Posted on 09/04/2009 2:31:12 PM PDT by lizol
Wow: I Never Thought Pat Buchanan Was This Stupid
I've always had respect for Pat Buchanan on an intellectual level, even though I've long suspected his justifiable hatred for the Soviet Union clouded his ability to see World War II clearly. But this is too much:
"Hitler had never wanted war with Poland, but an alliance with Poland such as he had with Francisco Franco's Spain, Mussolini's Italy, Miklos Horthy's Hungary and Father Jozef Tiso's Slovakia".
Buchanan seems to know Hitler's mind better than Hiler.
Hitler in Mein Kampf, Vol. 2, Ch. 14:
"Therefore we National Socialists have purposely drawn a line through the line of conduct followed by pre-War Germany in foreign policy. We put an end to the perpetual Germanic march towards the South and West of Europe and turn our eyes towards the lands of the East. We finally put a stop to the colonial and trade policy of pre-War times and pass over to the territorial policy of the future..."
The future goal of our foreign policy ought not to involve an orientation to the East or the West, but it ought to be an Eastern policy which will have in view the acquisition of such territory as is necessary for our German people.
The last time I checked Poland was due East of Germany. But that's just me and maybe my maps are different than Pat Buchanan's?
What's also odd is that Buchanan seems to forget that the very first thing Hitler did after consolidating his victory in Poland was to encourage migration of Germans to Poland. Exactly in line with his stated intent of gaining "liebensraum" or living space for Germans.
Of course Buchanan is right when he argues that Germany never wanted to conquer the world. We would not, as some claim, be speaking German now had we not entered WWII against Germany.
But did Hitler intend to invade, destroy, occupy, and then colonize the Polish state? Absolutely! Danzig was simply an excuse for the larger cause of lebensraum.
And then on to the Soviet states.
All of Eastern Europe would have been speaking German. Which is why so much of Mein Kampf is spent pining for the good old days of the Tutonic Knights conquering the East.
And while I think it is an interesting counter factual argument whether or not the Soviets and the Nazis would have annihilated each other had we not entered the war it remains a fact that Hitler declared war on us.
He does work for MSBHO, and that alone qualifies him as stupid.
Pat Buchanan rhetoric borders on antisemitism. Plain and simple.
Buchanan is a historical ignoramus, writing his-story as he wishes it was (but for that evil Winston Churchill) rather than it actually was.
Didn’t Pat Buchanan work in Gerald Ford’s administration as an advisor?
He’s not stupid: he’s nuts. It could be age-related.
He seems to have really gone down hill the last couple of years.
Buchanan went off the deep end a long time ago.
The media use him as their pet conservative because, first, he attacks Republicans pretty reliably, and secondly, because he is has become an apologist for war-time Germany. That fits with their usual attempts to pain conservatives as Nazis.
Double play.
I would not be surprised to hear that his family is looking for a nice, comfortable nut house for him.
“liebensraum”
Ah, those German brothels.
sorry, thats “paint conservatives”. I’m getting fumbly in my old age.
You mean the same Gerald Ford who didn't think the Soviets dominated Poland?
He’s always been peculiar, but more recently he’s made no sense at all.
He went from Noodle through Goofball to Utterly Bats. Sad, really. I’ve always thought he’s cute. I got a liberal ex-boyfriend on Pat’s campaign mailing list once, and he got stuff for *years*.
Third, he hates Israel.
Pat Buchanan - a mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Bingo. ;-)
Need I say more?
Borders?
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