By Patrick J. Buchanan - The Financial TimesTriumphant in the first Gulf war, George H.W. Bush, in October 1991, went before the UN to declare that the US’s goal was now to build a “New World Order”.Rejecting this as Wilsonian utopianism, my 1992 presidential campaign called for an end to US military intervention where no vital interest was imperilled, for federal action to secure Continue reading...
Marco Rubio vs. Rand Paul
By Patrick J. BuchananIn August 2008, as the world's leaders gathered in Beijing for the Olympic games, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, hot-headed and erratic, made his gamble for greatness.It began with a stunning artillery barrage on Tskhinvali, capital of tiny South Ossetia, a province that had broken free of Tbilisi when Tbilisi broke free of Russia. As Ossetians and Russian Continue reading...
Why Are We Baiting the Bear?
By Patrick J. BuchananIs the Senate trying to reignite the Cold War?If so, it is going about it the right way.Before departing for a five-week vacation, the Senate voted to declare Abkhazia and South Ossetia to be provinces of Georgia illegally occupied by Russian troops who must get out and return to Russia.The Senate voice vote was unanimous.What is wrong with Senate Continue reading...
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