By Patrick J. Buchanan Will the neocons who tutored George W. Bush in the ideology he pursued to the ruin of his presidency do the same for Sarah Palin? Should they succeed, they will destroy her. Yet, they are moving even now to capture this princess of the right and hope of the party. In St. Paul, Palin was told to cancel a meeting with Phyllis Schlafly and pro-life conservatives. Continue reading...
Pushing Russia Into the Cold
Tuesday - August 26, 2008 at 10:08 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan A year after taking power, in June 1934, Adolf Hitler made his first visit abroad -- to his idol Benito Mussolini in Venice. Babbling on incessantly about "Mein Kampf "and the Negroid strain in Mediterranean peoples, the Fuhrer made a dismal impression. "What a clown this Hitler is," Mussolini told an aide. Two weeks later, Hitler executed the Roehm purge and Continue reading...
Who Started Cold War II?
Tuesday - August 19, 2008 at 12:36 am
by Patrick J. Buchanan The American people should be eternally grateful to Old Europe for having spiked the Bush-McCain plan to bring Georgia into NATO. Had Georgia been in NATO when Mikheil Saakashvili invaded South Ossetia, we would be eyeball to eyeball with Russia, facing war in the Caucasus, where Moscow's superiority is as great as U.S. superiority in the Caribbean during the Cuban missile Continue reading...
Blowback from Bear Baiting
Friday - August 15, 2008 at 10:09 am
By Patrick Buchanan Mikheil Saakashvili's decision to use the opening of the Olympic Games to cover Georgia's invasion of its breakaway province of South Ossetia must rank in stupidity with Gamal Abdel-Nasser's decision to close the Straits of Tiran to Israeli ships. Nasser's blunder cost him the Sinai in the Six-Day War. Saakashvili's blunder probably means permanent loss of South Ossetia and Continue reading...
Honorable Exit From Empire
Friday - July 25, 2008 at 2:58 am
by Patrick J. Buchanan As any military historian will testify, among the most difficult of maneuvers is the strategic retreat. Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, Lee's retreat to Appomattox and MacArthur's retreat from the Yalu come to mind. The British Empire abandoned India in 1947 -- and a Muslim-Hindu bloodbath ensued. France's departure from Indochina was ignominious, and her abandonment of 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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