Obama and the Great Game

Friday - February 13, 2009 at 2:25 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan The day before Richard Holbrooke arrived in Kabul, eight suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the Justice and Education ministries, killing 26 and wounding 57. Kabul was paralyzed, as the Taliban displayed an ability to wreak havoc within a hundred yards of the presidential palace. The assault came as President Obama is both conducting a strategic review and deciding Continue reading...

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Obama’s War

Friday - December 19, 2008 at 1:16 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan Just two months after the twin towers fell, the armies of the Northern Alliance marched into Kabul. The Taliban fled. The triumph was total in the "splendid little war" that had cost one U.S. casualty. Or so it seemed. Yet, last month, the war against the Taliban entered its eighth year, the second longest war in our history, and America and NATO have never been nearer Continue reading...

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Can This Marriage Last?

Friday - December 5, 2008 at 1:41 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan Having savaged each other for a year, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have now formed a rare partnership in power. Not since James Garfield chose James G. Blaine has a new president chosen his principal rival to be secretary of state. What does this tell us? First, don't take campaign oratory all that seriously. Second, unlike Dennis Kucinich, Ted Kennedy, Ron Continue reading...

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Of Generals and Victories

Tuesday - October 7, 2008 at 12:06 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan "(O)nce war is forced upon us, there is no other alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. "War's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. "In war there is no substitute for victory." Familiar to every graduate of West Point, the words are from the farewell address of Gen. MacArthur, to Congress on April 19, 1951, after Continue reading...

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Distant Drums at Sarah’s Party

Friday - September 5, 2008 at 10:38 am

by Patrick J. Buchanan ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The American Right has just died and gone to heaven. Last night's convention address by Sarah Palin here in St. Paul has confirmed the bold decision of John McCain to choose the Alaska governor as his co-pilot and united the Republican Party as it has not been since the second term of Ronald Reagan. A wild enthusiasm for Sarah Palin has brought Continue reading...

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Obama’s War?

Tuesday - July 29, 2008 at 12:19 am

by Patrick J. Buchanan "We have to be as careful getting out as we were careless getting in," says Barack Obama of the U.S. war in Iraq. Wise counsel. But is Barack taking his own advice? For he pledges to shift two U.S. combat brigades, 10,000 troops, out of Iraq and into Afghanistan, raising American forces in that country from 33,000 to 43,000. Why does Barack think a surge of 10,000 troops Continue reading...

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Bush’s Failure in Pakistan and the World

Tuesday - November 6, 2007 at 2:03 am

by Patrick J. Buchanan "Inaction at this moment is suicide for Pakistan, and I cannot allow the country to commit suicide." Thus did President Gen. Pervez Musharraf declare a state of emergency and invoke martial law. The Supreme Court has been dismissed, the chief justice put under house arrest. A thousand lawyers and political opponents have been incarcerated. Human rights organizations Continue reading...

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