by Patrick J. Buchanan "We are at war. We are at war against al-Qaida, a far-reaching network of violence and hatred that attacked us on 9/11, that killed nearly 3,000 innocent people and that is plotting to strike us again." Thus did Barack Obama clear the air as to whether we are at war, and with whom and why. Continue reading...
Why Are They at War With Us?
Tuesday - January 12, 2010 at 1:58 am
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Afghanistan, al-Qaida, Barack Obama, Iraq, Israel, Israel Occupation, Osama Bin Laden, Terrorism
The Real War
Sunday - January 3, 2010 at 11:13 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan Had he not proven incompetent to detonate his lap bomb, Umar Farouk Abdulmullatab would have carried off an air massacre to rival Lockerbie. We would all have ended Christmas day watching TV footage of 300 mangled bodies being picked up around Detroit. Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Afghanistan, al-Qaida, Barack Obama, Terrorist, War
Of Christmas, War and Peace
Saturday - December 26, 2009 at 10:31 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan "And this shall be a sign unto you: You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger. "And suddenly there was with the Angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God, and saying: Glory to God in the highest and on earth, peace to men of good will." Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: 9/11, Afghanistan, al-Qaida, Barack Obama, Christianity, Pakistan, Taliban, War
The American Way of Abandonment
Monday - November 2, 2009 at 11:53 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan When America is about to throw an ally to the wolves, we follow an established ritual. We discover that the man we supported was never really morally fit to be a friend or partner of the United States. Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Afghanistan, al-Qaida, Barack Obama, China, CIA, Hamid Karzai, Henry Kissinger, Japan, John F. Kennedy, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, Vietnam, War
The Generals’ War
Tuesday - October 6, 2009 at 12:13 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan The Pentagon's pre-emptive strike came with the leak of Gen. Stanley McChrystal's confidential review of the Afghan war to Bob Woodward of The Washington Post. McChrystal's painting of the military picture was grim. Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Afghanistan, al-Qaida, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Joe Biden, Pakistan, Pentagon, Taliban, War
To Lose a War
Friday - September 25, 2009 at 12:14 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan While America was consumed this summer with quarrels over town-hall radicals, "death panels", the "public option" and racism's role in the plunging polls of Barack, what happens to health care is not going to change the history of the world. Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: 9/11, Afghanistan, al-Qaida, Barack Obama, Culture War, Military, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, Russia, Taliban, War
Obama at the Rubicon
Tuesday - September 8, 2009 at 11:50 pm
by Patrick J. Buchanan If the aphorism holds -- the guerrilla wins if he does not lose -- the Taliban are winning and America is losing the war in Afghanistan. Well into the eighth year of war, the Taliban are more numerous than ever, inflicting more casualties than ever, operating in more provinces than ever and controlling more territory than ever. And their tactics are more sophisticated. Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Afghanistan, al-Qaida, Barack Obama, Lyndon B. Johnson, NATO, Taliban, Vietnam, War
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