• The "private sector" of the economy is the voluntary sector, the "public sector" is the coercive sector. – Henry Hazlitt

Aren't we fighting against Al Qaeda?

In supporting the rebels in Libya with military force, the western powers, with support from the Australian government, are actually aiding Al Qaeda. Rebel strongholds in Libya are known as Al Qaeda havens, and rebel leaders have admitted that there is Al Qaeda amongst their fighters.

Then again, we must remember that Islamic extremists have been supported by the west before, for example, during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. It seems that the status of Islamic extremists as friends or enemies depends wholly on the strategic goals of the imperialists and statist war-mongers.