By Patrick J. Buchanan

In August 2008, as the world’s leaders gathered in Beijing for the Olympic games, Georgian President , hot-headed and erratic, made his gamble for greatness.

It began with a stunning artillery barrage on Tskhinvali, capital of tiny South Ossetia, a province that had broken free of Tbilisi when Tbilisi broke free of . As Ossetians and Russian peacekeepers fell under the Georgian guns, terrified Ossetians fled into .

By Patrick J. Buchanan

Friday, thousands in Moscow, giving Nazi salutes and carrying placards declaring, “ for the Russians!” marched through the city shouting racial slurs against peoples from the Caucasus.

In Nigeria, Boko Haram, which is Hausa for “Western education is sacrilege,” massacred 63 people in a terror campaign to bring about sharia law. Seven churches were bombed.

Sunday, The New York Times reported that Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan are suffering “horrific abuse” following last year’s pogrom.

By Patrick J. Buchanan

On Oct. 31, the U.N. Fund marks the arrival of the 7 billionth person on Earth and raises the estimate for the planet at mid-century to 9.3 billion people.

There is a possibility, says the United Nations, that, by century’s end, world may reach 15 billion. What does this mean for Western civilization?

By Patrick J. Buchanan

Is the Senate trying to reignite the Cold ?

If so, it is going about it the right way.

Before departing for a five-week vacation, the Senate voted to declare Abkhazia and South Ossetia to be provinces of illegally occupied by Russian troops who must get out and return to .

The Senate voice vote was unanimous.

What is wrong with Senate Resolution 175?

By Patrick J. Buchanan

Before Republican senators vote down the strategic arms reduction treaty negotiated by the Obama administration, they should think long and hard about the consequences.

In substance, New START has none of the historic significance of Richard Nixon’s SALT I or ABM treaty, or Jimmy Carter’s SALT II, or Ronald Reagan’s INF treaty removing all intermediate-range missiles from , or the strategic arms reductions treaties negotiated by George Bush I and Bush II.

By Patrick J. Buchanan

On New Year’s Day, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki issued an ultimatum to the West: Accept a swap of part of our 2 ton stockpile of low-enriched uranium for your higher-enriched uranium for our U.S.-built reactor, or we start enriching to 20 percent ourselves.

By Patrick J. Buchanan

“This state visit is … a terrible mistake,” said Rep. Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.

by Patrick J. Buchanan

“Sometimes party loyalty asks too much,” said JFK.

For , party loyalty in New York’s 23rd congressional district asks too much. Going rogue, Palin endorsed Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman over Republican Dede Scozzafava.

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