Inspired by Ayn Rand to lead a Worldwide Liberty movement

Jeffrey Scott Shapiro is a former libertarian youth leader. In the early 1990s he re-launched Students for a Libertarian Society (SLS), which had been active for some time in the 1960s and 70s as an alternative to the hard leftist SDS. Shapiro was also active with the Libertarian Party of Florida, and served for a time as an Intern at Libertarian Party national headquarters in DC. Additionally, he was active early on during the formative years of the Republican Liberty Caucus.

Shapiro had been largely inspired to libertarianism through the writings of pro-liberty philosopher Ayn Rand. His mother had been a fellow traveler in the famous philosopher's circles in the 1960s. A large portrait of Rand served as the centerpiece of the den of his parents' Palm Beaches area home.

Libertarian Mission accomplished in Iraq

Last week Shapiro was asked by Fox News to pen a commentary on George W. Bush and the War in Iraq; "At Last, Misson Accomplished In Iraq." Excerpt from Fox:

Today marks the seven-year anniversary of the Iraq War.

A few months after American forces finally crossed into the border of the oppressed nation, President Bush told the ‘National Endowment for Democracy’ that, “Iraqi democracy will succeed, and that success will send forth the news from Damascus to Tehran that freedom can be the future of every nation. The establishment of a free Iraq at the heart of the Middle East will be a watershed event in the global democratic revolution."

He was right.

Since America launched Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 19, 2003, we have... ended the genocide and torture of the Ba’ath Party, brought Saddam Hussein to justice, established a budding democratic society...

Certainly the transformation of an Iraq enslaved by the sadistic cruelty of the Ba’ath Party into a free society is a watershed event and one that represents a whole new era in the history of the Middle East. A free Iraq has, in fact, become a beacon of inspiration to the region.

That’s why, as Bush accurately predicted, the people of the oppressed Islamic "Republic" of Iran finally found the courage to resist the tyranny of Ahmadinejad when he stole the election last year. -- After all, seeing freedom in practice in a neighboring country is a lot more powerful than simply hearing about it overseas from banned news reports and books that occasionally find their way into the black market of Tehran.

Under the rule of Saddam Hussein women were frequently and lawfully raped in custody as a means of punishing their family members, prisoners were placed in acid baths, dismembered, electrocuted and confined in coffin sized boxes for unbearably long periods of time. Women were lawfully beheaded without trials as part of "honor-killings" and children as young as 10-years old were trained to use weapons in the "Saddam Cubs" youth paramilitary organization.

None of Saddam Hussein’s unspeakable cruelties would have ended and none of the great strides toward freedom would have been accomplished without the courage and conviction of President Bush and Vice President Cheney and their administration, our coalition forces allies and the brave soldiers who fought for a free Iraq. All of these people are heroes for ending one of the greatest political and human rights tragedies in recent history, and for helping Iraq become the newest state-member of the Free World.

Today’s free Iraq is a testament to the courage and conviction of both the American and Iraqi people who never gave up and never acquiesced to the cowardice of the detractors who accepted failure.

Honor Freedom and oppose Worldwide Totalitarianism

Today Shapiro head the nationwide movement known as Honor Freedom. The group lists an impressive number of members including libertarian media tycoon Andrew Breitbart, Lt. Col. Robert ’Buzz’ Patterson USAF and Bradley A. Blakeman.

From their website:

President Bush was the right leader at the right time. He proudly led us in the aftermath and response to the attacks on America on September 11th, 2001. Although al-Qaeda declared war on America on our own soil in New York City, Bush successfully shifted the battle to our enemies on foreign lands which made us safer on our own.

HONOR FREEDOM is an organized campaign of Americans who want to correct the historical record about President Bush while showing support for oppressed people in totalitarian countries. It is a movement of Americans who want to reach out to one another as a support system in a society where it has become politically incorrect to support traditional American ideals and the cause of freedom.

The website features a Myth busters list which answers critics of the War in Iraq such as Myth #1 "The War in Iraq was an invasion, not a liberation," and Myth # and "President Bush lied about Saddam Hussein having the capability of building weapons of mass destruction" and also the Myth that Hussein had not ties to Al Qaeda.