By Patrick J. Buchanan - October 20, 2001 "Israel controls the Senate," said J. William Fulbright, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, in 1973. "We should be more concerned about the United States' interests." That nothing has changed was evident this weekend. Secretary of State Powell received a letter, instigated by the Israeli lobby and signed by 89 U.S. senators, directing him not Continue reading...
End of an Unserious Decade
Friday - October 19, 2001 at 11:26 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan - October 19, 2001 In September, 1929, “the Roaring Twenties,” “the Era of Wonderful Nonsense,” of sex, booze, and jazz, ended with the stock market crash that began the Great Depression. There followed the “low dishonest decade” of poet W.H. Auden’s depiction, as Western statesmen sought to appease their way to security and peace. On September 11, 2001, Continue reading...
Into the Big Muddy – Again?
Wednesday - October 17, 2001 at 11:24 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan - October 17, 2001 A month after the massacres, and the ugly scenes of Arabs and Moslems cheering the wounding of America, millions are still asking the question: What did we do that they should hate us so? Last week, the president professed himself "amazed" to "see that in some Islamic countries there is vitriolic hatred of America." "I'm amazed that there's such Continue reading...
Why the War Party May Fail
Tuesday - October 16, 2001 at 12:08 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan - October 16, 2001 Nov. 13 was a good day for America and a great day for George W. Bush. Kabul fell, the Taliban were suddenly on the run, and the president's men and U.S. armed forces seemed to have engineered a brilliant victory without the loss of a single American in combat. A surge of national confidence sent the Dow soaring, and the NASDAQ rose 3 percent. Bush's Continue reading...
Whose War Is This?
Friday - September 28, 2001 at 11:20 pm
by Patrick J. Buchanan - September 28, 2001 In his resolve to hunt down and kill the Osama bin Laden terrorists he says committed the Sept. 11 massacres, President Bush has behind him a nation more unified than it has been since Pearl Harbor. But now Bush has been put on notice that this war cannot end with the head of bin Laden and the overthrow of the Taliban. The shot across Bush's bow Continue reading...
U.S. Pays the High Price of Empire
Thursday - September 20, 2001 at 11:13 pm
By Patrick J. Buchanan - September 20, 2001 As the twin towers of the World Trade Center came down in flames, taking 5,000 Americans with them, an unserious era in U.S. history came to an end. "All is changed, changed utterly," wrote poet W.B. Yeats. President Bush has now received full authority to wage war against all who abetted the slaughter. It must be done. Our American family cannot Continue reading...
Pat Buchanan Answers Questions on Foreign Policy
Thursday - December 16, 1999 at 9:33 pm
by Patrick J. Buchanan - December 16, 1999 Center for Strategic and International Studies Washington, DC Are sanctions ever justified? I've told folks I was out at the "battle of Seattle" for four or five days disguised as a sea turtle. And after it was over, I went down to Portland for a gathering there, and I went down to my favorite bookstore, Powell's, and got out a book called "The Continue reading...
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