by Patrick J. Buchanan – June 10, 2002

President Bush is engaged in feverish diplomacy to stop an India-Pakistan war. He is mulling over an “American Plan” to end the Israeli-Palestinian war. And he has just sent his secretary of defense to NATO to line up allies to launch an American-Iraqi war.

Am I the only one that sees a small contradiction here?

The president’s men say only a war on Iraq and Saddam’s end can remove the threat of terror against us. Sharon says only the destruction of Arafat can end the threat of terror against Israel. Vajpayee says only the destruction of terrorist camps on Pakistan’s side of the Line of Control can end the threat of terror against India.