by Patrick J. Buchanan"The American people are weary. They don't want boots on the ground. I don't want boots on the ground. The worst thing the United States could do right now is put boots on the ground in Syria."That was the leading Senate hawk favoring U.S. intervention in Syria's civil war. But by ruling out U.S. ground troops, John McCain was sending, perhaps unintentionally, another Continue reading...
7 May 2013 
Who Are the War Criminals in Syria?
Tuesday - May 7, 2013 at 2:16 am
By Patrick J. BuchananLast week, several polls came out assessing U.S. public opinion on intervention in Syria.According to the Huffington Post poll, Americans oppose U.S. air strikes on Syria by 3-to-1. They oppose sending arms to the rebels by 4-to-1. They oppose putting U.S. ground troops into Syria by 14-to-1. Democrats, Republicans and independents are all against getting involved in Continue reading...
30 April 2013 
Their War, Not Ours
Tuesday - April 30, 2013 at 1:26 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan"The worst mistake of my presidency," said Ronald Reagan of his decision to put Marines into the middle of Lebanon's civil war, where 241 died in a suicide bombing of their barracks.And if Barack Obama plunges into Syria's civil war, it could consume his presidency, even as Iraq consumed the presidency of George W. Bush.Why would Obama even consider Continue reading...
5 April 2013 
Is War With North Korea Inevitable?
Friday - April 5, 2013 at 4:36 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan“If you see 10 troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you,” said Calvin Coolidge, who ever counseled patience over the rash response.Unfortunately, the troubles presented by North Korea’s Kim Jong Un seem unlikely to run into a ditch before they reach us.For Kim has crawled out on a limb. He has Continue reading...
25 March 2013 
Who Killed the New Majority?
Monday - March 25, 2013 at 11:49 pm
By Patrick J. BuchananThe Republican National Committee has produced an "autopsy" on what went wrong in 2012, when the party failed to win the White House and lost seats in Congress.Yet, the crisis of the Grand Old Party goes back much further.First, some history. The Frank Lloyd Wright of the New Majority was Richard Nixon, who picked up the pieces of the party after Goldwater's Continue reading...
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