What War With Iran Means

Friday - April 2, 2010 at 12:39 am

by Patrick J. Buchanan "Diplomacy has failed," Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told AIPAC, "Iran is on the verge of becoming nuclear and we cannot afford that." "We have to contemplate the final option," said Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., "the use of force to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon." War is a "terrible thing," said Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., but "sometimes it is better to go 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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Bring Our Marines Home

Tuesday - February 2, 2010 at 2:11 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan A month after Germany surrendered in May 1945, America's eyes turned to the Far East, where the bloodiest battle of the Pacific war was joined on the island of Okinawa. Continue reading...

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The Real War

Sunday - January 3, 2010 at 11:13 pm

By Patrick J. Buchanan Had he not proven incompetent to detonate his lap bomb, Umar Farouk Abdulmullatab would have carried off an air massacre to rival Lockerbie. We would all have ended Christmas day watching TV footage of 300 mangled bodies being picked up around Detroit. Continue reading...

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Of Christmas, War and Peace

Saturday - December 26, 2009 at 10:31 pm

By Patrick J. Buchanan "And this shall be a sign unto you: You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger. "And suddenly there was with the Angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God, and saying: Glory to God in the highest and on earth, peace to men of good will." Continue reading...

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Obama’s Exit Strategy

Thursday - December 3, 2009 at 11:59 pm

By Patrick J. Buchanan If actions speak louder than words, President Obama is cutting America free of George Bush's wars and coming home. Continue reading...

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Hamlet as War President

Tuesday - December 1, 2009 at 12:11 am

By Patrick J. Buchanan Led by a conflicted president of a divided party and nation, America is deepening her involvement in a war in its ninth year with no end in sight. Continue reading...

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