by Patrick J. Buchanan – July 10, 2002

“We face an entirely new war,” said Gen. MacArthur, as he realized that the hordes of Chinese “volunteers” coming over the Yalu meant Beijing was now intervening massively in the Korean War.

That war would last three more years. And the recent horrors in Afghanistan suggest we may be headed for a wider war.

On Saturday, Vice President Abdul Qadir was assassinated in Kabul in broad daylight. His killers fled in a taxi. Qadir was the highest ranking Pashtun in the government, excepting only President Karzai himself.