It’s pretty clear that he said nothing shocking:
“During the Cold War, with due respect, the Soviet Union had thousands of weapons that could have destroyed us in an afternoon,” he cautioned. “And we could have done the same thing.”
“I was around during the Cuban missile crisis. I was genuinely terrified. But Iran doesn’t frighten me and I don’t think it should frighten the American people. They don’t have a bomb. They haven’t made a decision to build one. They didn’t have the means to deliver one, and the Israelis have 300 atomic bombs. I mean, who presents the existential threat to whom?”
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/22/buchanan-who-is-a-bigger-threat-iran-or-israel/#ixzz21sbw0I6v
I’m not really concerned about his feelings on Israel and Iran. The simple fact is that the GOP is in real danger and we’re busy inviting democrats to come feed on the corpse.
There is a fundamental difference between the Soviet Union and Iran.
The Soviet build a very large nuclear arsenal, but their leadership understood that using it was suicide and would result in total annihilation.
Iran’s leadership comprises a group of extreme fanatical Muslims who believe that their messianic times have arrived.
Iran has made preparations for the coming of the Mahdi, the 12th Imam of Shi’ite lore, which has emphasized martyrdom since the 7th century.
It’s entirely possible that the Iranian leadership might decide that it is preferable to die as martyrs than share the world with the Great Satan, the United States.
Buchanan is anti-semitic. Farrakhan praised him for some of the hateful things he said about Israel.
do you really think Israel is going to nuke the US?