By Patrick J. Buchanan"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction" is Newton's third law of physics.Its counterpart in geopolitics is "blowback," when military action in one sphere produces an unintended and undesirable consequence in another.September 11, 2001, was blowback.George H.W. Bush had sent an army of half a million to hurl Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait, a Continue reading...
15 January 2013 
Is Obama Shaping a New Majority
Tuesday - January 15, 2013 at 1:06 am
By Patrick J. BuchananIn the 20th century, only two presidents shaped new governing coalitions that outlasted them. They were the only two men to appear on five national tickets.The first was FDR, who rang down the curtain in 1932 on the seven decades of Republican hegemony since Abraham Lincoln that had seen only two Democrats in the White House. And Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson Continue reading...
16 November 2012 
Who Fed Susan the Benghazi Bullhockey?
Friday - November 16, 2012 at 1:48 am
By Patrick J. BuchananAt his news conference Wednesday, President Barack Obama postured as the young Galahad striding out onto the schoolyard to stop a pair of bullies from beating up a girl.Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham had charged U.N. Amb. Susan Rice with misleading the nation when, five days after the Benghazi attack in which Amb. Chris Stevens and three other Americans were Continue reading...
2 November 2012 
The Smoking Gun of the Benghazi Cover-up
Friday - November 2, 2012 at 1:14 am
By Patrick J. BuchananOn June 6 of this year, a bomb planted at the U.S. compound in Benghazi ripped a 12-foot-wide hole in the outer wall.On June 11, the British ambassador's motorcade was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, wounding a medic and doctor. The next day, the ambassador was gone and the British Benghazi post was closed.At the same time, the Red Cross, after a second attack, Continue reading...
16 October 2012 
Behind the Benghazi Cover-Up
Tuesday - October 16, 2012 at 3:20 am
By Patrick J. BuchananOn Sept. 11, scores of men with automatic weapons and RPGs launched a night assault on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and set the building ablaze. Using mortars, they launched a collateral attack on a safe house, killing two more Americans, as other U.S. agents fled to the airport.On Sept. 14, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Continue reading...
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