Is Iran Running a Bluff?

Tuesday - February 16, 2010 at 12:34 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan Did Robert Gibbs let the cat out of the bag? Last week, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the world that Iran, unable to get fuel rods from the West for its U.S.-built reactor, which makes medical isotopes, had begun to enrich its own uranium to 20 percent. Continue reading...

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Will Obama Play the War Card?

Friday - February 5, 2010 at 12:11 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan Republicans already counting the seats they will pick up this fall should keep in mind Obama has a big card yet to play. Should the president declare he has gone the last mile for a negotiated end to Iran's nuclear program and impose the "crippling" sanctions he promised in 2008, America would be on an escalator to confrontation that could lead straight to war. And Continue reading...

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Nuclear Poker with Iran

Tuesday - January 5, 2010 at 12:54 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan On New Year's Day, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki issued an ultimatum to the West: Accept a swap of part of our 2 ton stockpile of low-enriched uranium for your higher-enriched uranium for our U.S.-built reactor, or we start enriching to 20 percent ourselves. Continue reading...

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Our Pushover President

Tuesday - November 24, 2009 at 12:21 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan "This state visit is ... a terrible mistake," said Rep. Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. Continue reading...

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The Fruits of Intervention

Friday - October 30, 2009 at 12:58 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan If we had it to do over, would we send an army into Afghanistan to build a nation? Would we invade Iraq? While these two wars have cost 5,200 dead, a trillion dollars and a divided America facing an endless war, what have we won? Continue reading...

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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...

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Bitter Fruits of Mideast Wars

Friday - October 2, 2009 at 1:06 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan Impending today are two of the most critical decisions Barack Obama will ever make, which may determine the fate of his presidency, as well as the future of the United States in the Near and Middle East. Continue reading...

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