Pat Buchanan: Might the Arabs Have a Point?

The American Conservative ^ | 16 January 2006 | Patrick J. Buchanan

[tiredoflaundry]

I was raise a Roman Catholic also and never taught to hate the jews

I was never taught to hate Jewish people either.

[MadIvan]

Machiavelli said there are two ways to get people to respect you; either through love or through fear. Love is possible with people who share common values, namely the civilised world. As the Arabs do not, fear must be applied.

I simply do not care if they like us. I do care if they are afraid of us.

Regards, Ivan

[Prost1]

"I am not convinced that the reason we went to war in Iraq was strictly for oil."

Well, gee, that is nice...

Let me help you...The reason we went to war against Saddam is because he had enormous Oil wealth and was buying favor from the U.N. Admin and Europe.

He exported terroism. He was an enemy to the West. Wealth, power, and indescrimate hatred were the reasons.

Now, look at the map. Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey are all boxed in. Get the picture!

[Wolfstar]

I guess Pat's forgets .. Jesus was a jew also

Jesus was a Jew whose main teaching, above all others, was to love one another, be kind to one another, help one another.

There is only one politician in my lifetime who has made that message a central theme of his term in office: George W. Bush.

[Eagles Talon IV]

A Zogby poll? Gimmee a break!!

[saveliberty]

I was raise a Roman Catholic also and never taught to hate the jews.

I was never taught to hate Jewish people either.

Me either

[TSchmereL]

The Irony!

Pat Buchanan giving a lecture on the importance of understanding why others dislike you!

Oh, the irony!

I wonder if Pat knows that he is generally disliked because he is objectively and functionally anti-Semitic.

[Txsleuth]

Yes....and yesterday when there was the story about the Iranian idiot wanting a summit to discuss whether the Holocaust really happened...

I couldn't figure out who would want to attend something like that...after all of these years..

Pat would probably LOVE to get that assignment for MSNBC.

[savedbygrace]

I couldn't bear to read the whole thing. Is he saying it's our fault Arabs and Muslims believe lies?

[Hildy]

Always a rabid anti-semite...he's finally found his forum. What an embarrassment. I wouldn't be surprised if he's on some Arab payroll somewhere.

[Bahbah]

What do you suppose drove him to hate Jews so much?

I have wondered the same thing. He has a deeply ingrained anti-semitism, that much is clear. It is not his Catholicism. I am a Catholic and am staunchly pro-Israel and if you disassembled me bit by bit looking for an anti-semitic bone, you wouldn't find it. I have no idea why Buchanan is so reflexively anti-Israel.

[Sonny M]

I can't remember who said it (it might have been Caesar for all I can remember): "Let them hate, so long as they fear".

It was Lucius Accius, a roman poet, the quote was later on used by the Emperor Caligula.

I also use the quote (in original latin) as my tagline.

[Bommer]

A Zogby survey of 3,900 Arabs in Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates has uncovered massive distrust of U.S. motives in the Middle East.

A poll of Arab people by an Arab. Geez I wonder how the polling will turn out? Better wait for Al Jezera's poll to make sure its on the up and up!

[Wolfstar]

The nuns where I went to school were tough, no nonsense, maybe mean (from a child's and teenager's perspective). But they did not teach hate. Period.

[thoughtomator]

I'll reserve opinion on this article until I hear what Lenora Fulani has to say.

[tiredoflaundry]

maybe mean (from a child's and teenager's perspective).

They were mean! ;-)

[r9etb]

Sophistry.

IMO, "sophistry" requires that the argument show a degree of cleverness...

[Sir Charles]

There is some truth in every article Pat Buchannan writes, not that I agree with him whole heartedly. It does no good to bury our heads in the sand. If there's some greed and possibly unjustifiable self-interest in the US foreign policy, why not own up to it. I know of no saints in the US government. I approve of the US actions worldwide, but sometimes feel a little hypocritical when the only motive many will accept is altruism.

[Edit35]

A Zogby survey of 3,900 Arabs ... has uncovered massive distrust of U.S. motives in the Middle East.

Well no duh, Pat. I never knew that. You are a friggin genius!!!

[Bahbah]

I feel even more distaste having an ex-presidential candidate...and media whore...PUSHING those poll results as a reason to HATE OUR PRESIDENT AND COUNTRY!!!

And MSNBC has him as the representative of "our side" opposite Peter Fenn.