The Right and the anti-war

[alanjjohnstone]

I recall an article we wrote explaining the Right Libertarian reasons for being against war (too lazy to get the link)

Here is Farage on the BBC , following the lead of Ron and Rand Paul in opposing the foreign militaristic  adventurism of their respective countries. He hits home accurately with the accusations of hypocrisy from mainstream parties. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ajSw_vy0zyQ

[alanjjohnstone]

The anti-war Right

[jondwhite]

I don't think UKIP are best described as libertarian (an argument could even perhaps be made that they're not necessarily right-wing), a better description might be "paleoconservative" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleoconservatism) as I think UKIP support some nationalisation."Paleoconservative" is more Peter Hitchens and the American Conservative (http://www.theamericanconservative.com/) which makes for an interesting read about conservative ideology that is out of favour with modern conservatives (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservatism_and_paleoconservatism) especially in the US. Peter Hitchens opposed the war on Iraq, but does believe you can have a just war (such as the Falklands or the Northern Irish conflict), usually defined as whatever one is in Britain's (rather than capital's) interests.Some of the questions over UKIP ideology were touched on herehttp://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/forum/general-discussion/ukip-v-one-world

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