Will Bibi Break Obama?

Friday - March 2, 2012 at 1:31 am

By Patrick J. BuchananThe prime minister of Israel is angry with Barack Obama and is coming here to force a hardening of U.S. policy toward Iran."Bibi" Netanyahu had his anger on display at a meeting in Israel with Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham.McCain emerged saying he had never seen an Israeli prime minister "that unhappy." "He was angry," said McCain. "I've never seen Continue reading...

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For What, All These Wars?

Tuesday - February 28, 2012 at 1:10 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan"I wish to express my deep regret for the reported incident. ... I extend to you and the Afghan people my sincere apologies."As President Obama sent this letter of apology to Hamid Karzai for the burning by U.S. troops of Qurans that were used to smuggle notes between Afghan prisoners, two U.S. soldiers were murdered in reprisal.Saturday, a U.S. colonel and a Continue reading...

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On to Tehran — or Is It Damascus?

Tuesday - February 14, 2012 at 1:39 am

By Patrick J. BuchananOur War Party has been temporarily diverted from its clamor for war on Iran by the insurrection against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad.Estimates of the dead since the Syrian uprising began a year ago approach 6,000. And responsibility for the carnage is being laid at the feet of the president who succeeded his dictator-father Hafez al-Assad, who ruled from 1971 Continue reading...

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Who Wants War With Iran?

Tuesday - February 7, 2012 at 3:19 am

By Patrick J. BuchananAppearing alongside CIA Director David Petraeus before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence last week, James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, said of Iran:"We don't believe they've actually made the decision to go ahead with a nuclear weapon."Before the hearing, as James Fallows of The Atlantic reports, Clapper released his "Worldwide Threat Continue reading...

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Who Wants War With Iran?

Friday - January 20, 2012 at 9:49 am

By Patrick J. BuchananOn Sept. 21, 1976, as his car rounded Sheridan Circle on Embassy Row, former Chilean ambassador Orlando Letelier was assassinated by car bomb. Ronni Moffitt, a 25-year-old American women who worked with Letelier at the leftist Institute for Policy Studies, died with him.Michael Townley, an ex-CIA asset in the hire of Chile's intelligence agency, confessed to using Continue reading...

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