By Patrick J. Buchanan The president’s request for the authorization to use military force against the Islamic State has landed in a Congress as divided as the country. That division was mirrored in the disparate receptions Obama’s resolution received from The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. To the Times, Obama’s AUMF is […]
13 February 2015 
Votes: 5.00 Stars!
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The Ultimate Enemy of ISIS
Friday - February 13, 2015 at 12:02 am
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27 January 2015 
Votes: 5.00 Stars!
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The Persians Are Coming!
Tuesday - January 27, 2015 at 3:13 am
Votes: 5.00 Stars!Loading...By Patrick J. Buchanan “The Iranians are on the march,” warned John McCain Sunday. “Iran is building a new Persian Empire,” echoed Col. Ralph Peters. So alarmed is Speaker Boehner, he invited Bibi Netanyahu to come and challenge U.S. policy toward Iran from the same podium where the president delivered his State of the Union […]
Against Terrorism — But for What?
Friday - January 23, 2015 at 3:07 am
Votes: 5.00 Stars!Loading...By Patrick J. Buchanan Following the Charlie Hebdo massacre, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said that France “is at war with terrorism, jihadism and radical Islamism.” This tells us what France is fighting against. But what is France fighting for in this war on terror? For terrorism is simply a tactic, and arguably the most effective […]
16 January 2015 
Votes: 5.00 Stars!
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To Die for Charlie Hebdo?
Friday - January 16, 2015 at 1:17 am
Votes: 5.00 Stars!Loading...By Patrick J. Buchanan “I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it.” That maxim of Voltaire was among those most invoked by the marching millions in Sunday’s mammoth “Je Suis Charlie” rally in Paris. This week, in the spirit of Voltaire, French […]
13 January 2015 
Votes: 5.00 Stars!
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A Triumph of Terrorism
Tuesday - January 13, 2015 at 2:31 am
Votes: 5.00 Stars!Loading...By Patrick J. Buchanan Western media are declaring the million-man march in Paris, where world leaders paraded down Boulevard Voltaire in solidarity with France, a victory over terrorism. Isn’t it pretty to think so. Unfortunately, the massacre at Charlie Hebdo, its military-style execution, the escape of the assassins, and their blazing end in a shootout […]
16 December 2014 
Votes: 5.00 Stars!
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The Rise of Putinism
Tuesday - December 16, 2014 at 2:51 am
Votes: 5.00 Stars!Loading...By Patrick J. Buchanan “Abe tightens grip on power as Japanese shun election.” So ran the page one headline of the Financial Times on the victory of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Sunday’s elections. Abe is the most nationalistic leader of postwar Japan. He is rebooting nuclear power, building up Japan’s military, asserting her rights […]
18 November 2014 
Votes: 4.67 Stars!
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Did We Vote for War?
Tuesday - November 18, 2014 at 2:15 am
Votes: 4.67 Stars!Loading...By Patrick J. Buchanan “How do you like the Journal’s war?” So boasted the headline of William Randolph Hearst’s New York flagship that week in 1898 that the United States declared war on Spain. While Hearst’s Journal, in a circulation battle with Joe Pulitzer’s World, was a warmongering sheet, it did not start the war. […]
