By Patrick J. Buchanan - November 2, 2001"The lamps are going out all over Europe. They will not be lit again in our lifetimes," said Sir Edward Grey, as he watched the lamps being lit in St. James Park, the evening of August 3, 1914. At noon, the foreign minister had persuaded Parliament that the German violation of Belgian neutrality meant they must go to war.Grey sensed it was the end Continue reading...
Food Terror and Fast Track
Tuesday - October 30, 2001 at 12:00 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan - October 30, 2001To make the Islamic world hate America, the Taliban may poison food packages the U.S. air-drops to Afghan children. So the Pentagon warned last week. After anthrax, food terror may be the next weapon unleashed. Congress is worried.But if food terror comes to America, it will not be the first such attack. In 1980, the Rajneesh religious cult used Continue reading...
Tracking Down the Enemy Within
Friday - October 26, 2001 at 11:53 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan - October 26, 2001In June 13, 1942, eight trained saboteurs paddled ashore on rafts from Nazi submarines in Florida and Long Island. Carrying fake IDs, explosives and $175,000 in cash, Hitler's agents had come on a mission: Blend into American society and blow up U.S. factories.On Long Island, four were spotted. Two defected and betrayed their comrades. FDR ordered Continue reading...
‘On-to-Baghdad!’ or ‘Stop at Kabul!’?
Tuesday - October 23, 2001 at 11:51 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan - October 23, 2001Neither the Taliban, nor al-Qaida, nor bin Laden is in the bag yet, but the war drums have already begun beating for phase II. If the war hawks have their way, Iraq is next on the target list.Three weeks ago, President Bush was warned in an open letter that his failure to attack Iraq "will constitute an early and perhaps decisive surrender in the Continue reading...
No More Undeclared Wars
Tuesday - October 23, 2001 at 12:21 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan - October 23, 2001FDR "lied us into war because he did not have the political courage to lead us into it," Rep. Clare Luce blurted out in 1944.The target of Luce's accusation was a president who by then had entered the pantheon alongside Lincoln and Washington. FDR's courtiers savaged the lady for maligning the Great Man, but few could credibly deny the truth of Continue reading...
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