By Patrick J. BuchananUnwilling to control its fighters, who fired scores of missiles into Israel at the end of their six-month ceasefire, Hamas gave Israel the provocation it needed to deliver a savage blow to the Palestinian enclave in Gaza.Saturday was the bloodiest day in the history of the Palestinian people since being driven from their homes in the War of 1948. One thousand were Continue reading...
Bush, Obama and the Gaza Blitz
Tuesday - December 30, 2008 at 10:49 am
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George Bush, Hamas, Israel, Palestine
Obama’s War
Friday - December 19, 2008 at 1:16 am
By Patrick J. BuchananJust 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...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, NATO, Pakistan
Wallowing Again
Friday - December 12, 2008 at 1:30 am
by Patrick J. Buchanan"Something is rotten in the state," says Marcellus in "Hamlet."Well, it certainly is in the state of Illinois.Yet, on hearing U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald describe a plot by his governor to sell his Senate seat -- "conduct (that) would make Lincoln roll over in his grave" -- how did reform President Barack Obama respond?"I had no contact with the governor Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Barack Obama, Rod Blagojevich
In Earmarks Lies Salvation?
Tuesday - December 9, 2008 at 1:11 am
By Patrick J. BuchananIn a deepening recession, what does the reasonable man do?Seeing friends laid off, he will get rid of all but essential credit cards, dine at home more often, terminate unnecessary trips to the mall, put off buying a new car, give up the idea of borrowing on the vanishing equity in his house. He will begin to save and start paying down debt.A company that has Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Barack Obama, Economy, Federal Reserve
Can This Marriage Last?
Friday - December 5, 2008 at 1:41 am
By Patrick J. BuchananHaving 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...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Joe Biden, Neocons, Pakistan
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