What can be said about those public figures who have enlisted in the war effort, defended the indefensible, celebrated this destruction, and even called for more? They belong on a roll of dishonor, and here is a start:

DISHONOR ROLL

• David Aaronovitch (London Independent)
• Spencer Abraham (R-MI.)
• Christiane Amanpour (CNN)
• Dick Armey (R-TX)
• Larry Arnn (Claremont Institute)
• William Bartley (Wall Street Journal)
• Joe Barton (R-TX)
• Saul Bellow (writer)
• John R. Bolton (American Enterprise Institute)
• Max Boot (Wall Street Journal)
• David Bonior (D-MI)
• Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
• George Bush (ex-president)
• Zbigniew Brzezinski (lobbyist)
• John Chafee (R-RI)
• Winston Churchill, Jr. (British Parliament)
• Eliot A. Cohen (Johns Hopkins University
• Chris Cox (R-CA)
• Mike Dewine (R-OH)
• Bob Dole (lobbyist)
• Elizabeth Dole (politician)
• Susan Estrich (columnist)
• Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
• Geraldine Ferraro (politician)
• Steve Forbes (Forbes Magazine)
• Thomas Friedman (New York Times)
• John Fund (Wall Street Journal)
• Sam Gejdenson (D-CT)
• Richard Gephardt (D-MO)
• Paul Gigot (Wall Street Journal)
• Jonah Goldberg (National Review)
• Daniel Jonah Goldhagen (Harvard University)
• Katharine Graham (Washington Post)
• Hugo Gurdon (London Telegraph)
• Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
• David Hart (London Times)
• Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
• Jacob Heilbrunn (New Republic)
• Bruce Herschensohn (Claremont Institute)
• John Hillen (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
• Albert R. Hunt (Wall Street Journal)
• Bianca Jagger (celebrity)
• Jim Jeffords (R-VT)
• Robert Kagan (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
• Robert D. Kaplan (Atlantic Monthly)
• Garry Kasparov (Wall Street Journal)
• Robert W. Kasten (lobbyist) Henry Kissinger (lobbyist)
• Charles Krauthammer (Washington Post)
• William Kristol (Weekly Standard)
• Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
• Rabbi Michael Lerner (Hilary's guru)
• Anthony Lewis (New York Times)
• G. Gordon Liddy (G. Gordon Liddy Show)
• Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)
• Richard Lugar (R-IN)
• John McCain (R-AZ)
• Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
• Connie Mack (R-FL)
• Eric Margolis (Toronto Sun)
• George Melloan (Wall Street Journal)
• Dick Morris (NY Post)
• Kate O'Beirne (National Review)
• William Odom (Hudson Institute)
• Michael O'Hanlon (Brookings Institute)
• John O'Sullivan (National Review)
• Martin Peretz (New Republic)
• Andrea Petersen (Wall Street Journal)
• Ellen Joan Pollock (Wall Street Journal)
• Ramesh Poneru (National Review)
• Samantha Power (Kennedy School)
• David Pryce-Jones (National Review)
• Therese Rafael (Wall Street Journal Europe)
• Howell Raines (New York Times)
• Vanessa Redgrave (actress)
• David Rieff (Salon)
• Peter W. Rodman (National Review)
• Andy Rooney (60 Minutes)
• William Roth (R-DE)
• William Safire (New York Times)
• William Saletan (Slate)
• Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
• Gerald Seib (Wall Street Journal)
• Richard Shelby (R-AL)
• Ike Skelton (D-MO)
• Gordon H. Smith (R-OR.)
• Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
• Stephen Solarz (D-NY)
• Susan Sontag (writer)
• George Soros (Open Society Institute)
• Arlen Specter (R-PA)
• Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. (New York Times)
• William Howard Taft IV (lobbyist)
• Ellen Tauscher (D-CA)
• David Tell (Weekly Standard)
• John Warner (R-VA)
• J.C. Watts (R-OK)
• Caspar Weinberger (Forbes Magazine)
• Elie Wiesel (writer)
• Leon Wieseltier (New Republic)
• George Will (columnist)
• R. James Woolsey (ex-bureaucrat)

So much for the dishonor roll. Onward to the honor roll, a ist of courageous writers and thinkers who have thrown themselves into the battle to stop the bombings and stop the war. They deserve our attention, admiration, and thanks:

HONOR ROLL

• Tariq Ali (The Independent)
• Andrew Alexander (Daily Mail)
• Michael R. Allen (Spintech Magazine)
• Patricia Axelrod (MacArthur Foundation laureate)
• Andrew J. Bacevich (Boston University)
• S. Dale Baker (MSgt., Ret., USAF)
• Doug Bandow (Copley Newspapers)
• Corelli Barnett (Daily Mail)
• Bob Barr (R-GA)
• Emmy Barth (antiwar activist)
• Klaus Becker (We the People of Nebraska)
• Art Bell (Art Bell Radio Show)
• Jim Bell (Jim Bell Radio Show)
• Tony Benn (British Parliament)
• Stephen E. Berg (Northern Illinois University)
• David Bergland (Libertarian Party)
• John S Bergmann (Vietnam Vet)
• Tom Bethell (American Spectator)
• Michael Bliss (University of Toronto)
• Samuel L. Blumenfeld (Chalcedon Magazine)
• Burton S. Blumert (LibertarianStudies.org)
• Alan Bock (Orange County Register)
• Neal Boortz (Neal Boortz Radio Show)
• Mark Brady (peace activist)
• Eric Harrison Brand (former Marine sniper)
• Phil Brennan (Wednesday on the Web)
• David M. Bresnahan (WorldNetDaily.com)
• Harold O.J. Brown (Reformed Theological Seminary)
• Thad Brown (peace activist)
• Harry Browne (Harry Browne Radio Show)
• David Brudnoy (David Brudnoy Radio Show)
• Gene Burns (Gene Burns Radio Show)
• Jason Butler (The Jason Report)
• Pat Buchanan (American Cause)
• Plato Cacheris (attorney)
• Louise Barnett (University of Illinois)
• Jim Campbell (conservative activist)
• Tom Campbell (R-CA)
• Chris Cannon (R-UT)
• Howie Carr (Howie Carr Radio Show)
• Gerald A. Carroll (columnist)
• Ted Galen Carpenter (Cato Institute)
• John Catsimatidis (Apple Computer)
• Bob Charette (Stars-n-Stripes Wrestling)
• Helen Chenoweth (R-ID)
• Noam Chomsky (MIT)
• Alan Clark (British Parliament)
• Ramsey Clark (International Action Center)
• Alexander Cockburn (The Nation)
• Ada Coddington (conservative activist)
• Charles W. Colson (Prison Fellowship Ministries)
• Stephen Cox (University of California, San Diego)
• Sandra Crosnoe (Associated Conservatives of Texas)
• Rev. Mark Dankof (Westminster Theological Seminary)
• John Dear (Fellowship of Reconciliation)
• John V. Denson (Mises Institute)
• Thomas DiLorenzo (Loyola College)
• John D'Aloia, Jr. (St. Mary's Star)
• Jack DeVault (author, The Waco Whitewash)
• John Doggett (John Doggett Radio Show)
• Bob Djurdjevic (TruthinMedia.org)
• Jim Eason (Jim Eason Radio Show)
• Rev. David Eberhard (Historic Trinity Lutheran Church)
• John Elliott (Christian Renewal)
• George D. Emerson (American Legion)
• Lou Epton (Lou Epton Radio Show)
• Barry Farber (Barry Farber Radio Show)
• Joseph Farah (WorldNetDaily.com)
• Don Feder (Boston Herald)
• Penny Ferguson (California Republican Assembly)
• Doug Fiedor (Heads Up)
• Robert Fisk (The Independent)
• Thomas Fleming (Chronicles Magazine)
• Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza (Diocese of Houston)
• Kerry Fox (News-Minute.com)
• Samuel Francis (Foundation Endowment)
• Sean Gabb (Free Life Commentaries)
• Nicholas Gage (writer)
• Richard M. Gamble (Palm Beach Atlantic College)
• Eric Garris (Antiwar.com)
• David Gold (David Gold Radio Show)
• Judd Gregg (R-NH)
• William Norman Grigg (New American Magazine)
• Paul Gottfried (Elizabethtown College)
• Kevin Michael Grace (BC Report)
• Bob Grant (Bob Grant Radio Show)
• Costa Gravas (film director)
• Steven Greenhut (Orange County Register)
• Bishop Thomas Gumbleton (Archdiocese of Detroit)
• David H. Hackworth (Defending America)
• Ken Hamblin (Ken Hamblin Radio Show)
• Chuck Harder (For the People)
• Robert Hayden (University of Pittsburgh)
• Tom Hayden (California Senate)
• Lord Healey (British House of Lords)
• Nat Hentoff (civil liberties activist)
• Edward S. Herman (Temple University)
• Robert Higgs (Independent Review)
• James Hill (James Hill's Weekly)
• Michael Hill (League of the South)
• Nicholas von Hoffman (New York Observer)
• Ariana Huffington (Center for the Study of Popular Culture)
• Sam Husseini (Institute for Public Accuracy)
• Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
• Christina Jeffrey (Kennesaw State University)
• Terence Jeffrey (Human Events)
• Simon Jenkins (The Times of London)
• Pope John Paul II
• Sam Johnson (R-TX)
• Sandra Johnson (libertarian activist)
• Diana Johnstone (Z Magazine)
• Barrett Kalellis (Detroit News)
• John Kasich (R-OH)
• Kathy Kelly (Voices in the Wilderness)
• Martin Kelley (NonViolence.org)
• Michael Kelly (National Journal)
• Jack Kemp (Empower America)
• George Kenney (In These Times)
• Alan Keyes (Alan Keyes Radio Show)
• Michael T. Klare (Hampshire College)
• Christian E. Kopff (University of Colorado)
• Michael E. Kreca (Enter Stage Right)
• Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
• Deborah Lagarde (OmegaZine)
• John Laughland (The Times, London)
• Christopher Layne (MacArthur Peace Fellow)
• Barbara Lee (D-CA)
• Robert W. Lee (New American Magazine)
• Andrew Lewis (Ayn Rand Institute)
• David MacReynolds (War Resisters League)
• Eamonn McCann (Belfast Telegraph)
• Scott McConnell (New York Press)
• Cynthia McKinney (D-GA)
• Jack McManus (John Birch Society)
• William Marina (Florida Atlantic University)
• Bill Masters (Sheriff, San Miguel County, Colorado)
• Veran Matic (Radio B-92)
• Dan Meredith (Dixie Rising Radio)
• Geoff Metcalf (Geoff Metcalf Radio Show)
• Laura Mildon (Mad Dog News)
• Harold L. "Butch" Miller (American Legion)
• Zoran Milutinovic (Wesleyan University)
• Paul Miniato (Canadian libertarian activist)
• Carol Moore (peace activist)
• Jay Moore (Jay's Leftist Internet Resources)
• Ray Moore (Reform Party)
• Melanie Morgan (Lee Rogers Radio Show)
• Nancy Morris (conservative activist)
• Mary Mostert (OriginalSources.com)
• Mancow Muller (Mancow Muller Radio Show)
• John Nehring (writer)
• Lars Erik Nelson (New York Daily News)
• Rev. Richard John Neuhaus (First Things)
• Kara Newell (American Friends Service Committee)
• Robby Noel (American Freedom Network)
• Gary North (Institute for Christian Economics)
• Oliver North (Oliver North Radio Show)
• Bob Novak (Chicago Sun Times)
• David Orchard (Proggressive Conservative Party, Canada)
• Vince Page (columnist)
• Camile Paglia (Salon Magazine)
• Geov Parrish (EattheState.org)
• Matthew Parris (The Spectator of London)
• Ron Paul (R-TX)
• Svetozar Pejovic (Texas A&M)
• Timothy L. Perez (University of Maryland)
• William Peterson (Mises Institute)
• Howard Phillips (Conservative Caucus)
• Harold Pinter (playwright)
• Rev. Phil Pockras (Belle Center Reformed Presbyterian Church)
• Stephen Presser (Northwestern University)
• Craig Preus (Paleo Egroup)
• Jim Quinn (Quinn in the Morning Radio Show)
• Ralph Raico (Buffalo State College)
• Justin Raimondo (peace activist)
• Charley Reese (Orlando Sentinel)
• Lord Rees-Mogg (British House of Lords)
• Pat Robertson (CBN)
• David E. Rockett (Agrarian Foundation)
• Thomas Roeser (Chicago Sun-Times)
• Lee Rodgers (Lee Rogers Radio Show)
• A.M. Rosenthal (New York Times)
• Jeffrey Rubin (Conservative Book Club)
• Brian Rudy (libertarian activist)
• Edward Said (Columbia University)
• Alex Salmond (Scottish National Party)
• Jim Saxton (R-NJ)
• Brad Spangler (libertarian activist)
• George Szamuely (Top Drawer/NY Press)
• Debra J. Saunders (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Michael Savage (Michael Savage Radio Show)
• Phyllis Schlafly (Eagle Forum)
• Helmut Schmidt (former German chancellor)
• Benjamin Schwarz (Atlantic Monthly)
• Mark Scott (Mark Scott Radio Show)
• John Seiler (Orange County Register)
• Jay Severin (MS-NBC)
• Ariel Sharon (Israeli Knesset)
• Joel McNally (Shepherd Express)
• Gary M. Shoemaker (LibertyJournal.com)
• Barbara Simpson (Barbara Simpson Radio Show)
• Nancy Small (Pax Christi U.S.A.)
• Bob Smith (R-NH)
• Julianne Smith (British American Security Information Council)
• Ron Smith (Ron Smith Radio Show)
• Sam Smith (Progressive Review)
• Tony Snow (Detroit News)
• Joe Sobran (The Wanderer)
• Norman Solomon (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting)
• Thomas Sowell (Hoover Institution)
• Sam Steiger (Sam Steiger Television Show)
• Norman Stone (University of Istanbul)
• Michael Stoudenmire (peace activist)
• Jacob Sullum (Reason Magazine)
• Vin Suprynowicz (Las Vegas Review Journal)
• Taki (The Spectator)
• Elizabeth Taylor (actress)
• Clifford Thies (Republican Liberty Caucus)
• G. C. Thomas (Marquette University)
• Doug Thompson (CapitolHillBlue.com)
• Jerome Tuccille (The Mining Co.)
• Ted Turner (CNN)
• Srdja Trifkovic (Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies)
• Jon Basil Utley (IraqWar.com)
• Tom Walls (peace activist)
• Jude Wanniski (Polyconomics.com)
• Keith Waterhouse (playwright)
• Auberon Waugh (Sunday Telegraph)
• Paul Weyrich (Free Congress Foundation)
• Timothy J. Wheeler (conservative activist)
• Chris Whitten (Henry Hazlitt Foundation)
• Carl Wiglesworth (Carl Wiglesworth Radio Show)
• Rev. J. Steven Wilkins (Auburn Ave. Presbyterian Church)
• Walter Williams (George Mason University)
• Garry Wills (Johns Hopkins University)
• A.N. Wilson (Independent on Sunday)
• Douglas Wilson (Credenda)
• Jerry Zeifman (columnist)
• Vittorio Zucconi (La Repubblica)
• Stephen Zunes (University of San Francisco)

I'd welcome additions to both rolls.

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Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., is president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Ala.

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