and t hat pol i t i cal f reedom cannot l ong exi st wi t hout economi c
f r eedom;
T H AT t he pur pose of government i s t o prot ect t hose f reedoms t hrough t he preser vat i on of
i nt ernal or der, t he provi si on of nat i onal def ense, and t he admi ni st r at i on of j ust i ce;
T H AT when government vent ures beyond t hese r i ght f ul f unct i ons, i t accumul at es power, whi ch
t ends t o di mi ni sh order and l i ber t y;
T H AT t he Const i t ut i on of t he Uni t ed St at es i s t he best arr angement yet devi sed f or
empowering government to fulnll its proper role, while restraining it from the concentration
and abuse of power ;
T H AT t he geni us of t he Const i t ut i ont he di vi si on of power si s summed up i n t he cl ause
that reserves primacy to the several states, or to the people, in those spheres not specincally
del egat ed t o t he Feder al gover nment ;
T H AT t he market economy, al l ocat i ng resources by t he f ree pl ay of suppl y and demand,
i s t he si ngl e economi c syst em compat i bl e wi t h t he requi rement s of personal f reedom and
const i t ut i onal government , and t hat i t i s at t he same t i me t he most product i ve suppl i er of
human needs;
T H AT when government i nt er f er es wi t h t he work of t he market economy, i t t ends t o reduce
t he mor al and physi cal st rengt h of t he nat i on; t hat when i t t akes f rom one man t o best ow
on another, it diminishes the incentive of the nrst, the integrity of the second, and the moral
aut onomy of bot h;
T H AT we wi l l be f ree onl y so l ong as t he nat i onal soverei gnt y of t he Uni t ed
St at es i s secur e; t hat hi st or y shows per i ods of f reedom are r are, and can exi st
onl y when f ree ci t i zens concer t edl y defend t hei r r i ght s agai nst al l enemi es;
T H AT t he for ces of i nt er nat i onal Communi sm are, at present , t he great est
si ngl e t hreat t o t hese l i ber t i es;
T H AT t he Uni t ed St at es shoul d st ress vi ct or y over, r at her t han coexi st ence
wi t h, t hi s menace; and
T H AT Amer i can f orei gn pol i cy must be j udged by t hi s cr i t eri on: does i t
ser ve t he j ust i nt er est s of t he Uni t ed St at es?
Adopt ed i n conf er ence at Shar on , Conn ect i cu t , 10 - 1 3 Sept ember 1 96 0 , at t he est at e of W i l l i am F. Buck l ey, Jr.
Note: e opinions expressed in this magazine are those of their authors and do not necessarily reect the views held by the editors
or the o cial position of YAF.
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Chr i st opher Bedf ord
Publi sher
Jordan M arks
D eputy Edi tor
John St apl et on
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Phi l l i p Smyt h
Eva M oreno
Wi l l Upt on
D esigner
Daniel Landoln
I ll ustrator
D r. M yst eri ous
YAF Nati onal Chai rman
M i chael Jones
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o cal l t he past few mont hs an i ncr edi bl e t i me for Ameri can Conser vat i sm woul d be an
under st at ement . I n a cr ushi ng condemnat i on of t he Rul i ng Cl ass and t hei r phi l osophy
of European-st yl e soci al i sm, t he Amer i can publ i c sel ect ed new men and women t o ser ve
t hei r i nt erest s i n capi t al s across t he count r y. And across t he count r y and i n Washi ngt on,
D C, many of t hese brash, f resh usur per s have pl edged t o t hei r const i t uent s, t hei r base and t hei r
chi l dren, t hat t he age of bi g government t he age of l egal pl under ; t he age of wast e and cor r upt i on;
t he age of Ameri can decl i ne has met i t s foe. I n 2008, t he Amer i can peopl e had vot ed f or a dr ast i c
shi f t i n Amer i can pol i t i cs, but when t hei r new l eaders and t hei r r adi cal agenda st ared t hem i n
the eye, they saw its true nature. To quote one observer, when they felt the nre they saw the light.
At t he cel ebrat i on of t he 50t h anni ver sar y of t he Sharon St at ement i n Sept ember, Fundi ng Fat her
and earl y YAFer Ri chard Vi guer i e remi nded t hose gat hered t hat for ever y hour Conser vat i ves and
l i ber t ar i ans r ue t he name of t hei r presi dent , t hey shoul d spend t hree hour s t hank i ng God t hat he
was el ect ed, for i f John M cCai n had won i n 2008, and cont i nued, as he surel y woul d, t he sl ow and
cr eepi ng expansi on of gover nment wi t nessed over t he past 234 year s, by t he t i me Ameri cans real i zed
our mi st akes i t woul d be t oo l at e. Presi dent O bama has gi ven YAF and her al l i es a chance not before
seen i n modern Uni t ed St at es hi st or y- t hi ngs got so bad so f ast t hat t he si l ent maj ori t y of our cent er-
right country could stand by no more. Te people rose, joining the lonely Conservative and libertarian
watchmen Buckley had called to arms 55 years before. Te people nlled the streets; they nlled the voting
boot hs; and, i n an i nspi ri ng decl ar at i on of i ndi vi dual i sm and Ameri can except i onal i sm, t hey st ood,
athwart history, yelling Stop. Te Conservative Rout has been rallied.
Te past few months have also been an incredible time for Young Americans for Freedom. At
t he 50t h Anni versar y of Shar on Gal a i n Washi ngt on, D C, generat i ons of YAFers gat her ed t o
celebrate nve historic decades. And at the 17th Bienniel National Convention in October, YAF
remembered t he gi ant s who have passed bef ore us i n a cel ebr at i on of l i f e t hat brought t ear s t o
grown mens eyes. But there was little time for renecting on the past. Now is the time to plan for
t he f ut ure, and YAF del egat es f rom across t he count r y el ect ed a new nat i onal boar d whi l e bi ddi ng
a f ond f arewel l t o t he l oyal men and women who had l ed t he organi zat i on f or t he past decade.
As 2012 approaches, as t he l ef t marches on i nt o t he smoke and t he powder, t he t i me f or act i on
i s upon us. N ovember 2010 was a great vi ct or y for our cause, but
decades of hard work l i e befor e us, and we must answer t he cal l .
In Te New Guard Vol. 35, No. 2, our authors tackle such complex
i ssues as t he how t he GOP can wi n t he yout h vot e i n 2012, t he
gl obal st at i st al l i ance, t he shi r k i ng of Amer i cas gl obal dut i es and
t he i nt el l ect ual wast el and t hat i s l i ber al phi l osophy. I n t he f ol l owi ng
pages we f eat ure chai r man of t he Republ i can St udy Commi t t ee, Rep.
Tom Pri ce (R-GA), on t he monument al t ask ahead f or Conser vat i ve
l awmaker s; N G associ at e edi t or and M i ddl e East corr espondent
Phi l l i p Smyt h on t he real i t i es on t he ground i n Lebanon; and an
i nt roduct i on, as wel l as a goodbye, f rom t he i ncomi ng and out goi ng
YAF nat i onal chai rmen. So when t he col d set s i n t hi s wi nt er, hunker
down wi t h a mug of N ew Guard mi xol ogi st D ane N ak amur as speci al
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I n Freedom,
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Execut i ve Edi t or, e New Guard

We congr at ul at e Young
Amer i cans for Freedom
on 50 years of nghting for
l i ber t y.
We wi sh al l YAFers and
al umni t he best of
for t une as we pr ess
ahead, al ways mi ndf ul
of, and bui l di ng on, t he
wi sdom and successes
of t hose who car r i ed t he
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4. Domest ic
Rebui l di n g t h e You t h Vot e
/ / St ephen Ri cher
Bli nded by Ar r ogance
/ / John St apl et on
Leader shi p t hat Li st ens
/ / Rep. Tom Pr i ce (R- GA)
11. The YAF Scene
A Fond Far ew el l
/ / Er i k Johnson
A New Ch ai r m an
/ / M i chael Jones
Th e 50t h an d CA Pi ct ur es
/ / Jor dan M ar ks
17. For eign Af f ai r s
Tal k i n g Tabboul i
/ / Phi l l i p Smyt h
On e N at i on Un der M an
/ / Benaj mi n Long
Rel i gi on of Peace or I deol og y
of Ter r or i sm ?
/ / Adam Cassandr a

24. Cul t ur e and Hist or y
Th e Cl osi ng of t he Li ber al M i n d
/ / Ramon Lopez
The West on Tr i al
/ / Wi l l Upt on
Wi n t er Readi n g
/ / Chr i st opher Bedf or d

28. The New Guar d Cockt ail
/ / Dane Nakamur a
CONTENTS
WI N TER 2010
T H I S M AGA Z I N E OPERAT ES SOL ELY ON YOU R GEN ERO SI T Y.
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We, t he f or mer n at i on al boar d,
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L EAD ERSH I P
T H AT L I ST EN S
We need change,
not at t he margi ns,
but i n a whol esal e
manner-- t o
rol l back mi sgui ded
i ni t i at i ves l i ke t he
st i mulus package
and Obamacare,
and go st op
i ni t i at i ng publ i c
t akeovers of pri vat e
sect or i ndust ri es l i ke
car compani es or
bank s.
A Tri but e t o Sharon:
YAFs 50t h Anni ver sar y D i nner
WI NTER 2 010 | New Gu a r d 4
A
ccordi ng t o James Car vi l l e, t he
D emocr at i c Par t y was goi ng
t o r ul e Amer i can pol i t i cs for
t he next f or t y years because
of t wo wor ds: young peopl e.
Tis pronouncement seemed reasonable
i n t he wake of t he 2008 el ect i ons. Af t er
al l , t wo out of ever y t hree Amer i cans
bet ween t he ages of 18 and 30 vot ed f or
Presi dent O bama. Q ui t e t he bl owout .
But af t er t he Republ i can gai ns made
on N ovember 2, Car vi l l es procl ai med
D emocr at i c domi nance seems suspect
at best , and i t l ook s l i ke t he count r ys
di senchant ment wi t h t he Obama
admi ni st r at i on has spread down i nt o even
young Amer i ca. Be i t because t hey are
di sappoi nt ed wi t h t he economy, t he f ai l ed
promi se of comprehensi ve i mmi grat i on
refor m, or t he cont i nuat i on of t he war i n
Af ghani st an, young vot ers ar e now l ess
ent husi ast i c about t he D emocr at i c par t y.
Te extent of this perceived change
(read: decl i ne) i n D emocr at i c suppor t
wi l l remai n i mmeasur abl e unt i l t he next
presi dent i al el ect i on, but most peopl e agree
that the Republican Party will benent.
As one who want s t o see t he Republ i can
Par t y wi n i n 2012, I m t r yi ng t o not l ook t hi s
gi f t-hor se i n t he mout h. But t he st rat egy of
l et t he D emocr at s mess up whi l e i n power
and t hen recl ai m t he di sgr unt l ed young
cent r i st s i s hardl y a sust ai nabl e model
f or Republ i cans. I nst ead, Republ i cans
need t o convi nce young vot er s t hat t he
Republ i can Par t y i s not j ust an al t er nat i ve
par t y, but a par t y t hat i s mer i t ori ous i n
i t s own ri ght . And how t hi s can be done?
1) D i spel t he myt h t hat young vot er s are
monol i t hi cal l y D emocr at i c and al ways
have been. M any peopl e t oss away t he
young vot e as a foregone concl usi on.
Young peopl e wi l l al ways vot e D emocrat .
Just l et t hem age a bi t . But t hi s si mpl y
i snt t r ue. I n 1984, more young Amer i cans
vot ed f or Presi dent Reagan t han f or
D emocr at i c r i val Wal t er M ondal e (59-
41%). Te same was true for George H.
W. Bush and M i chael D uk ak i s i n 1988
(53- 47%). And even as r ecent l y as 2000,
t he under 30 vot e spl i t evenl y bet ween
George W. Bush and Al Gor e (47- 47%).
By shat t er i ng t he myt h t hat D emocr at s own
t he yout h vot e, young vot er s are rel eased
f r om t he f eel i ng t hat t hey must vot e
D emocr at , and Republ i cans are encour aged
t o make a st ronger pl ay for t he young vot e.
2) Convi nce young Amer i cans t heyre
i mpor t ant . Li ke most peopl e, young
Amer i cans want t o have a st ake i n t he
wi nni ng t eamt hey dont want t o
be di scarded af t er campai gn sol di er s
ar e no l onger needed. To do t hi s, t he
Republ i can Par t y needs t o recr ui t more
young candi dat es and appoi nt more young
Americans to high pronle positions. Obama
scored bi g poi nt s wi t h young Amer i cans
when hi s young l ead speechwr i t er, Jon
Favreau (bor n 1981), came i nt o promi nence.
For t unat el y, t he Republ i can Par t y has
already made signincant strides on this
subj ect . Aaron Schock (R-I L) i s now
t he youngest represent at i ve at age 29.
I nst i t ut i onal l y, N i ck Ayers (t he 28-year-
ol d execut i ve di r ect or of t he Republ i can
Governors Associ at i on) and ot hers have put
a younger spi n on t he Republ i can machi ner y.
3) W i n, or at l east bal ance, t he new medi a
war. Convent i onal wi sdom suggest s t hat
t he Republ i cans got t rounced i n t he
new media wars of 2008. Te campaign
seasons hal l mark t echnol ogi cal event s
be t hey Sarah Si l ver mans Great Schl ep
vi deo, or t he t ext message announcement
of r unni ng mat e Joe Bi denseem t o
connrm Democratic dominance. But
agai n, much has been done t o cor rect
this. Te New Media Exchange is one
ver y r obust group of r i ght-of-cent er
nonpronts and political o ces that work
t oget her t o hone t hei r t echnol ogy sk i l l s.
O t her recent successes and i nnovat i ons
ar e chroni cl ed i n a recent Washi ngt on
Post ar t i cl e t i t l ed H ow Republ i cans won
t he I nt er net , by M i ndy Fi nn and Pat r i ck
Ru ni, partners at Engage, a growing
online Republican consulting nrm.
Tis subject has yielded a mountain of
onl i ne ar t i cl es and suggest i ons, but Fi nn
and Runnis article is a good place for
Republ i cans
need t o convi nce
young vot er s t hat
t he Republ i can
Par t y i s not j ust an
al t er nat i ve
par t y, but a par t y
t hat i s mer i t or i ous
i n i t s own r i ght .
by St ephen Ri cher
5 New Gu a r d | WINTER 2 0 10
Republicans to start. Su ce it to say that
t he Republ i can presi dent i al candi dat e
of 2012 shoul d not make publ i c hi s or
her i nabi l i t y t o oper at e a comput er ( John
McCain made comments to this eect).
4) Consi der young Amer i cas pol i cy
prefer ences. L ast l y and most i mpor t ant l y,
t o wi n young Amer i cans, t he Republ i can
Par t y must reconsi der some pol i cy
posi t i ons. N o mat t er what el se happens,
i f young vot ers dont l i ke what t hey hear,
theyre not going to vote Republican. Tis
doesnt necessi t at e a whol esal e adopt i on
of young Amer i cas pol i cy preferences
that might not prove an eective strategy
f or t he over al l el ect or at ebut t here
ar e some pol i cy i ssues t hat t he Par t y
can be nexible on, or on which it can
change i t s st ance at l east cosmet i cal l y.
So what are t he pol i cy pref erences of
young Ameri cans? I st rongl y suspect
t hat young Amer i cans coul d readi l y
vot e f or a Republ i can Par t y t hat i s
mor e l i ber t ar i an domest i cal l ya par t y
t hat emphasi zes l i mi t ed gover nment ,
economi c growt h spur red by i ndi vi dual
ent repreneur shi p, and one t hat
el i mi nat es regul at i ons on a f ree l i f est yl e.
But data is needed to connrm these
suspicions. Te Harvard Institute of Politics
and Rock the Vote collect signincant
dat a on t he vot i ng pref erences of young
Americans; however, more specinc studies
on young Amer i cas at t i t udes t oward
Republ i can par t y posi t i ons are needed.
Te Republicans are bound to win more
young vot es i n t he 2012 pr esi dent i al
el ect i ons t han t hey di d i n 2008. But f or
the Republican Party to really benent from
young A mer i cans growi ng di senchant ment
wi t h D emocr at s, Republ i cans need t o
devel op a par t y t hat i snt j ust a t empor ar y
shel t er, but a t r ue home.
St ephen Ri cher i s a di r ect or of a pu bl i c
interest law rm in Washington, D.C. He is
al so pr esi dent and chai r man of Red K n i ght
Research, a nonprot organization that studies
t he pol i t i cal at t i t u des of youn g A mer i can s an d
Jew i sh Amer i cans. H i s cur r ent r esear ch on
youn g Amer i cans and t he Repu bl i can Par t y
can be seen at C ol l egeRepubl i cani sm. or g
DOMESTI C
I n t he midter m electi ons of 2006 and
t he president i al elect ion of 2008, the
Republ ican Par t y lost a combi ned 52
House seat s and 14 Senate seat s. They
al so gave away t he Whi te House i n an
hi stor ic elect ion that saw states such
safely red states as Vi rgi ni a, Nor th
Carol i na and I ndi ana, go blue. It
appeared to many par t icul arly those
who pr ide t hemsel ves as D.C. i nsiders
and tal ki ng heads that t he end of
t he Republ ican Par t y was near. How
wrong.
I n May of 2009, TI ME Magazi ne
nai vel y (but not surpr i si ngly) put
t he GOP elephant on i ts cover wi th
a headl i ne t hat read Endangered
Species? The lead ar t icle, by Michael
Gr unwald, asked, Are the Republ icans
exti nct? He came to thi s quest ion by
asser t i ng t hat t he Republ ican Par t y
had become too radical, cit i ng Arlen
Specter s abandonment of the GOP
for t he Democrat s as an example t hat
perhaps t he Republ ican Par t y was
movi ng too far to t he ri ght. Shor t ly
before thi s TI ME ar t icle appeared,
Republ ican gover nor and one t i me
shoo-i n Senator i al candidate Charl i e
Cri st of Flori da, left t he par t y to r un
as an i ndependent. Bot h Specter and
Cri st were hai led as leaders who saw
how crazy the GOP had come, and the
need to leave t he par t y was a step i n
t he ri ght di rect ion. I n t he midst of
such high prole defections, a general
consensus began to t ake shape t hat
t he Republ icans were experi enci ng
so much i nternal st r i fe that the
Democrats would control t he pol icy
process for years to come. Longt i me
Democrati c madman James Car vi l le
even wrote a book enti tled, 40 More
Year s: How t he Democrats Wi l l Rule
t he Next Generat ion. How bri l l iant.
That br i ngs us to Elect ion Day,
November 2nd, 2010. On t hi s one
day t he Republ ican Par t y picked up
more t han 60 seats i n the U.S. House
of Representati ves, seven seats i n the
U.S. Senate, and took cont rol of at
least 29 of t he 50 governor s mansions.
Perhaps most i mpor t ant ly, t he GOP
picked up 680 st ate legi sl ati ve seats-
t he most i n moder n t i mes. Wi th the
gaggle of pundit r y not acknowledgi ng
t hat t hi s outcome as a possi bi l it y unti l
t he shadow of t he t idal wave loomed
over t hem, one has to si t back and
wonder, what happened?
The answer i s i n plai n sight. President
Obama and hi s far-left al l ies i n
Congress completely mi sread the
mandate t hat t hey t hought was before
t hem. Thei r radical agenda was not
what t he Amer ican people were
expect i ng after President Bush left
ofce. The victors of 2008 conjured
up some ver y unpopul ar bi l l s and wi th
some success, jammed t hem down the
Amer ican throat s of t he Ameri can
people. I nstead of t r yi ng to focus on,
or x, the economy, the White House
and Congress t ri ed to use t hese rough
t i mes to drasti cal ly expand t he si ze
of t he government, lest we forget
executi ve st rongman Rahm Emanuels
famous words about never let t i ng a
cri si s go to waste. How pat ri ot ic.
The economi c sti mulus package of
2009 has not only fai led to produce
t he jobs that t he Obama-Pelosi -Reid
team promi sed, it has l aunched us
fur t her i nto debt and left mi l l ions
more unemployed. The White House
used t he economic cri si s to pass a
wastef ul spendi ng bi l l under the gui se
of a nat ional emergency. The si mple
A Look at How t he Tal ki ng Heads Never Saw November Comi ng
by John St apl et on
TI M E M agazi ne and
t he so cal l ed pol i t i cos
t hat t hought t he deat h
of t he Republ i can
Par t y w as near, di d
not have t he f or esi ght
t o under st and how
i ncompet ent t he
Obama admi ni st r at i on
i s or j ust how much t he
l i ber al s w er e about t o
mi sr ead t hei r el ect or al
vi ct or i es of 06 and 08.
t rut h i s that si nce President Obama
and hi s crowd i n Congress passed
t he sti mulus i n Febr uar y of 2009,
t he U.S. has lost mi l l ions of jobs and
t he unemployment rate has cl i mbed
to 9.6%- several poi nt s higher t han it
was when he took over. Out of the fty
states of the Union, only t wo have seen
an i ncrease i n jobs si nce t hat t i me.
Wit h hi s economic agenda fai l i ng at
al l level s, one would t hi nk he would
change course and admit hi s pol i ci es
have not l i ved up to hi s promi ses.
I nstead t he message t hat i s comi ng
from t he Whi te House i s, Hey, be
gratef ul- t hi ngs could be a lot worse.
How reassur i ng.
After t he lef t quickly speedi ly t hei r
fai led spendi ng bi l l, it was f ul l
speed ahead to make healt hcare
a gover nment responsibi l it y.
Throughout t he spr i ng of 2009 it
became clear that Obamacare was
becomi ng i ncreasi ngly unpopul ar.
Video feeds from town hal l meet i ngs
wit hi n congressi onal
di str ict s became fodder for
YouTube and late nights
variety shows. Ofceholders
encountered a rowdy publ ic
who made it ver y clear
t hat t hey did not want
a gover nment takeover
of healt hcare, cor rectl y
foreseei ng ri si ng cost s of
premiums and addit ional
nat ional debt. What did
t he Democrat s do? They
ignored t he publ i cs wi l l and
pressed on. Such ar rogance.
The result of t hi s expansion
of gover nment and bl atant
di sregard for t he voi ces of
t he Ameri can people lead to
t he r i se of a new grassroots
movement t hat we al l
know as t he Tea Par t y- a
movement whi ch proceeded
to st age ral li es and protests
al l across t he countr y. Once
agai n, t he White House and
t he Nancy Pelosi l i beral s
had an oppor tunit y to
begi n a di alogue wit h t hese
di saffected, al ienated and
largely i ndependent voters.
I nstead of acknowledgi ng
t hei r poi nts and agreei ng t hat t i mes
were tough and a di senchanted publi c
was to be expected wi th an economy i n
recession, t hey ar rogant ly der ided the
Tea Par t y as an astrotur f movement
wit h no busi ness i n t he publ ic pol icy
debate. Some cr it ics went so far as to
label t hi s movement raci st , ci ti ng t hei r
opposi ti on to t he president s agenda.
To i nsult, mi slabel and ignore a mass
movement of voters t r yi ng to rel ay a
message to those who are supposed to
be doi ng t he peoples work i s a ser ious
viol ati on of pol it ics 101, let alone the
responsibilities of elected ofce. Too
fool i sh.
Whi le t he fai led st i mulus and
Obamacare were t he mai n
pi l l ars of thi s popul ar movement,
i ndependents and ot her moderate
Amer icans were also per t urbed by
t he Admi ni st rat ions i nsi stence on
other i ssues i ncludi ng Cap-and-Trade,
civi l i an tr i al s for terror i sts and the
closi ng of Guantanamo Bay wi t hout
any ki nd of alternati ve pl ai n for it s
detai nees. TI ME Magazi ne and t he so
cal led pol it icos t hat t hought t he death
of t he Republ ican Par t y was near, did
not have the foresight to understand
how i ncompetent t he Obama
admi ni st ration i s or j ust how much the
l i beral s were about to mi sread t hei r
electoral victor ies of 2006 and 2008.
They won i n t hose years because many
i n the GOP strayed from t he mai n
tenet of thei r part y plat for m, which
ar t iculates t he poi nt t hat the best
government i s t he one that governs
t he least. Just deser ts.
The Republ icans now have an hi stori c
oppor t uni t y to get back to t hei r root s
and put for ward a Conser vat i ve
agenda t hat cut s wasteful spendi ng,
reduces taxes and promotes a robust
forei gn pol icy. The GOP must not make
t he same mi stake t he Democrat s did
and i nfer t hat t hei r sweepi ng victori es
in November were a re-afrmation
t hat the Ameri can people stand
wit h them. Rat her, t hey
must understand that t he
midterm electi on of 2010
was a smack down to any
candidate or ofceholder
t hat conti nues to promote or
expand a gover nment t hat i s
al ready too big. That si mple.
For those who t hi nk t hat
Conser vat i sm i s dead,
t hey may want to pay a
vi sit to Charl ie Cr i st. After
embraci ng t he president
and ip-opping his way to
an embarrassi ng defeat, he
could probably use anot her
hug.
How tting.
John Stapleton i s deput y
editor of The New Guar d.
He i s a 2009 gr aduate
of Amer i ca Univer si t y,
wher e he ear ned an
M.A. i n Poli t i cal Science
wi th a concent r at i on i n
Compar at ive Poli t i cs. John
has al so wr i t ten for the
AU Coll ege Republi cans
newslet ter, The Right Wing.
DOMESTI C
T
here i s a pal pabl e
wave of const er nat i on
mat ched wi t h
ent husi asm among t he
mi l l i ons of Ameri cans
engagi ng i n our nat i onal di al ogue
these days. Tis is not the hyper-
par t i san rhet ori c t hat bot h si des of
the political aisle naunt as a means
t o smear one anot her and di scour age
honest debate. Tat behavior is
not onl y unor i gi nal ; i t i s al so not
embl emat i c of t he renewed sense
of act i on bei ng t aken by f ol ks al l
across t he count r y. St andi ng above
t he rancor i s a growi ng and posi t i ve
resol ve among Amer i cans t hat i t
i s t hei r dut y t o move our nat i on
i n a new and st ronger di rect i on
and t ake i t back f rom an i sol at ed
Washi ngt on mi ndset and ent renched
bureaucracy. Tis angst is being
rai sed by i ndi vi dual s who go t o work
each day t o provi de for t hei r f ami l i es
and have l i t t l e t i me f or i nsi de-t he-
bel t way gamesmanshi p. But t hey
are payi ng at t ent i on t oday because
t hey see t hat f ai l ed l eadershi p i n
Congress and t he W hi t e H ouse i s
erodi ng t hei r Ameri can dream.
Ri ght now, our nat i on i s at a
crossroads. Wi l l we f al l ever f ur t her
t oward a European-st yl e soci al
democracy dri ven by t he heavy hand
of an act i vi st governi ng el i t e, or wi l l
we move t oward a more f undament al
brand of Amer i can except i onal i sm
deri ved by l i mi t i ng t he power of
gover nment ? Gi ven t he oppor t uni t y,
conser vat i ves l i ke t hose I have
been proud t o l ead as chai rman of
t he Republ i can St udy Commi t t ee
in Congress are prepared to oer
bol d l eader shi p and answer t he
passi on and ent husi asm dri vi ng so
many hard work i ng Ameri cans. For
t he past t wo years, Republ i cans have
oered one positive solution after
anot her t o our heal t h care chal l enges
and energy concer ns, as wel l as smar t
nscal policies to stop the wasteful
spendi ng. M ovi ng f or ward, we need
t o cont i nue t o put f or t h sol ut i ons
grounded i n f undament al Amer i can
pri nci pl es. We must recogni ze
and embrace t he urgency of t he
Ameri can peopl e.
We have seen t he react i on of t hose on
t he L ef t t o t hi s newfound engagement
brewing across the country. Tey
i mmedi at el y margi nal i ze or
quest i on t he aut hent i ci t y of t hose
speak i ng out agai nst t he st at us
quo. Af t er al l , t hey depend on a
Washi ngt on t hat consol i dat es power
in government. Tey see no reason
t o l i st en. We see t he consequences of
t hei r ar rogant brand of rul e over
$1 trillion annual dencits over the
past t wo year s and st agnant l y hi gh
unempl oyment . Cl earl y, t hei r f ai l ed
style of leadership does not oer
posi t i ve or product i ve ways t o grow
our economy, creat e j obs or expand
oppor t uni t y.
On t he ot her hand, we must
ack nowl edge t hat t he days of t al k i ng
about a l i mi t ed, more account abl e
gover nment as an abst ract concept
or a rhet ori cal sl ogan must al so come
t o an end. Amer i cans wi l l no l onger
abi de a Congress t hat i s unwi l l i ng t o
make t he t ough deci si ons of cut t i ng
Ri ght now,
our nat i on i s at
a cr ossr oads.
Wi l l w e f al l ever
f ur t her t ow ar d a
Eur opean-st yl e soci al
democr acy dr i ven by
t he heavy hand of
an act i vi st gover ni ng
el i t e?
// by Rep. Tom Pr i ce
DOMESTI C
spendi ng and reori ent i ng t he rol e of
Washi ngt on. We need change --not
at t he mar gi ns, but i n a whol esal e
manner-- t o rol l back mi sgui ded
i ni t i at i ves l i ke t he st i mul us
pack age and ObamaCare, and go
st op i ni t i at i ng publ i c t akeovers of
pri vat e sect or i ndust ri es l i ke car
compani es or bank s. We need t o get
Washi ngt on out of t he rol e of pi ck i ng
wi nners and l osers i n our economy
and pay more at t ent i on t o t he l essons
t hat can be l earned f rom t hose who
have bui lt a busi ness, made a payrol l ,
balanced a companys nnances and
creat ed j obs!
For t unat el y, what many Amer i cans
are re-di scover i ng wi t h an i nspi ri ng
l evel of ent husi asm i s t hat , i n a t i me
of i mmense consequence t o t he
f ut ure of our nat i on, t here are t hose
who wi l l l i st en; f ol k s who recogni ze
t hat t here i s a mandat e f or l eader shi p
t hat i s behol den, not t o a pol i t i cal
par t y, but t o a pri nci pl ed pur pose
one t hat i s ar med wi t h an ast ut e
sense of what made Ameri ca great
f rom i t s f oundi ng. Conser vat i ves
i n Congress and across t he count r y
are nghting with that brand of
pri nci pl ed l eadershi p so t hat we
face our challenges head-on. Tere
shoul d be no surrender i ng.
Tere is no way to ignore our current
chal l enges and hope t o l eave our
nat i on t o f ut ure gener at i ons bet t er
o than the one we inherited. Tis
means we must produce t angi bl e
resul t s. We need bol d solut i ons.
Te American people will not, and
should not, have to suer anything
l ess. We must have budget s t hat
bal ance; a bureaucracy t hat can be
managed, not one t hat manages
us; ref orms i n heal t h care, energy
and educat i on t hat harness t he
i nnovat i ve spi r i t of Amer i can f ree
ent er pri se and keep deci si on-mak i ng
wi t hi n t he pur vi ew of i ndi vi dual s
and l ocal communi t i es.
Fai l i ng t he t est of our t i mes by
f ur t her whi t t l i ng away i ndi vi dual
l i ber t i es or ref usi ng t o t ack l e our
nscal mess with robust and principled
l eadershi p wi l l f al l f ar shor t of what
t he Ameri can peopl e are demandi ng.
Republ i cans underst and t he t ask
bef ore us and what i s at st ake for t he
f ut ure of our nat i on. We are ready
and eager t o sei ze t he moment wi t h
bol d, deci si ve l eadershi p l eader shi p
f or f reedom and l i ber t y.
Rep. Pr i ce ( R- G A) i s chai r man of t he
Republ i can St u dy Commi t t ee.
I wi sh to congrat ul ate the newl y el ected
National Board of Di rectors and
National Chai rman Mi chael Jones. I
am very exci ted and opti mi sti c at what
t he f ut ure hol ds for our organi zati on
under these young YAFers. The
many new faces i nterspersed i n the
crowd of ol d l eaders at the recent
ftieth anniversary gala in Orange
Count y, CA i s, i ndeed, one of many
demonstrati ons of t he t i mel essness
of the Sharon St atement and i ts
guardi ans.
As one chapter opens, so another
closes, and t hi s i ssue of The New
Guard marks the conclusi on of my
ti me as YAF Nati onal Chai rman, and
my depart ure f rom the National Board
to which I was rst elected as a high
school seni or at CPAC 94. When I
rst stepped onto the board, YAFs bte
noi r, the Sovi et Uni on, had recent ly
crumbled, i n many ways as a resul t
of YAFs ef forts; YAF had served as a
drivi ng f orce behi nd Reagans el ectoral
victori es; and generati ons of YAFers
had entered i nto hi s Admi ni st rati on.
But at the same ti me, YAF had
been torn apart by over a decade of
i nterneci ne batt les over our cof fers.
Si nce t hose t riumphant , but dark, days,
YAF has revi tal i zed it sel f t hanks to the
ef f orts of many f ant asti c i ndi vi dual s.
Livi ng legend Charles Wi l ey, a seni or
YAF advi sor si nce 1960, has always
been there for t he next generation wi th
hel pf ul and practical advi ce. Cal i f orni a
YAFs alumni, including, but denitely
not l i mi ted to, Ji m Lacy, Steve Wi l ey,
Sergi o Pi cchi o, Ji m Bi eber and Darren
Henry, conti nue to as acti ve Older
Ameri cans f or Freedom. I must al so
t hank former Chai rman Jon Pastore
for al l hi s help. And Bri an Park, Bryan
Wi l kes, Gavi n Goschi nski , Darren
Marks, Chad Morgan, David Ray and
St eve Tursi have been trusted al l i es on
t he board.
Speaki ng of great YAFers, Executive
Di rector Jordan Marks has been
i nstrument al to YAFs recent
successes. During Jordans rst year as
di rector, he has di sti ngui shed hi msel f
as one of YAFs best EDs, i f not the
best. I could go on for pages nami ng
people who have hel ped YAF, such as
Tom Li zardo and Lee Edwards, but I
know Chri stopher Bedford says we
need to save room for ot her writers!
The November 2010 el ecti on resul ts
prove that YAF f aces a rei nvi gorated
and wel l-organi zed l ef t . Even wi th
conservatives hi ghly energi zed and the
lef t seemi ngly demoral i zed, t hey were
st i l l able to stave of f many defeats i n
i mport ant election races. Given t hi s
f act , YAFs new members and l eaders
need to conti nue to keep t hei r eye on
t he goal of promoti ng the i deas i n the
Sharon St atement and def eati ng our
enemies. I am condent that YAFers
wi l l conti nue to avoid t he ci rcul ar
ring squad that, unfortunately, can
someti mes describe our movement, or
part s thereof .
As Young Ameri cans for Freedom
enters it s next hal f-cent ury of
activi sm, I remi nd it s new leaders of
Lee Edwards observati on t hat t he day
YAF tries to become a respectable
organi zat ion i s t he day we forget who
we are and l ose our speci al positi on
i n t he conservati ve/ l i bert ari an
movement . I l ook forward to Chai rman
Jones, t he rest of nati onal and l ocal
leadership and our members across
Ameri ca taki ng t hese words to heart
as they carry t he banner of f reedom
forward for another fty years.
I n Freedom,
E rik J ohnson
// by Er i k Joh n son
A Fon d
Far ewel l
THE YAF SCENE
As Young Ameri cans f or Freedom i n t he
21st century, how do we denne our God-
gi ven f reedom? I s i t si mpl y a bel i ef t hat
our f oref at her s embraced i n order t o craf t
our f oundi ng document s, t hereby onl y of
questionable signincance in the modern
age? Or i s f reedom what we, as t he next
generat i on of Amer i can leadershi p, bel i eve
t o be t he best means by whi ch t o t hri ve
as a t r ul y bl essed and uni que soci et y?
For many of us, t hat answer i s cl ear and
conci se. H owever, t here are t hose i n our
generat i on who woul d subj ect us t o t he
bel i ef s of Communi sm- peopl e l i ke Ani t a
D unn, who decl ares t hat t yranni cal
di ct at ors such as Chai rman M ao Tse
Tung are i nspi rat i onal . We i n YAF do not
adhere t o t hat gui di ng pol i cy.
W ho do we l ook t o f or our i nspi r at i on?
I s i t pol i t i cal l eader s such as t he f oundi ng
f at hers? Pol it i cal l eader s such as Presi dent
Cal vi n Cool i dge, Senat or Rober t Taf t ,
Senat or Bar r y Gol dwat er, or Presi dent
Ronal d Reagan? I s i t t he economi st s
and pol i t i cal i deol ogues such as Adam
Smi t h, John Locke, Frederi ck H ayek,
L eo St r auss, Wi l l i am F. Buck l ey Jr. and
Russel l K i rk? I f i t i s a cul mi nat i on of
t hese t wo groups, t hen how do we react
when our conser vat i ve and l i ber t ari an
heroes vent ure i nt o uncer t ai n t err it or i es?
W hat do we do when one of our
champi ons embraces an i deol ogy whi ch
woul d suggest an i ncrease i n t he si ze and
scope of f ederal government as opposed
t o a decrease.
M y answer woul d be t he ver y same as
Senat or Gol dwat ers i n 1960. I t woul d
be to place your conndence not in a
si ngl e man or woman, but rat her t he
conser vat i ve/ l i bert ar i an movement . We
must ensure t hat t hi s movement , whi ch
we mai nt ai n t he charge of, cont i nues
wi t h us at t hi s t i me and pl ace i n our
nations history. Te guiding principals
set f or t h i n t he Sharon St at ement do not
di sappoi nt and as l ong as we embrace
t hose ver y t enet s, we shal l not f ai l our
generat i on, our el der s, or our count r y.
As t he N at i onal Chai rman of Young
Ameri cans f or Freedom, I seek t o
maxi mi ze f reedom. I f we are t o be of
any t r ue rel evance i n t hi s age, we must
cont i nue st at i ng t hi s cl ai m, f or t he
maxi mi zi ng of f reedom i s essent i al t o t he
prosperi t y of any nat i on. Any per son who
reads a sur vey of Amer i can hi st or y wi l l
not e t hat t hose who l ed wi t h t he i nt ent of
mi ni mi zi ng gover nment and maxi mi zi ng
f reedom proved t o be among t he most
benencial of presiding leaders. Tis is
no dierent for Young Americans for
Freedom. Te national chairman must
ser ve i n t hi s capaci t y not as one who
di ct at es, but rat her as one who presi des
over t he busi ness of t he or gani zat i on.
I n doi ng so, t here must be a f ramework
by whi ch t o presi de over t hi s most
honorabl e organi zat i on. I wi l l pl ace an
i mpor t ant emphasi s upon bui l di ng new
chapt ers and st rengt heni ng exi st i ng ones.
I wi l l st ri ve t o ensure t hat t hose chapt ers
recei ve al l t he necessar y resources vi t al t o
recr ui t i ng and mai nt ai ni ng membershi p.
Still yet, this o ce requires that attention
must be di rect ed t o i ncreasi ng f unds t hat
wi l l prove essent i al t o t he al l ocat i on
of mat er i al s t o our chapt ers across t he
nat i on. W hi l e t here are conser vat i ve/
libertarian organizations which do dier
wi t h us on pol i t i cal i deol ogy, we must
promot e f usi oni sm i n order t o creat e
al l i ances as l ong as we can be assured t hey
are t r ue t o t he cause of t hi s movement .
As l ong as we hol d t o t hi s gui di ng set of
pr i nci pal s, YAFs t orch wi l l shi ne hi gh
and br i ght .
M i chael Jon es i s t he YA F n at i onal
chai r man - el ect an d T enn essee YA F st at e
chai r man . H e hol ds a B . A . i n H i st or y
f r om t he U n i ver si t y of T enn essee an d a
M . A . i n H i st or y f r om East Tenn essee St at e
U ni ver si t y. H e i s cur r ent l y t he D i r ect or
of D evel opmen t for H er i t age Chr i st i an
Academy.
// by M i ch ael Jon es
H avi ng st udi ed and worked i n t he M i ddl e East f or a number
of years, Lebanon al ways hel d a cert ai n myst i que f or me.
Put bluntly, Lebanon is complicated. Te country is a jigsaw
puzzle of ethno-religious groups. Te politics, the intrigues,
i t s cul t ural hi st ory and physi cal beaut y are i nsurmount abl e.
Top that o with the fact that my Lebanese surrogate mother,
H ayat , makes me t he t ast i est hal l oum sandwi ch ever y
morni ng.
W hen I arr i ved i n Bei r ut , I qui ck l y passed t hrough t he
vi sa l i ne t o a cab, onl y t o be, accordi ng t o a f ew ver y wel l -
connect ed associ at es, f ol l owed by a wel comi ng commi t t ee
of t wo cars bel ongi ng t o t he L ebanese M uk habar at
(i nt el l i gence ser vi ce). W hi l e L ebanon, despi t e cont i nuous
war, has t ransf ormed i nt o a sor t of t our i st s M ecca, f orei gner s
are still considered to be spies. Tanks to recent political
shi f t s i n L ebanon, some West er ner s arent par t i cul arl y
wel come. N eedl ess t o say, work i ng wi t h and i nt er vi ewi ng
cer t ai n per sonal i t i es and groups doesnt come wi t hout r i sk.
I n my previ ous t r avel s, t hi s woul d have j ust amount ed t o
anot her f un st or y t o t el l f ami l y. H owever, t he si t uat i on on
the ground is markedly dierent today than compared to
a f ew year s ago. N ow, t he l unat i cs are r unni ng t he asyl um
and Dr. Obama doesnt wish to administer the Torazine.
Who real l y cares about a Connect i cut -si zed pol i t y wi t hout
oi l (al bei t , t he ol i ve oi l here i s phenomenal ), f orever t orn by
internal ethno-religious connict and power plays by external
act ors? By t he begi nni ng of t he Obama admi ni st rat i on, t he
2005 Ameri can-backed Cedar Revol ut i on, whi ch cast out
t hi rt y years of Syri an occupat i on, was reversed. Syri a and t hei r
Persi an al l y are once agai n cal l i ng t he shot s. Ameri can pseudo-
al l i es l i ke Saudi Arabi a t hrow around bi l l i ons of dol l ars and
are wi l l i ng t o t rade Lebanon t o Syri a and I ran out of f ear
of t he soon-t o-be I rani an nucl ear power. I n Bei r ut , Sunni
M usl i m pol i t i ci ans are subordi nat ed by pi l es of Saudi pet ro-
Tal k i ng Tabboul i :
Amer icas Failed Policy in Lebanon
// by Ph i l l i p Sm i t h
cash. Wi t h some not abl e except i ons,
t he Shi a Musl i m communi t y i s
eectively owned and operated by
Tehran and D amascus. Tradi t i onal l y,
pro-West ern Chri st i an groups are
now spl i t bet ween support i ng I rani an
regi onal hegemony, as represent ed by
wel l -armed and unshaven mal cont ent s
i n Bei rut s sout hern suburbs (see:
H i zbal l ah) or suckl i ng at t he t eat
of Ri yadhs bank manager. Even
Lebanons weat her vane, D ruze l eader
Wal i d Jumbl at t , whose f at her was
murdered by Syri a i n t he 70s and was
an out spoken ant i -Syri an pol i t i ci an,
swi t ched si des. Aft er Ameri can popul ar
di senchant ment wi t h progress i n I raq
and Af ghani st an, many woul d opi ne
t hat we shoul d l et t hose i n t he M i ddl e
East pl ay t hei r games.
I n spi t e of t he domest i c di scont ent wi t h
deal i ng wi t h t he M i ddl e East , i t must
be acknowl edged t hat t hi s vi ew had
previ ousl y al l owed f or ant i -Ameri can
power t o grow by l eaps and bounds.
Tis same general attitude led men like
Osama bi n Laden t o see t he U .S. as a
paper-t i ger whi ch coul d and shoul d
be di rect l y at t acked.
Tr ue, t he Ameri can economy i s i n
awf ul shape. D oes t hi s mean t hat
f orei gn pol i cy shoul d permanent l y t ake
a backseat ? N egl ect ed by mi sgui ded
pol i ci es i n Washi ngt on, pro-West ern
groups i n Lebanon are movi ng away
f rom t he Uni t ed St at es at breakneck
speed and del i veri ng t hemsel ves i nt o
t he arms of Tehran and D amascus.
I f Jumbl at t i s t rul y Lebanons
weat her vane, and, as hi st or y has
shown, Lebanon i s a harbi nger for
what ever pat h t he M i ddl e East wi l l
f ol l ow as a whol e, t he U .S. i s i n a l ot
of t roubl e.
One f ri end --a pol i t i cal act i vi st who
ref used t o l eave t he count ry despi t e
havi ng hi s name promi nent l y f eat ured
on a Syri an sponsored hi t l i st -- sai d
t o me, Ameri ca doesnt care about us
and t he al l i es of t he U .S. have gone
t o Syri a. D emocrat or Republ i can,
America doesnt care. Tey [Syrian/
I rani an al l i es] have mi l l i ons, we cant
even f eed our fami l i es. Even t hough
t here are no hel i copt ers evacuat i ng t he
Ameri can embassy as i n 1975 Sai gon,
l i ke t he M ont agnards who l oyal l y
f ought Communi sm i n Vi et nam,
Lebanons freedom nghters are now left
al one t o ei t her l i ve l i f e i n exi l e or f ace
possi bl e ext ermi nat i on and subj ugat i on
by vengeful t ot al i t ari ans.
Anot her hard-t o-accept l aw i n t he
M i ddl e East , i n f act a gol den rul e
of sort s, i s t he one wi t h t he guns get s
t he gol d. By ext ensi on, t hese pl ayers
make the rules. Tis was duly noted
by t he U N s speci al envoy who cal l ed
t he si t uat i on here, hyper-dangerous.
Unl ess our al l i es are armed and can
acqui re suppl i es, t hey wi l l f orever be at
t he whi m of t he guys weari ng t urbans
and carr yi ng RPGs.
Under t he l eadershi p of Barack
Obama, we pul l ed combat bri gades
out of I raq. Surel y, t hose angr y
I sl ami c t ypes who get t hei r ki cks
sawing through inndel necks will like
us now, ri ght ? Oh, and t he presi dent
sai d we shoul d t al k t o t he pi nnacl e
of enlightenment: Iran. Tey aint so
bad! Teir totalitarian dictatorship
and vi ci ous st rat egi c ut i l i zat i on of
terrorism is just misunderstood. Te
M i ddl e East wi l l l ove us i f onl y we are
more underst andi ng and pl ay ni ce?
Fat chance. Want t o know how Syri a
solved its policy dierences with the
Lebanese? Two words: car bomb. Af t er
President Obama failed to oer tacit
support t o t he prot est ers duri ng I rans
so-cal l ed Green Revol ut i on, di d our
radi cal Persi an f ri ends suddenl y t urn
around and encourage human ri ght s
and cease t hei r nucl ear act i vi t i es? I f t he
answer i s yes, I al so have a bri dge t o
sel l you.
Current U.S. pol i cy i n Lebanon i s
l aughabl e when st acked up agai nst
realities on the ground. Te U.S. is
usi ng di sproved and f ai l ed t hi nki ng t o
cure t he probl ems of radi cal i sm and
nat i on-bui l di ng. Rat her t han sal vagi ng
what we can, we are al l owi ng t he shi p
t o go down wi t h al l hands. I f t here were
doubt s t hat I ran had i t s f eet di ppi ng
i nt o t he M edi t erranean, t he f act t hat
H i zbal l ah i s openl y cal l i ng many
of t he shot s i n Bei rut demonst rat es
t hat t he I rani ans al ready have t hei r
swi mmi ng t runks on. As I am wri t i ng
t hi s M ahmoud t here are no gays i n
I ran Ahmadi nej ad i s vi si t i ng Bei rut .
M ahmouds face, of t en j uxt aposed wi t h
Ayat ol l ahs Khomei ni and Khamenei , a
Lebanese cedar, or wi t h hi s arms around
a petrined child, is plastered every ten
f eet on gi gant i c bi l l boards f rom t he
ai rport t hrough H i zbal l ah cont rol l ed
areas. Te billboards message in Arabic
reads, t hank you I ran . Whi l e on a
dat e I was even f ort unat e enough t o
run i nt o some of t he I rani an presi dent s
t i e-l ess and bearded ent ourage at a
hot el i n Bei rut . Romance advi ce: t he
Basi j al ways makes f or great dessert
conversat i on.
I nst ead of di rect l y support i ng al l i es
on t he ground (as I ran and Syri a have
succeeded i n doi ng), t he admi ni st rat i on
and t he St at e D epart ment bel i eved i n
proppi ng up government al i nst i t ut i ons
t hat gave t he veneer of some sembl ance
of a nat i on. Perf ect f or a count r y t hat
doesnt t rul y have t he sembl ance of a
nat i on. I t was, and i s, a st i l l born i dea.
We pl ayed t he pol i t i cal l y correct
card and i nt i mat ed t hat al l groups,
especi al l y some radi cal s, needed t o
be worked wi t h and i ncl uded i n t he
democrat i c process. Some pol i cy
makers t hought t hat t he radi cal pro-
I rani an/ pro-Syri an Shi a I sl ami st group,
H i zbal l ah woul d be moderat ed i f t hey
(get t hi s) won t he 2009 Lebanese
parl i ament ar y el ect i ons. By t hi s l ogi c,
we shoul d al so push for al -Qai da t o be
represent ed i n t he Af ghan democracy.
Li ke t he N azi s of t he 1930s, t he l at e
H i zbal l ah spi ri t ual ment or Sayyed
H ussei n Fadl al l ah saw democracy as
onl y a means t o a t ot al i t ari an ends.
[ I sl ami st part i ci pat i on i n Lebanons
democracy] ought not t o be const r ued
as recogni t i on of by I sl ami st s of
democrat i c rul e, ei t her i n t hought or
pract i ce .
Let s f orget t he f act t hat f rom 1992 t o t he
present , H i zbal l ah has been represent ed
Rat her t han sal vagi ng w hat w e can, w er e al l ow i ng t he
shi p t o go dow n w i t h al l hands.
FOREI GN AFFAI RS
i n t he Lebanese government . From
1992-2005, Hizballah was eectively
i n cont rol wi t h pro-West ern groups
si l enced by D amascus or boycot t i ng
t he demockary Syri a had i mposed.
Today, t hey are st i l l i n t he government
and t hey were hardl y moderat ed; t he
i deol ogy st ayed t he same, t hey grew
i n power, and H i zbal l ah opposi t i on
(whet her i n t he f orm of a st at e, group
or i ndi vi dual ) of t en f ound i t sel f at
t he recei vi ng end of a H i zbal l ah t ruck
bomb or Kal ashni kov.
Our dut i f ul l y i mpr udent pol i cy
makers, in their eorts to pull Lebanon
f ur t her i nt o t he U .S. camp and
si del i ne H i zbal l ah, t ri ed t o prop up
t he Lebanese Army (LA). I gnore t he
f act t hat t he l ast t i me t he U.S. want ed
t o use t o t he LA f or i t s own i nt erest s
(1983-1984), i t spl i t wi t h hal f j oi ni ng
t he pro-Syri an Amal M ovement and
t he ot her hal f j oi ni ng Chri st i an f orces
i n East Bei rut . I n 1989 P.J. O Rourke
quipped that, though under unined
command, [ L A] guns st i l l poi nt ed at
each other. Tis probably augurs ill for
pol i t i cal st abi l i t y i n t he regi on .
Af t er t he end of t he 1975-1990
Lebanese Ci vi l War and Syri as compl et e
cont rol over Lebanon, t he army was
retrained to eectively be subordinate
t o Syri an i nt erest s. N ot much has been
done t o change t he Syri an-i mpl ant ed
et hos.
Equal l y amusi ng i s t he t al k about
i nt egrat i ng pro-I rani an/ pro-Syri an
groups i nt o t he L A. Af t er t he Ci vi l War,
some four t housand Amal mi l i t i amen
were i nt egrat ed i nt o t he LA. I wonder
where these nne gentlemens loyalty
real l y l ays? I s i t even remot el y real i st i c
t hat a H i zbal l ah member, who bel i eves
t hat Jews (especi al l y t hei r nat i on, I srael )
must be dest royed, and who hol ds
al l egi ance t o I rani an Supreme Leader
Ayat ol l ah Khamenei , coul d be, al most
by magi c, t ransf ormed i nt o a peaceabl e
member of a pl ural i st i c ci vi c soci et y by
havi ng hi m j oi n t he LA? When hal al
pigs ny.
Wi t h t hi s pl an i n pl ace, our pol i cy
mi sers somehow t hought t hat sans
i nt egrat i on, H i zbal l ah mi ght be
mi l i t ari l y mi t i gat ed by t he LA. Even
t hough pol i cy makers woul d have a
bet t er chance of cat chi ng a uni corn
by t hrowi ng penni es i nt o a f ount ai n
at 11:11 every ni ght , t hi s st rat egy
was cont i nued i n earnest . H i st ori cal l y
weve seen how eective the LA has
been at t ackl i ng H i zbal l ah. I n 2008
when H i zbal l ah and i t s pro-Syri an
al l i es l aunched what coul d be t ermed a
coup, the LA sat on the sidelines. Tose
M 113s and H umvees we set t hem up
wi t h sat i dl e as sol di ers si pped Pepsi
and wat ched H i zbal l ah t hugs burn
down opposi t i on bui l di ngs i n West
Bei rut and t he Chouf. A f ew mont hs
ago, i n H i zbal l ah-mi cromanaged sout h
Lebanon, an LA commando uni t
opened nre on an Israeli patrol inside
I srael i t erri t ory, ki l l i ng one. H as t he
LA seized a single signincant rocket
or arms shi pment t o H i zbal l ah? N ope.
Wi t h f ri ends l i ke t hese, who needs
H i zbal l ah?
As Ameri cans, we t r y hard t o succeed,
but t hat doesnt mean we shoul d
cont i nue dri vi ng a square peg i nt o a
round hol e. Unf ort unat el y, t he Obama
admi ni st rat i on, whi ch sees N ASA
as a t ool f or out reach f or t he I sl ami c
communi t y, i s st i l l seei ng a l ot of
hope f or change i n t hat peg.
To add i nsul t t o i nj ur y, i f Obama
coul dnt have been more nai ve goi ng
i n, he has wonder f ul i nt el l ect ual s
l i ke hi s l ead t errori sm advi sor, John
Brennan advi si ng hi m on how t o
f ur t her di g hi msel f i nt o a pi t . Brennan
was i nt el l i gent enough, t o t r y t o bui l d
up t he more moderat e el ement s i nsi de
H i zbal l ah. Let s di sregard t he f act t hat
H i zbal l ah vi ews t he dest ruct i on of Jews
(especi al l y I srael ) as rel i gi ous dut y. I t s
possi bl e t hat Brennan may have mi ssed
the over twenty-nve years of Hizballah
ral l i es t hat i ncl uded denunci at i ons of
al Shayt an al Akbar (t he Great Sat an)
A.K.A. t he U .S. t oget her wi t h t he
ri t ual i st i c chant s of mouwt l i Amri ka
(deat h t o Ameri ca). M aybe H i zbal l ahs
di rect l i nks t o Tehran and t hei r hope
t o i mpose wi l ayat al f aqi h (t he same
government al syst em f ound i n I ran)
makes t hem appeal i ng? I t may be even
more l i kel y t hat Johnny may have
mi ssed t hat whol e mi nor occurrence
when H i zbal l ah and t hei r I rani an
backers bl ew up 241 Ameri can M ari ne
peacekeepers i n 1983, t he U .S. embassy
in Beirut--twice, hijacked TWA night
847, dest royed t he AM I A bui l di ng i n
Buenos Ai res i n 1994, i ni t i at ed t he
2006 war wi t h I srael , and recent l y
hel ped t rai n and arm Shi a mi l i t i as i n
I raq t hat l aunched numerous bl oody
at t acks on Ameri can t roops. I coul d go
on, but t here i s a word l i mi t .
Whi l e I ran uses i t s Shi a M usl i m co-
rel i gi oni st s as f orei gn pol i cy pawns, and
as Saudi Arabi a openl y promot es and
support s f el l ow Sunni M usl i ms, t he
mi nut e t he secul ar Uni t ed St at es deci des
t o suppor t Chri st i ans by t i p-t oei ng and
prepari ng apol ogi es. Al l ah f orbi d we
upset t he I sl ami c masses. Whi l e spl i t ,
t he f ew genui ne al l i es we have l ef t are
i n t he Lebanese Chri st i an communi t y.
As a wi de groupi ng, t he Chri st i ans, as a
col l ect i ve, nat ural l y l ooked t o t he West
f or support si nce t he (get ready for t he
vi sceral l eft i st react i on) Fi rst Crusade.
H owever, t hrowi ng Ameri can support
behi nd t hem woul d be t oo probl emat i c
f or Washi ngt ons l i beral -progressi ve
policy elite. Tey would say that we
dont wi sh t o l ook neo-col oni al /
imperialistic. Tis is more of the
same l ack-of -acknowl edgment of t he
f act s on t he ground. Yes, many I sl ami c
groups are mal l eabl e t o Ameri can
i nt erest s, yet t hey st i l l choose t o l ook t o
t hei r corel i gi oni st s and t hei r i deol ogi es
i nst ead of t he West . We cant al ways
pi ck our f ri ends based on not wi shi ng
to upset our enemies more. Tis fact is
somet hi ng t hat U .S. pol i cy makers wi l l
have t o get over.
I n Lebanon and t he broader M i ddl e
East , we cant make ever yone happy.
Pl ayi ng t o a maj ori t y t hat has val ues
i ni mi cal t o our own i snt al ways wi se.
H i st orys vi ct ors were hardl y pol i t i cal l y
correct. Te nut balls expecting rivers
of wi ne and sevent y-t wo vi rgi ns are i n
i t f or t he l ong haul . Syri a and I ran have
demonst rat ed t hei r wi l l t o ki l l t hose
who get i n t hei r way. We are no l onger
pl ayi ng pat t y cake wi t h EU l eaders i n
Brussels. Tese people mean business
and we must reassess our st rat egy
bef ore al l i s l ost .
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e New Guard and is currently based
i n Bei r ut . H e i s al so pu bl i shed i n N OW
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East Pol i t i cal an d Econ omi c I n st i t ut e
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espi t e hope t o t he cont rar y, Russi a i s an unmi t i gat ed di sast er as an al l y t o t he
f ree worl d. W hen Bori s Yelt si n l eapt at op a t ank i n 1991 and t al ked down
communi st t yranny, vi si ons of t he f ree worl ds great est ant agoni st becomi ng
a f ormi dabl e democrat i c al l y danced t hrough f ree mi nds t he worl d over. W hen t he
Sovi et Uni on col l apsed, t he f ree worl d hel d out hope t hat Russo-Ameri can rel at i ons
woul d i mprove t he way Angl o-Ameri can rel at i ons di d i n t he earl y 1900s. Russi a seemed
dest i ned f or democrat i c devel opment and t he end of t yranni cal 5-year economi c pl ans
and ol i garchi c Communi st Par t y r ul e.
There is palpable sincerity in these hopes because the
free world has a vested interest in a coalescence of
Russia and liberal democracy, defined as a political
system marked not only by free and fair elections
but also by the rule of law, separation of powers, and
the protection of basic liberties of speech, assembly,
religion and property. No two liberal democracies have
ever gone to war with each other. A real integration
of liberal democracy into Russian government
would invariably lower its threat to the free world.
Despite espousing democratic rhetoric for nearly
two decades, contemporary Russian politics are
blighted by a super-presidential system, increasingly
authoritarian in nature, led by autocratic Vladimir
Putin. Putin is the champion of the top down Russian
system of governance, in which the centralized state
strictly controls political opposition, civil society and
the media. Murder, disappearances, torture and legal
system abuses against journalists and anti-corruption
activists are commonplace. Freedom House, a think
tank dedicated to tracking the development of freedom
worldwide, continues to rate Russia as not free on its
2010 world map. Despite having elections, Russia lacks
the pre-requisite rule of law, separation of powers, and
the protection of basic liberties of speech, assembly,
religion and property necessary to be considered a
free liberal democracy.
Russias choice in allies is also telling evidence of
languishing freedom within the country. Today, Russia
is more allied with the entire axis of evil, namely
Syria, Iran and North Korea, than they are allied to
any liberal democracy. Peacetime alliances exist only
in so far as they embody shared interests and values
between nations. What are the shared interests and
values between Greek Orthodox Russia, a secular,
Arab, Muslim Syria, a theocratic Persian, Islamic Iran
and an Asian, Atheist Communist North Korea? These
religiously, racially and ethnically diverse countries do
not base their alliances on shared religious creed, race
or ethnic cultural histories. The alliances are derived
ONE
NATI ON
UNDER
MAN
Th e Rel i g i o n o f St at i sm an d I t s Ro l e i n
Ru ssi a s U n savo r y Al l i an c es
from shared political visions based
upon common assumptions
concerning the nature of man.
Underlying all politics, including
politics involving alliances, is a
struggle between philosophical
visions promoting either individual
liberty or statism. Each vision argues
from contrasting assumptions
concerning the nature of man.
The vision promoting individual
liberty, as stated by the Sharon
Statement, insists an individuals
free will is God-given, and from that
derives a right to be free from the
restrictions of arbitrary force. This
vision understands the individual
is imperfect, and leaving man to
his choices occasionally results
in misfeasance. The fundamental
obstacle in this vision is limiting that
misfeasance, rather than limiting
individual liberty. This vision relies
on incentives provided through
evolved human institutions, such
as the free market, family or moral
traditions, to coax moral behavior
from individuals. The United States
Constitutions elaborate system
of checks and balances on the
state to protect these institutions
is the quintessential expression of
this vision. Conversely, the statist
vision purports the supremacy
of the state as a necessary and
virtuous vehicle to implement
Utopian visions of social justice.
In those Utopian visions the sole
proprietor of liberty is the collective.
The individual is but a piece of
clay to be molded into an ideal,
as determined by presumptuous
statists. The individual is inherently
good and society is responsible
for his misfeasance. Rousseau
exemplified this philosophy when
he said man was, born free but, is
everywhere in chains. Rousseaus
chains are society itself, which
limit the unconstrained potential
of mankind. The fundamental
obstacle in the statist vision is mans
oppressive institutions, such as the
free market, traditional families, or
moral traditions.
Historical precedent exists
for Russias continuing affair
with statism and its attending
philosophical assumptions. Mid-
19th century Russian reformists,
nicknamed Westernizers,
advocated for Western European
reforms, but did so through the
prism of statist philosophy. The pre-
eminent Westernizer, Alexander
Herzen, thought Western Europes
failure was due its fear of losing
freedom, losing individual rights and
growing government interference
in business. Herzen surmised that
these individual liberties were
sinking Europe as artificial ballast
sinks a ship, and all of it should be
cast overboard. The Westernizers,
like Russian reformers throughout
history, viewed freedom as an
outcome of liberating the masses
from lifes oppressive institutions,
rather than liberating the masses
from the oppression of the state. It
is no surprise that Herzen, and his
like-minded Westernizer comrades,
later populated the nubile Russian
Communist Party intent on
overthrowing capitalist and religious
institutions for the collective good.
Predictably, in 1919, when faced
with the opportunity of Tsarisms
collapse, Russia failed to institute
individual liberty, and instead
began its 72-year experiment with
statist-minded Communism.
Russias historically statist political
vision pushes it away from the
free worlds liberal democracies
and, instead, allies it to equally
statist governments in Syria, Iran
and North Korea. These countries,
for reasons identical to Russias,
are ranked not free by Freedom
House. Iran, Syria and North Korea
all maintain domineering executive
branches that demonstrate disdain
for rule of law, separation of power
and protection of basic liberties
of speech, assembly, religion and
property. Individual liberty wanes,
while the state wields unchecked
power.
Statism may seem a peculiar
value on which to base alliances,
as opposed to common religious,
cultural or racial values. Yet
statism, like any ism, functions
precisely like a religion.[ Statism is
a closed meta-physical worldview,
asserting humans are infinitely
perfectable and that the state
is the vehicle to Utopia. History
incontrovertibly proves humans
are infinitely imperfectable and
the state capacitates mass misery.
Nevertheless, impervious statist
leaders in these countries, like
zealous high priests, pontificate
their assertions, asking from their
countrymen nothing less than blind
faith that their misguided visions
will succeed. Standing in stark
contrast, and in statisms crosshairs,
is individual liberty, which liberates
the soul from closed metaphysical
worldviews and, ultimately,
arbitrary force. By providing the
basis for unsavory alliances and
inability to reform democratically,
it is the religion of statism that
hounds Russias relations with the
free world.
Benjamin R. Long graduated with
an M.A. Degree in International
Relations, with a focus on the Middle
East and Russia, from the School of
International Service at American
University. He currently resides with
his wife, Tatiana in Long Island and
works as a bartender in New York
City.
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pr oves humans
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FOREI GN AFFAI RS
Tis year, in the United States of America,
t he cr eat or s of t he Comedy Cent ral show
Sout h Par k had t hei r l i ves t hreat ened
and t hei r show censor ed f or depi ct i ng
t he M usl i ms Prophet M uhammad as a
char act er on t he show; a Seat t l e car t ooni st
named M ol l y N orr i s was t ol d t o go ghost
by t he FBI f or dr awi ng M uhammad as
i nani mat e obj ect s af t er t hreat s on her l i f e;
Fox N ews host Bi l l O Rei l l y was t reat ed as
a hate monger on Te View for saying that
M usl i ms k i l l ed us on 9/ 11; and N at i onal
Publ i c Radi o cast asi de Juan W i l l i ams
af t er 10 year s of empl oyment wi t h N PR
f or sayi ng he fel t ner vous seei ng peopl e i n
M usl i m garb on ai r pl anes.
Te two biggest hot button issues concerning
M usl i ms i n Ameri ca so f ar t hi s year,
out si de of at t empt ed t error i st at t ack s, were
t he proposed bui l di ng of t he Ground Z ero
M osque by t he mai nst ream I mam Fi esal
Abdul Rauf, and t he proposed burni ng of
Q ur ans on 9/11 by Fl or i da past or Ter r y
Jones. Rauf, who cl ai ms he want s t o bui l d
a br i dge bet ween M usl i ms and t he West ,
sai d t hat Amer i ca has more M usl i m bl ood
on i t s hands t han Al Q aeda has on i t s
hands of i nnocent non-M usl i ms, and t hat
t he Uni t ed St at es was an accessor y t o 9/ 11.
Jones never car r i ed out hi s book bur ni ng
af t er bei ng scol ded by t he Presi dent of t he
Uni t ed St at es, t he Secret ar y of St at e, t he
Secret ar y of D ef ense and t he t op mi l i t ar y
commander i n A f ghani st an. Regardl ess,
a body count st i l l accumul at ed f rom r i ot s
over t he pr oposed event over seas.
To t al k about I sl am i n Ameri ca can be
confusing. Tere are those who separate
t he rel i gi on of I sl am f rom t he t er ror i st
i deol ogy of I sl ami st s. Some cr i t i cs of I sl am
ref use t o make t hi s di st i nct i on, sayi ng t hat
t he rel i gi on i t sel f br eeds vi ol ence. M any
M usl i ms have t aken up t he nar r at i ve t hat
t er ror i sm conduct ed by M usl i ms real l y has
nothing to do with Islam in any way. Ten
there is the small group of Muslims nghting
f or a voi ce t hat i dent i f y I sl ami st i deol ogy as
a probl em i n t he M usl i m communi t y, and
advocat e for ref or m.
Te Council on American-Islamic
Rel at i ons (CA I R), one of t he most
innuential Muslim advocacy groups in the
count r y, recent l y announced t he creat i on
of a new I sl amophobi a D epar t ment t o
t r ack t he r i se i n I sl amopobi c sent i ment i n
Amer i can soci et y. CAI R nat i onal execut i ve
di rect or N i had Awad sai d t hat ant i -I sl am
hyst er i a i n Amer i ca rel i es on di st or t i ons,
mi si nf or mat i on and out r i ght f al sehoods.
CAI R al so cl ai ms t hat t he t er rori st at t ack s
on 9/11 have no connect i on what soever t o
I sl am.
Awad t hi nk s t hat even t r yi ng t o expl ai n
t hat t he M usl i ms who at t acked Amer i ca
bel i eve i n a f r i nge i nt er pr et at i on of I sl am
goes too far. Tis view is shared by President
O bamas chi ef count er t er ror i sm advi sor
John Brennan, who t ol d an audi ence at
t he Cent er f or St rat egi c and I nt er nat i onal
St udi es ear l i er t hi s year, N or do we
descr i be our enemy as j i hadi st s or I sl ami st s
because j i had i s hol y st r uggl e, a l egi t i mat e
t enet of I sl am meani ng t o pur i f y onesel f or
ones communi t y.
Te Center for Security Policy recently
rel eased a repor t chal l engi ng t he publ i c
nar r at i ve about I sl am aut hored by a gr oup
of 19 mi l i t ar y, secur i t y and l aw enf orcement
professi onal s, det ai l i ng how t he t hreat
// by Adam Cassan dr a
To quest i on and def ame Chri st i ani t y i n Amer i ca can l ead t o a successf ul
career i n t el evi si on, wri t i ng or publ i c speak i ng. To quest i on I sl am i n
Ameri ca l eads t o t he moni ker of bi got , and coul d resul t i n t he l oss
of life, unemployment and an embarrassing situation on Te View.
RELI GI ON OF PEACE OR I DEOLOGY OF TERRORI SM?
Islam in
Americas Time
for Choosing
doct r i ne of Shar i ah, l i ke communi sm i n t he
Col d War, undermi nes t he Const i t ut i on
and gover nment of t he Uni t ed St at es.
Te report, titled Shariah: Te Treat
t o Amer i ca descr i bes how CAI R, t he
or gani zat i on wor ri ed about bei ng cal l ed
names, i s real l y an ent i t y of t he t er ror i st
or gani zat i on H amas and has st rong t i es t o
t he deadl y M usl i m Br ot herhood.
Based upon o cial government documents
obt ai ned f rom M usl i m Br ot herhood
col l abor at ors, t he aut hor s of t he repor t
state bluntly, Te Council on American
I sl ami c Rel at i ons i s a H amas f ront . CAI R
i s H amas.
While CAIR, though highly innuential,
may be a pr act i t i oner of st eal t h j i had as
bel i ever s i n a t ot al i t ar i an I sl ami st i deol ogy,
t he or gani zat i on does not represent t he
rel i gi on of I sl am, nor al l M usl i ms i n
Amer i ca.
D r. Z uhdi Jasser, presi dent of t he Ameri can
I sl ami c For um f or D emocr acy, i s an
Amer i can M usl i m who i s out spoken on
t he i ssue of I sl ami sm. H i s vi ews are not
t ol er at ed by t he M usl i m Br ot herhood and
H amas suppor t i ng members of CAI R. N o
one k nows why.
Amer i can M usl i ms need t o accept and
spread t he meme t hat i t i s t i me t o get shar i ah
(I sl ami c l aw) out of gover nment and br i ng
t he i deas of moder ni t y and Enl i ght enment
t o t he I sl ami c f ai t h we l ove, D r. Jasser sai d
i n an edi t or i al i n t he D es M oi nes Regi st er
t i t l ed W hat t he M usl i ms i n Amer i ca can
do.
Conser vat i sm st resses t he bel i ef i n
i ndi vi dual l i ber t y and f r eedom of rel i gi on.
While many Muslims believe Islam nts very
wel l al ongsi de ot her r el i gi ons i n Amer i ca
under t he Rul e of Law, an i deol ogy whose
goal i s t o subver t t he Const i t ut i on of t he
Uni t ed St at es, and i s associ at ed wi t h I sl am,
does exi st i n A meri ca and ar ound t he worl d.
Te Sharon Statement, the founding
document of Young Amer i cans f or Freedom
dr af t ed i n 1960, sai d t hat , t he forces of
i nt ernat i onal Communi sm are, at present ,
t he gr eat est si ngl e t hreat t o t hese l i ber t i es,
and t hat , t he Uni t ed St at es shoul d st ress
vi ct or y over, rat her t han coexi st ence wi t h
t hi s menace. I t seems t hat I sl ami sm, not
Communi sm, i s now t he si ngl e great est
t hreat t o our l i ber t i es, and we shoul d
l i kewi se st r ess vi ct or y over t hi s menace.
A dam C assan dr a i s t he M ar yl an d st at e
chai r man of Youn g Amer i can s f or Fr eedom.
H e i s t he assi st an t edi t or f or Ri char d V i guer i e s
C on ser vat i veH Q . com an d a f or mer new s
cor r espon dent f or C N SN ew s. com. H e hol ds
a M ast er s degr ee i n St at ecr af t and N at i onal
Security Aairs from the Institute of World
Pol i t i cs i n Washi n gt on , D .C .
I t seems t hat
I sl ami sm, not
Communi sm, i s now
t he si ngl e gr eat est
t hr eat t o our l i ber t i es,
and w e shoul d l i kew i se
st r ess vi ct or y over t hi s
menace.

FOREI GN AFFAI RS
W
e are l i vi ng i n t he age of
rel at i vi sm, t he l ogi cal
end of Enl i ght enment
philosophy. Te idea that
t here are obj ect i ve vi r t ues has been t hr own
asi de, and t he onl y vi r t ue t hat remai ns i s
t ol er ance. Our moder n soci et y has become
one of i ncl usi on, where al l i s permi t t ed
except f or t hose who t hi nk t hat t here are
cer t ai n t hi ngs t hat shoul d not be per mi t t ed.
Such a soci et y i s di vorced f rom t r ut h, as
i t i s i ncapabl e of ask i ng i t sel f one si mpl e
quest i on: W hat i f t r ut h i t sel f i s excl usi ve?
Tol er ance i s par t of t he West s pl ur al i st
t r adi t i on and i s t he f ul cr um of republ i can
democr acy. Unl ess al l maj or par t i es respect
political, social and religious dierences, a
r ul e by t he peopl e cannot be mai nt ai ned. A
t yr anny of t he maj or i t y t hreat ens t o form,
depr i vi ng t hose who do not exi st wi t hi n t he
soci al nor m of t hei r r i ght s. For a f r ee soci et y
t o f unct i on, i t must al l ow f or t he open
exchange of opi ni ons and i deas wi t hout t he
t hreat of repercussi ons, t her eby bui l di ng
t he basi s for a democrat i c gover nment .
Tol er ance i s t her ef ore of i nst r ument al use;
i t s wor t h comes f rom i t s abi l i t y t o ser ve as a
f r amework f or t he onl y sor t of government
yet k nown t o respect our nat ur al ri ght s.
O ur Foundi ng Fat her s each had an abi di ng
bel i ef t hat we had cer t ai n nat ural r i ght s
t hat exi st ed pri or t o t he creat i on of t he
st at e; nat ur al r i ght s t hat we possessed f r om
nat ur e and/or nat ures God. But si nce t hen,
t he l ef t has progressi vel y det ached i t sel f
f r om nat ur al l aw, embr aci ng rel at i vi sm
and H umean (based on t he wr i t i ngs of
Scot t i sh phi l osopher D avi d H ume) et hi cs.
W hen di vorced f rom nat ur al l aw, t ol er ance
becomes i nt r i nsi cal l y val uabl e. Consensus
bui l di ng and absol ut e t ol erance become t he
ver y foundat i ons of soci et y.
Li beral s have come t o val ue t ol erance f or i t s
own sake. Rat her t han bei ng a means t o t he
mai nt enance of a f ree and vi br ant soci et y,
it is seen as the measure of society. Tere
i s an i nherent dogmat i sm t hat exi st s at t he
hear t of such a vi ew. I n cont rast , r i ght-
wi ng pol i t i cal phi l osophi es j udge t r ut h by
remai ni ng grounded i n t he moral order
deri ved f rom nat ur al l aw.
Wi t hi n nat ural ri ght phi l osophi es, t here
i s const ant , i nvi gor at i ng debat e. H owever,
l i beral i sm, because i t deni es obj ect i ve
mor al t r ut hs, has no groundi ng and i s
t hus l ef t t o t he mer e phi l osophi cal whi ms
of man. Because t heres no such t hi ng as
obj ect i ve mor al i t y, al l bel i ef s are si mpl y
prefer ence-st at ement s and are l i t t ered wi t h
subjective biases. Tus, all opinions must
be gi ven equal wei ght ; al l opi ni ons must be
t ol er at ed; and any bel i ef st r uct ure t o cl ai m
obj ect i vi t y i s si mpl y an i mposi t i on of one
per sons pref erences upon anot her.
Such a posi t i on has l ed t o t he cl osi ng
of t he l i ber al mi nd. I n hi s st udy of t hi s
phenomenon in Te Closing of the
Amer i can M i nd, Al an Bl oom poi nt s out
t hat when t ol er ance gai ns i nt r i nsi c val ue,
t he rel at i vi t y of t r ut h [ becomes] not a
t heoret i cal i nsi ght but a mor al post ul at e.
To say wi t h cer t ai nt y t hat X i s ri ght and
t hat Y i s wrong, one i s j udged not by f act s
but by et hi cs. An absol ut i st cl ai m i s not
seen as wrong because i t s under st andi ng
of t he t r ut h i s i naccur at e, but because i t i s
mor al l y decadent . Bl oom poi nt s out t hat
what l i beral s f ear about absol ut i sm, i s not
error but intolerance. Tus, a belief system
can be t r ue, but i t st i l l must be rej ect ed
si mpl y because i t seek s t o i mpose a mor al
st andard.
Chi l l i ngl y, Bl oom not es, t he poi nt i s not
t o cor rect t he mi st akes [of t he past] and
real l y be r i ght ; rat her i t i s t o not t hi nk you
are right at all. Tis is because modern
l i beral s bel i eve t hat , t he t r ue bel i ever i s
t he real danger, as, men al ways t hought
t hey were r i ght , and t hat l ed t o war s,
per secut i ons, sl aver y, xenophobi a, r aci sm,
// by Ram on Lop ez
The Cl osi ng of t he
Li ber al Mi nd
and chauvi ni sm. O penness r at her t han
r i ght ness i s what we must st r i ve for, and
anyone who cl ai ms t hat some val ue syst em
i s i nher ent l y super i or t o anot her i s seen
as channel i ng t he sor t of di scr i mi nat or y
mi ndset t hat produced i nj ust i ces and
i nequal i t i es i n t he past . L i ber al i sm has t hus
i nsul at ed i t sel f f rom cri t i ci sm or debat e, as
anyone who does not agr ee wi t h i t i s not
onl y wrong, but has vi ol at ed t he pr i nci pl es
of rel at i ve mor al i t y.
Te nnal piece of leftist thought that has
l ed t o t he cl osi ng of t he l i ber al mi nd i s
t he concept of progressi on - t he H egel i an-
M ar xi st di al ect i c. A l l i deol ogi es, t o some
ext ent , bel i eve i n progr ess. We work t oward
cr eat i ng j ust i ce, f reedom and f ai r ness
wi t hi n soci et y, hopi ng t o bet t er mank i nds
st at us. But , because of i t s vi ew on t ol er ance,
l i beral i sms i dea of progressi on has become
dogmat i c, wi t h t he di al ect i c dr awi ng i t s
mor al t r aj ect or y f rom t he supposedl y
i ndomi t abl e pr ogressi on of hi st or y. To
progress i s t o be t ol er ant of bel i ef syst ems
and t o ref r ai n f rom t he j udgment of ot her s.
And, as Bl oom not es, l i beral s see absol ut i st
bel i ef s as i nherent l y i mmor al and as
renecting the prejudices of the past. Even
rel at i vel y i nnocent absol ut i st posi t i ons are
seen as danger s; i f a per son were t o cl ai m
t hat al l human bei ngs have a basi c di gni t y
and wor t h t hat creat es a mor al separat i on
bet ween t hem and ot her ani mal s, some
l i beral s woul d cr y out t hat such a vi ew i s
ant hropocent r i c, i e: bi got ed t owards
ani mal s.
Tis is why the left seems so attached to
pl ayi ng t he r ace car d, t he gender car d
and t he gay card when debat i ng t he
i ssues. Conser vat i ves who di sagree about
things like a rmative action, abortion and
gay marr i age can have a di al ogue about
t hese t opi cs, wi t h each person put t i ng
f or ward evi dence f or why t hey bel i eve
t hei r vi ew t o be corr ect . But for t he l ef t ,
such di sagreement s come about because
of t he bi got ed mi ndset of absol ut i st s.
Addi t i onal l y, t hose who di sagr ee wi t h
t he l i beral agenda ar e seen as st andi ng i n
t he way of progr ess and endanger i ng t he
success of ci vi l i zat i on.
We can see t hi s ment al i t y pl ayi ng out
i n t he nat i onal debat es t hat have been
raging since President Obama took o ce.
Cur rent l y, Ameri ca i s i nvol ved i n t he sor t
of publ i c di scussi on t hat i s embl emat i c
of a healthy and vibrant democracy. Te
Tea Par t y movement i s, at i t s core, a great
Amer i can debat e over t he si ze and rol e of
gover nment , t he basi s of r i ght s and t he
nat ur e of t he Const i t ut i on.
Li beral s have react ed t o t hi s popul ar
movement wi t h di sdai n, ast oni shment and
disbelief. Tese protests have continued
unabat ed for nearl y t wo years and t he l ef t
i s st i l l unabl e t o under st and what t hey
ar e about . Because t he prot est s defend
absol ut i st i deas such as nat ur al ri ght s,
mor al pri nci pl es and l i mi t ed gover nment ,
t hey are necessari l y seen as ei t her ment al l y
deranged, artincial or bigoted. For the left,
i t i s i nconcei vabl e t hat a rat i onal person
coul d hol d such bel i ef s wi t hout t her e bei ng
some ul t er i or mot i ve.
Janeane Gar of al o decl ares t he movement i s
si mpl y about hat i ng a bl ack man and t hat
conser vat i sm i s a ment al di sor der ; Paul
K r ugman ent er t ai ns conspi r acy t heor i es
about how t ea par t i es are ast ro-t ur f,
whol l y organi zed and f unded by Fox N ews
and Freedom Work s; K ei t h Ol ber mann
r ant s about how pr ot est i ng agai nst t ax
i ncreases and t he heal t h care bi l l i s coded
r aci st l anguage, cal l i ng t he Tea Par t y
t he Tea K l ux K l an. For t hese peopl e, i t
seems as i f t here i s no way for Amer i cans
t o pr ot est agai nst bi g gover nment wi t hout
bei ng r aci st , as any such cl ai m woul d be
coded l anguage f or bi got r y. Addi t i onal l y,
a recent Rasmussen pol l showed t hat over
hal f of al l D emocr at s bel i eve t he Tea Par t y
to be racially biased. Tis dogmatism is not
onl y rest r i ct ed t o t he l i beral medi a or t he
D emocr at i c pol i t i cal est abl i shment . I t has
spread t o t he average l i ber al vot er.
To answer t he quest i on posed at t he
begi nni ng of t hi s ar t i cl e: t r ut h i s excl usi ve,
as i t excl udes t hi ngs t hat are f al se. To
t he l ef t , whi ch predi cat es soci al j ust i ce
on equal i t y, such a vi ew can never be
hel d. Tol er ance demands an equal i t y of
t hought , and equal i t y of t hought demands
rel at i vi sm. O f cour se, t hi s ent i re l i ne of
reasoni ng i s sel f-r ef ut i ng. I n t hei r at t empt
t o pr event peopl e f rom i mposi ng t hei r
vi ews on ot hers, t he l ef t has i mposed t hei r
dogmat i c t ol er ance on ever yone el se. By
equal i zi ng debat e, meani ng has been l ost .
For a vi ew t o have meani ng i t must hol d
great er val ue --t hus bei ng cl oser t o t he
t r ut h- - t han anot her vi ew. W hat i s l ef t f or
l i beral i sm i s ni hi l i sm, and i n i t s at t empt t o
f r ee M an f rom hi s chai ns by openi ng hi s
mi nd, l i ber al i sm wi l l have onl y succeeded
i n bi ndi ng hi m t o neut r al i t y.
Ramon L opez i s a seni or at t he U n i ver si t y
of C en t r al Fl or i da w her e he i s maj or i n g i n
I n t er n at i on al Rel at i on s an d Phi l osophy.
Li ber al s have come
t o val ue t ol er ance
f or i t s ow n sake.
Rat her t han bei ng a
means t o t he
mai nt enance of
a f r ee and vi br ant
soci et y, i t i s seen as
t he measur e
of soci et y.

CULTURE & HI STORY
I
n W hi t t aker Chamber ss most
f amed work, Wi t ness, he opens wi t h
a haunt i ng l et t er t o hi s chi l dren,
recal l i ng not onl y one of t he darkest
moment s i n hi s l i fe, and possi bl y t he hi st or y
of t he Uni t ed St at es, but al so f or ewar ni ng
of t he cont i nued uncer t ai nt y of t he sur vi val
of West er n Ci vi l i zat i on. H e wr i t es:
M uch more t han Al ger H i ss or W hi t t aker
Chamber s was on t r i al i n t he t r i al s of Al ger
H i ss. Two f ai t hs were on t r i al . H uman
soci et i es, l i ke human bei ngs, l i ve by f ai t h
and di e when f ai t h di es. At i ssue i n t he H i ss
Case was t he quest i on whet her t hi s si ck
soci et y, whi ch we cal l West er n ci vi l i zat i on,
coul d i n i t s ext remi t y st i l l cast up a man
whose f ai t h i n i t was so great t hat he woul d
vol unt ar i l y abandon t hose t hi ngs whi ch
men hol d good, i ncl udi ng l i f e, t o defend
i t . At i ssue was t he quest i on whet her t hi s
mans f ai t h coul d prevai l agai nst a man
whose equal f ai t h i t was t hat t hi s soci et y
i s si ck beyond savi ng, and t hat mercy
i t sel f pl eads for i t s swi f t ext i nct i on and
repl acement by anot her.
I n Chamber ss t i me, t he f ree soci et i es of
t he West wer e engaged i n an apocal ypt i c
bat t l e wi t h t he f or ces of i nt er nat i onal
communi sm, l ead by what t he l at e Presi dent
Ronal d Reagan t er med t he Evi l Empi re -
t he Uni on of Sovi et Soci al i st Republ i cs.
N ow t went y-some year s af t er t he end of t he
Col d War, we st i l l may yet be at odds wi t h
ol d f oes, spect er s of an enemy once t hought
rel egat ed t o t he ash bi n of hi st or y.
Today we f ace a creepi ng soci al i sm
f r agment ed i deas of l ong dead r adi cal s
not onl y on our col l ege campuses, but
in our daily lives as well. Te radical
t hought f rom t he more cont empor ar y Saul
Al i nsk y, t o t he f ar more
dat ed wr i t i ngs of radi cal s
bur i ed by t he cent ur i es,
have sl i pped back i nt o our
dai l y pol i t i cal di scour se.
Tis is not to go so far as
t o cl ai m t hat our l eaders
i n t he D emocr at i c Par t y
ar e communi st s or are
members of some vast and
i nsi di ous conspi racy. I t i s
t o say, however, t hat some
members of our pol i t i cal
el i t e have r esur rect ed i deas
once t out ed by t he communi st organi zer s,
act i vi st s and r adi cal s of decades ago.
I n t he 1920s and 1930s, t he era Chamber s
addressed i n t he begi nni ng of Wi t ness,
t here was undoubt edl y a st rong and deepl y
root ed communi st conspi racy act i ve i n t he
Uni t ed St at es. M any of t he communi st
oper at i ves and sympat hi zer s were young
hei r s of WASP f ami l i es, perhaps more
bored wi t h West ern cul t ure -- due t o t hei r
own ar rogance-- t han t r ul y convi nced of
its sickness. Tese American Bolsheviks
were pessi mi st i c- t hey bel i eved t he West
was det er i or at i ng and was i n need of a
revol ut i onar y t ransformat i on. Usi ng t hei r
f ami l y st at us and pol i t i cal power, many
achi eved bureaucr at i c posi t i ons i n t he
Uni t ed St at es government , whi l e ot her s
became nnanciers of operations ongoing
wi t hi n t he Uni t ed St at es i n an at t empt t o
under mi ne West er n capi t al i sm and t he
order pr ovi ded by democr at i c i nst i t ut i ons.
Even af t er t he exposure of one of t he most
high pronle Soviet operatives, Alger Hiss
convi ct ed i n 1950 of spyi ng f or t he Sovi et
Uni on by t he t est i mony of Chamber s
whi spers of Sovi et pl ot s t o under mi ne
t he Uni t ed St at es government per si st ed.
Cont i nued cases of supposed communi st
spi es and act i vi t i es sparked t he great Red
Scare as wel l as t he r i se and f al l of Senat or
Joe M cCar t hy of Wi sconsi n and agai n
reared t hei r head i n t he r adi cal upheaval s
of t he l at e 1960s.
I n t he heyday of r adi cal i sm and par anoi a
t he l at e 60s and earl y 70s many of
t odays pol i t i cal el i t e cut t hei r t eet h i n
r adi cal act i vi sm, l earni ng t hei r t rade f r om
t he wri t i ngs of communi t ari an soci al i st s
l i ke Saul Al i nsk y and t he of t en over l ooked
Cl oward-Pi ven St rat egy. M any of t he
SD Sers YAF f ought on campus are now t he
professor s, spreadi ng t hei r poi son t o a new
gener at i on of st udent s.
Yet t oday, even t hough we st r uggl e t hr ough
anot her t i me of economi c cri si s, many
young Conser vat i ves f eel t hat i t goes t oo f ar
t o di scuss t he radi cal nat ure of some of our
nat i ons pol i t i cal el i t e. Perhaps we young
Conser vat i ves have become di st r act ed by
t he smor gasbord of i ssues we can si gn up
to nght for. Our Conservative intellectuals
ar e mor e f ocused on pol i cy i ssues, on
pul p wr i t i ng and t her e i s a pl ace f or
Th e
West on
Tr i al
// by Wi l l Upt on
Seeing the Foe for Who ey Are
THE CLASSICS: Founding editor Dr. Lee Edwards recently shared
with me a story of his perusing Gov. Reagans book shelf, during
a visit for an interview, while the past actor and future president
got some refreshments. Most of the books he had read, but one
stuck out as unfamiliar to him. That book was The Law. Written by
Frenchman Frederic Bastiat and first published in 1850, The Law
comes on the personal recommendation of The New Guard, FL
YAFs Daniel Diaz, Dr. Lee Edwards and the Great Communicator
himself!
Short and extremely readable, Bastiat s book provides the
blueprint for a free societ y, in the process defining libert y; exploring
moralit y; and declaring the proper role of government. Its always
important for Conservatives and Libertarians to remember why
we fight, and this book does just that while devoting an entire
section to refutations of the great positivist philosophers of
history. At less than sixt y pages, no good YAFer has an excuse
not to add this classic to your library.!
HEADY STUFF: A lot of books show you what to think, but what
makes A Conflict of Visions so incredible is that it shows you
how to think. Published in 1986 by famed economist and social
commentator Thomas Sowell, A Conflict of Visions seeks to
explore and explain why, throughout history, people of different
political bends tend to disagree on the same basic issues; and
what underlining ideologies connect the dots. He does so in a
masterful way, istinguishing two remarkably consistent world
views- the constrained (Burkean, tragic, Conservative) and the
unconstrained (positivist, Utopian, liberal). Though not a book for
easy browsing, it is worth the time- it will change the way you view
the world, our movement and even your friends and adversaries,
I promise.
BY THE FIRE: It s hard to get through school, or life, without
reading at least one of George Orwells dystopian classics, but
it is important to remember that the man wrote more than two
great books! My favorite of his less popularized novels is Burmese
Days. Published in 1935 and based on his years as an officer in
the Indian Imperial Police, Burmese Days follows the story of
an English aristocrats confused and lonely life in Burma as he
searches for love, tolerance, culture and happiness. But above
all, it is a story of the poison, caused by imperialism that
seeps into every aspect of life. A must-read for any fan of Orwell
or colonial history, this masterful work of fiction makes for great
reading on a cold night.
Bedf or ds
CULTURE & HI STORY
such t hi ngs but t he l ong st andi ng t r adi t i on
of Conser vat i sm as a f orce def endi ng West er n
ci vi l i zat i on has f aded i nt o hi st or y al ong wi t h
t he memor i es of t he Col d War.
N ow, mor e t han ever, we shoul d be st r i vi ng t o
remember t he age t hat Chambers and men l i ke
Wi l l i am F. Buck l ey Jr. l i ved i n. I t i s essent i al
t hat t he Conser vat i ve movement , st ands
at hwar t hi st or y yel l i ng, St op.
We now l i ve i n an age where i t i s l i t t l e concer n
t o many Ameri cans t hat over sevent y member s
of Congress have a shared party a liation with
t he D emocrat i c Soci al i st s Par t y of A mer i ca.
Even more t roubl i ng, t hi s past O ct ober, t ens-
of-t housands of act i vi st s gat hered on t he
M al l t o push t he l i ber al Congress and W hi t e
H ouse t o pursue an agenda f ur t her t o t he l ef t
t han t he l egi sl at i on t hey had al ready enact ed
whi ch i ncl udes a near soci al i zat i on of heal t h
car e, ext reme envi ronment al regul at i ons, t he
nat i onal i zat i on of t wo car manuf act urer s and
the most extensive regulation of the nnancial
industry United States history. Te activists
who gat hered about t he Li ncol n M emori al were
not liberals. Tey were radical members of
envi ronment al groups, uni ons and t he f ri nge
l ef t . I n al l , each group was i ndi st i ngui shabl e;
Communi st Par t y USA, t he D emocr at i c
Soci al i st Par t y, t he Soci al i st Worker s Par t y,
t he Soci al i st Par t y U SA, AFL - CI O, SEI U and
CodePink. Tey all seemed nguratively for
some, literally for others to ny the red nag.
Te specter of international communism has
once again reared its ugly head. Tese people
bel i eve t hat West ern ci vi l i zat i on i s si ck, t hat
i t has no redempt i ve qual i t i es, t hat our nat i on
i s best scr apped for somet hi ng new t hough
some may be del usi onal enough t o deny such i n
t he presence of mor e grounded company.
Two f ai t hs are once agai n on t r i al . Communi sm
and soci al i sm have r et urned t o t he Uni t ed
St at es, and t he spect er s of t he past seem more
real ever y day. We, as young Conser vat i ves,
must pi ck up t he st andard of t hose who came
before us and continue to nght for our faith:
our f ai t h i n t radi t i on, f ami l y, democr acy and
t he West .
Wi l l U pt on i s C hai r man of D C YA F an d an i nt er n
at Amer i can s f or Tax Ref or m. H e gr adu at ed f r om
N or t hw est er n U n i ver si t y
I
n M oder n Amer i ca i s an i ncredi bl y
busy pl ace and t he hol i days are no
except i on- a credi t t o t he dedi cat i on
t he Amer i can peopl e have t o hard work
and an exampl e of what makes t hi s
count r y so great . I want ed t o al l ow you
t o st ep back and t ake a break f rom t he
chaos t hat i s t he hol i day season. Gat her
t he f ri ends and f ami l y i f onl y for an hour
and al l ow t hem t o enj oy a t r ul y Amer i can
cockt ai l - one handmade wi t h l ove i n t he
t r adi t i on of t he Amer i can peopl e.
Rel ax and enj oy your company whi l e
si ppi ng on t hi s t hi ck, creamy, yet ref reshi ng cockt ai l . I t s a dri nk t hat t ext ural l y f orces
you to slow down, yet envelopes your whole mouth with a depth of comforting navors.
Enj oy an i n-l aws st or y your e hear i ng for t he t ent h t i me whi l e you al l ow t he cl ove
ci nnamon and al l spi ce t o bri ng out ear t hi ness of t he bourbon. Let t he sweet not es
of honey and vani l l a dance across your t ongue whi l e t he sweet nose of t he nut meg
l eads way t o i t s pal at e cl eansi ng bi t t erness. Once t he gl ass i s empt y at l east one per son
i n your par t y i f not your sel f wi l l undoubt edl y t hi nk al oud, I wonder how t hi s
woul d be wi t h r um? Wel come t o your ext ended vacat i on- enj oy!
The New Guar d Cock t ai l
amer ican egg nog
I ngredient s:
2 o z w ho l e mi l k (any t hi n g l ess w i l l
cur d l e! )
1 o z El m er T. Lee bo ur b o n
3/ 4 o z Am er i can H o ney
3/ 4 o z mul l ed si mp l e sy r up
1 egg
N ut m eg
Mulled simple syrup recipe:
Di sso l v e 1 cup o f sugar i nt o 1 cup o f w at er
o v er med i um l o w heat . Ad d 3 st i ck s o f
ci nn amo n, 2 t easp o o ns w ho l e al l sp i ce, 1
t easp o o n cl o v e, 1 v ani l l a b ean an d al l o w t o
si mmer f o r 20 mi nut es. St r ai n .
Fo r a p ar t y o f f o ur : co mbi ne 8 o z. w ho l e
mi l k, 4 o z. o f bo ur bo n, 2 . 25 o z. Amer i can
H o ney and mul l ed si mp l e sy r up and 4 egg
y o l k s i n a bl end er unt i l co mp l et el y mi xed .
Po ur t he mi x t ur e i nt o y o ur p unch bo w l o r
ser v i n g co n t ai ner. The egg w hi t es l ef t o v er
f r o m sep ar at i ng t he y o l k s need t o b e beat en
unt i l so f t p eak s st ar t t o f o r m. Gent l y f o l d t he
egg w hi t es i nt o t he mi x t ur e i n y o ur p unch
b o w l . Chi l l un t i l co l d . Lad l e t he eggno g i nt o
chi l l ed Co l l i ns gl asses an d gr at e f r esh n ut meg
o n t o p t o t ast e.
Fo r si ngl e ser v i ce co mb i ne al l t he abo v e
i ngr ed i ent s i n t o a shaker. Shake f o r 2 0
seco nd s w i t ho ut i ce. Ad d 2-3 i ce cub es
( p r ef er abl y no smal l er t han t hat o f an o l d
f ashi o ned i ce t r ay) an d shake agai n f o r 20
seco nd s. St r ai n i nt o a Co l l i ns gl ass an d gr at e
f r esh nut meg o n t o p t o t ast e. I f y o u o nl y
hav e smal l er i ce cub es b e aw ar e t hat d ue t o
t h e sur f ace ar ea t hey w i l l mel t f ast er w at er i ng
d o w n t he d r i n k, ad j ust y o ur shaki n g t i me
acco r d i ngl y.
I f y o u l i ke r um, co gn ac, o r b r and y use
t h e same r eci p e. Just r ep l ace t he b o ur bo n
w i t h ei t her o f t he f o r mer an d r ep l ace t he
Amer i can H o n ey w i t h M ad ei r a w i n e.
/ / by Dan e N akamur a
Th e
amer i c an eg g n o g
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