by Patrick J. BuchananIn August, the Georgian navy seized a Turkish tanker carrying fuel to Abkhazia, Georgia's former province whose declaration of independence a year ago is recognized by Russia but not the West. Continue reading...
Black Sea Wars
Tuesday - September 22, 2009 at 8:43 am
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Abkhazia, Barack Obama, Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, NATO, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Victor Yushchenko, War
Obama at the Rubicon
Tuesday - September 8, 2009 at 11:50 pm
by Patrick J. BuchananIf the aphorism holds -- the guerrilla wins if he does not lose -- the Taliban are winning and America is losing the war in Afghanistan.Well into the eighth year of war, the Taliban are more numerous than ever, inflicting more casualties than ever, operating in more provinces than ever and controlling more territory than ever. And their tactics are more sophisticated. Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Afghanistan, al-Qaida, Barack Obama, Lyndon B. Johnson, NATO, Taliban, Vietnam, War
Unwinnable War?
Friday - August 14, 2009 at 1:32 am
by Patrick J. Buchanan"Taliban Are Winning: U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Warns of Rising Casualties." Thus ran the startling headline on the front-page of The Wall Street Journal. The lead paragraph ran thus:"The Taliban have gained the upper hand in Afghanistan, the top American commander there said, forcing the U.S. to change its strategy in the eight-year-old conflict by increasing the Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, NATO, War
Tell Israel: Cool the Jets
Friday - July 31, 2009 at 1:37 am
by Patrick J. Buchanan July 31, 2009Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, who is wired into the cabinet of "Bibi" Netanyahu, warns that if Iran's nuclear program is not aborted by December, Israel will strike to obliterate it.Defense Secretary Gates' mission to Israel this week, says Bolton, to relay Obama's red light, was listened to attentively, but will not be decisive.Israel will Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Barack Obama, Bibi Netanyahu, Iran, Israel, Joe Biden, War
Has Obama’s Luck Run Out?
Friday - July 24, 2009 at 12:06 am
by Patrick J. Buchanan"The sound alone was worth the $24 billion!"So said fellow Nixon speechwriter Ray Price as the mighty Saturn V rocket lifted Apollo 11 and Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins off the launch pad, three miles away, on the start of their voyage to the moon.It was a splendid moment in that first year of the Nixon presidency, a year that had gone remarkably well for a Continue reading...
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, NATO, Pakistan, Richard M. Nixon, War
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