by Patrick J. Buchanan - November 28, 2006 PARIS – Whoever poisoned Alexander Litvinenko had two goals: a long and lingering death for the KGB defector and pointing a finger of accusation for his killing right in the face of Vladimir Putin. Which leads me to believe Putin had nothing to do with it. In an assassination, one must ask: Cui bono? To whose benefit? Who would gain from the poisoning Continue reading...
Befuddled Superpower
Tuesday - November 21, 2006 at 12:31 am
by Patrick J. Buchanan - November 21, 2006 "For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?" On reading the Washington Post story by Robin Wright, "Bush Initiates Iraq Policy Review Separate from Baker's Group," about a new internal review of U.S. war policy, St. Paul's words return to mind. Here we are, longer in this war in Mesopotamia than America fought in Continue reading...
W’s Amnesty Train Full Speed Ahead?
Thursday - November 16, 2006 at 12:01 pm
by Patrick J. Buchanan - November 16, 2006 With the resignation of Republican National Committee Chair Ken Mehlman, President Bush intends to fill the post with Florida's Mel Martinez, a Hispanic who led the battle in the U.S. Senate for amnesty for illegal aliens. "Martinez is going to lead the fight for amnesty that Bush could not win when Republicans controlled the Congress," one angry RNC Continue reading...
Looking for the Exit Ramp
Tuesday - November 14, 2006 at 2:34 am
by Patrick J. Buchanan It appears the Beltway bombing halt agreed upon at the Bush-Pelosi summit is over. The incoming chairmen of the Senate's armed services and foreign affairs committees, Carl Levin and Joe Biden – and Majority Leader Harry Reid – say a phased withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq will be their first priority. Troop redeployment, says Reid, "should start within the next few Continue reading...
Are More ‘Thumpings’ Needed?
Friday - November 10, 2006 at 9:02 pm
by Patrick J. Buchanan While the losses were not large for the sixth year of a sitting president – a net of six Senate seats and 30-odd House seats – the significance of Nov. 7 is huge and the consequences will be historic. But it is crucial to sift out what the nation was saying and what it was not saying. Nov. 7 was a referendum on George Bush, the Iraq war and the Republican Party, and, Continue reading...
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