Being America First does not mean financially supporting Hamas or kissing Hezbollah’s behind. Pat suppports this. He’s is an appeaser first and foremost.
What you appear to be referring to is when the US supported free elections and it blew up in our face when they went for Hamas or Hezbollah.
All Buchanan was saying is we can't change the rules just because we don't like the outcome. Before we run around the world extolling the virtues of democracy, we better take a good look at who the electorate would be.