Posted on 01/16/2006 1:26:24 PM PST by Hal1950
What is so wrong about going to war for a resource our nation requires?
All the posters on this thread nailed Pat. I'd only add that he reminds me of John 'effin Kerry in this sense - Pat brings up that he worked for Nixon with about the same frequency that Kerry brings up the fact that he served in Vietnam. And my reaction is approximately the same in both cases.
Buchanan forgot to take his meds again.
Note to Pat......I DON'T WANT THE PEOPLE OF THOSE COUNTRIES TO LIKE ME!
virtually all media and commentators do, unfortunately,
You may want to ping your list for this one....
Buchanan is out of his mind in relation to Israel....
So let me get this straight. What we need to do is impose sanctions on Israel, and let France and China run the world.
Oh, and we should praise polls designed by the liberal Brookings Institute conducted by our good friend, Zogby.
Thanks for weighing in, Pat.
We know why our nation is hated. It is because we dared address the problem in Iraq directly. People who believe the Iraqi's are worse off today are just not accepting reality. They are buying a media fed line which is the source of 90% of Anti-American hate in the world. How else do you explain liberation being described as invasion and democracy as dangerous?
We have a choice, play the diplomacy game the old way and be tarred and feathered for cavorting with the enemy and making deals with the devil or else we do what needs to be done to produce long standing results rather than relying on the suppression of human interests for temporary diplomatic gains. I think it is better to be tarred and feathered and know you are doing what is right than the alternative of fully deserving every bit of it.
70% of Arabs see Israel as the biggest threat to peace, despite the fact that Arab armies attempted to invade Israel SIX TIMES and despite the fact that Muslim suicide bombers continue to kill innnocents in Israel. Yep, they're sure a threat to peace all right.
Seems to me that's of national interest and security...and what does a nation have a military for if not to provide national security and protect national interests.
This article is pure spin. I am not surprised by the polls...the worlds media hates us, because stupid, factless, bash America rants make people there feel better, and allows foreign governments to hid their corruption, and of course sells papers. It's pretty ridiculous to assume polls in the region would have anything kind to say about the US.
If we announced tomorrow that we were withdrawing our troops from every post around the world and letting the Chinese take over...with the comment that "The Chinese will ensure you have human rights, freedom, and such." I wonder what the worlds reaction would be.
What do you suppose drove him to hate Jews so much? When did he go off the deep end. Was he molested as a child by a Rabbi?
LOL
that's about the way I read it too....
You are what you eat.
I have a love hate relationship with Pat.
I love to hate him.
Seriously, the man is brilliant, but he is also crazy. I really think that.
“Jews turned me into a newt.”
Ahhh yes, Patrick Buchanan. Mr. "Lets build a super wall around America that extends to outerspace and live behind it."" Mr. "If everyone says up, I will say down just to be different." Mr. "Hey, pay attention to me I'm being nuts!!!" Mr. "unless you agree with me 100% you should be impeached." And on and on and on.
If we were living
in 1933, Pat
would be "wondering"
if maybe, somehow,
the Jews really were the root
of Germany's grief . . .
I wonder how we polled in Japan or Germany c. 1943?
Gosh Pat, did Hitler and Tojo have a point?
"Jews turned me into a newt."
Could be worse. Gingrich's parents turned him into a Newt, and he didn't get better!
Actually, if it weren't for the presence of oil, it would make very little difference who dominated the region. Without oil, the Middle East would have an economy similar to that of most of Africa.
They are the original parasitic region of the world. We hand immense sums of money over to them, much of which they use to plot against us.
WE found the oil. WE developed the resource. WE get it to its markets. WE allow them to control it, in allegiance to our own principles, not theirs.
Does anyone seriously think a militarily irresistible Muslim or Arab country would pay infidels gigantic sums for access to a resource necessary to its own economy?
As Clive famously said, I am astonished by our moderation. Yet we get no credit for it whatsoever.
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