I am surprised this goes without comment.
I think neoconservativism is an astounding success and Pat's worldview has been a perpetual failure.
We are talkng about a man who is not sure about fighting WWII.
Say it's not so.
Still, I will vote for politicians who believe in less spending, less government et al.
If they aren't on the ballot I will not vote.
I think Mr. Buchanan is completely wrong about the war against Muslim jihadists, but your characterization of his comments about WWII is also wrong. He had no doubts about the need to fight WWII after Pearl Harbor. His difference with many people about WWII was whether any purpose was served in Britain and France promising to defend Poland when neither country had the resources to do so. His point was that more of the Polish people might have survived if Poland had tried to negotiate an early surrender instead of trying to resist while believing that either Britain or France could give meaningful assistance.
I don't know whether that hopeless promise to defend Poland was a good idea, so I'm not necessarily supporting his position on that issue. Mr. Buchanan was right about the Kosovo War in 1999. The Albanians were and are closely associated with Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda and other Muslim jihadists have been our enemies for 30 years. We were foolish to become involved in that war and particularly to become involved on the side of the Muslim jihadists. I don't have a problem with projecting American power to help secure our country. I fully support President Bush's efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq, but he and other "neo-cons" were wrong about Kosovo.
Bill