by Patrick J. BuchananIf there was any doubt North Korea had mastered the capacity to build nuclear bombs, it has been removed. We have clarity. The effect of North Korea's forced entry into the nuclear club, joining the United States, Russia, Britain, China, France, Israel, India and Pakistan, may be as far-reaching as was Moscow's entry in 1949. For Kim Jong-Il now has the ability to smuggle Continue reading...
Losing the Will to Fight
Saturday - October 7, 2006 at 5:24 pm
by Patrick J. BuchananFive years have elapsed since the war on terror began on 9/11. Yet even before nearly 3,000 were killed that day, there had been attacks by Islamic radicals on the World Trade Center, Khobar Towers, our embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, and the USS Cole.U.S. dead in those attacks was fewer than 100. And while the losses were tragic, they may be put in perspective if we Continue reading...
US: More Like France Than You Might Think
Tuesday - October 3, 2006 at 1:26 am
By Patrick J. BuchananWhat a spectacle America at war presents to the world.A former president, red-faced, bawls his rage at Fox News' Chris Wallace, who had asked why he had not shut down bin Laden and Co. in the seven years he had to do it. The president of the United States declaims to a partisan audience in Alabama, "The party of FDR and Harry Truman has become the party of cut and Continue reading...
Consult America Before Iran War
Tuesday - September 26, 2006 at 10:10 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan"To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war."So Winston Churchill is widely quoted. Those words, however, were spoken in 1954, decades after Churchill's voice had been the most bellicose for war in 1914 and 1939, the wars that bled and broke his beloved empire.Yet, Churchill's quote frames well the main question on the mind of Washington, D.C.: Will President Continue reading...
Diminishing Options: Defeat Possible in Iraq and Afghanistan
Friday - September 15, 2006 at 10:47 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan"Whatever mistakes have been made in Iraq, the worst mistake would be to think that if we pulled out, the terrorists would leave us alone. They will not leave us alone. They will follow us. The safety of America depends on the outcome of the battle in the streets of Baghdad."President Bush, speaking on 9/11, had a point. Even some who believe the invasion of Iraq to Continue reading...
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