[2ndDivisionVet]

Buchanan sounds more and more like Keith Olbermann or some ABC/CBS/NBC/NPR/PBS/BBC talking head. Was he ever truly a conservative on foreign policy?

[California Patriot]

Pat was a very strong anti-communist, but he isn’t much of an anti-Islamist.

[IslandJeff]

Joe's call for air strikes follows the GOP debate where several presidential hopefuls did not even rule out the use of tactical atomic weapons to deal with Iran's uranium enrichment program.

These are politicians, however, and bashing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Iran has no political downside. More ominous are the grim words of serious U.S. diplomats and soldiers not usually given to bellicose rhetoric.

Oh, the horror! Defending civilization! Still, this is better than his 1990's blatant anti-semitism. He might be starting to "get it", by virtue of being forced to write several hundred words per week.

[Mr. Mojo]

Relax, Pat. It’s not going to be an occupation & nation building effort. Just a swift ass-kicking — destroy their nuke facilities, (pathetic) military, and lone oil refinery. ....and perhaps send a missle or Ahmadinejad’s way. No need to get all worked up about it.

[goldstategop]

I do think we need to take out Iran. A nuclear bomb could well be used against us. Unlike Pat Buchanan, I remember this is a regime whose philosophy is "Death To America." They have been at war with us since their inception in 1979. We should finish the job President Reagan was too timid to start. Finish off those who bear ill will towards our country.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Asclepius]

What is going on? The most logical explanation is that the White House is providing advance justification for air strikes on camps of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard that are allegedly providing training for and transferring weapons to Afghan and Iraqi insurgents. And if the United States conducts those strikes, Iranians will unite around Ahmadinejad, and Tehran will order retaliatory strikes against U.S. targets in Iraq and perhaps across the Middle East.

Sigh. If only it were so. This presidency is dead; it squandered its base. A hostile congress, a hostile public, the Iraqi situation continuing to worsen--what political support can the president command now? Were he to lead, who would follow?

[roses of sharon]

Yep, the key is to dehumanize your political opponent, which leads to irrational hate, fear, and radicalism.

Pat knows what he is doing, his MSNBC paycheck demands it.

[canuck_conservative]

Since a US attack on Iran would undoubtedly lead to a larger conflict, ie. war - (because what country sits back when attacked?) - doesn’t Bush have to get Congress to declare war on Iran?

That is what the Constitution says, after all. And if the Bush Administration could get evidence to attack Iraq, they should be able to do it for Iran, right?

[nyyankeefan]

pat buchanan should have had the article printed in the original german!!!!

he & his sister are 2 of the most anti-semetic a-holes in the US!!!!!

he does not speak for most and most definitely does not speak for me!!!

[xzins]

In Pat’s house, if he sees an intruder sneaking into his daughter’s room with knife in hand, Pat would give the guy the benefit of the doubt, thinking that the guy probably just wanted a lock of hair.

Then he’d roll over and go to sleep.

[redgolum]

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