By Patrick J. Buchanan"The situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating," said President Obama, as he announced deployment of 17,000 more U.S. troops."I'm absolutely convinced that you cannot solve the problem of Afghanistan, the Taliban, the spread of extremism in that region, solely through military means.""(T)here is no military solution in Afghanistan," says Secretary of Defense Continue reading...
The Long Retreat
Friday - February 20, 2009 at 12:25 am
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Economy, George Bush, Hugo Chavez, Iraq, Latin America, NATO, Russia, Venezuela
Metrics of National Decline
Tuesday - February 17, 2009 at 12:30 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan"Bush Boom Continues" trilled the headline over the Lawrence Kudlow column, as George W. Bush closed out his seventh year in office."You can call it Goldilocks 2.0," purred Kudlow.Yes, you could. But what a difference 12 months can make.Final returns are now in on the eight years of George Bush. Charles McMillion of MBG Information Services has crunched the Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Barack Obama, Economy, Jobs, Trade
Obama and the Great Game
Friday - February 13, 2009 at 2:25 am
By Patrick J. BuchananThe 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...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Afghanistan, al-Qaida, Barack Obama, Bibi Netanyahu, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, War
‘Buy American’ — or Bye-Bye America
Tuesday - February 10, 2009 at 2:05 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan"British jobs for British workers!" thundered Gordon Brown, as he emerged from the shadow of Tony Blair to become prime minister.His populist sloganeering has now come back to bite him.Across Britain, thousands laid down tools in wildcat strikes in solidarity with a walkout from a French-owned oil refinery in North Killinghome -- to protest a $300 million contract Continue reading...
Democrats’ New Deal: This is It?
Tuesday - February 3, 2009 at 10:27 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste," sayeth Rahm.Opportunistic and cynical, yes. But also savvy political counsel that transformational presidents have always followed.FDR exploited the Depression to launch his New Deal, bring an end to a Republican hegemony of seven decades and make Democrats the majority party, until Richard Nixon picked the Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Barack Obama, Economy
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