Infantile Conservatism

Infantile Conservatism

by Patrick J. BuchananRegularly now, The Washington Post, as always concerned with fairness and balance, runs a blog called “Right Turn: Jennifer Rubin’s Take From a Conservative Perspective.”The blog tells us what the Post regards as conservatism.On Monday, Rubin declared that America’s “greatest national security threat is Iran.” Do conservatives really believe Continue reading...

Is a Nuclear Deal With Iran Possible?

Is a Nuclear Deal With Iran Possible?

By Patrick J. BuchananIn diplomacy, always leave your adversary an honorable avenue of retreat.Fifty years ago this October, to resolve a Cuban missile crisis that had brought us to the brink of nuclear war, JFK did that.He conveyed to Nikita Khrushchev, secretly, that if the Soviet Union pulled its nuclear missiles out of Cuba, the United States would soon after pull its Jupiter Continue reading...

‘The Most Dangerous Man in the World’?

By Patrick J. Buchanan U.S. newspapers this fall will devote countless column inches and network TV will set aside endless hours to revisiting the most perilous month in the history of the republic, if not of the world.Nikita Khrushchev's decision to secretly install nuclear-armed intermediate-range ballistic missiles in Cuba began to form in his mind sometime earlier, perhaps in April of Continue reading...

Who Lost the Middle East?

By Patrick J. BuchananUneasy lies the head that wears a crown, especially today in the Maghreb and Middle East.For the ouster of Tunisia's Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has sent shock waves from Rabat to Riyadh. Autocrats, emirs and kings have to be asking themselves: If rioters can bring down Ben Ali with his ruthless security forces, what prevents this from happening here?Millions of Continue reading...

Nuclear Poker with Iran

By Patrick J. BuchananOn 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...