Posted on 09/18/2001 6:41:29 AM PDT by Pokey78
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:19 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
As the twin towers of the World Trade Center came down in flames, taking 5,000 Americans with them, an unserious era in U.S. history came to an end. "All is changed, changed utterly," wrote poet W.B. Yeats. President Bush has now received full authority to wage war against all who abetted the slaughter. It must be done. Our American family cannot permit the mass murder of our brothers and sisters to go unpunished. But as the president directs the moral outrage of his wounded nation, he will need the wisdom of Solomon.
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The authentic voice of "Mr. Two Percent" showing yet again why he and his kook supporters have been totally marginalized in the world of politics.
No American interest, huh? An armed, fanatical group of people determined to bring down our entire country and way of life doesn't qualify, I guess.
What a yutz.
In his intervention in Lebanon's civil war, President Reagan made a rare blunder. But when our Marines were massacred, he did not send a mighty army to avenge them. He used U.S. power to exact a price, then extricated us from that war. There is no vital American interest at risk in all these religious, territorial and tribal wars from Algeria to Afghanistan. Let us pay back those who did this, then let us extricate ourselves. Either America finds an exit strategy from empire, or we lose our republic.
We are not "empire building" in the Middle East. We have vital, national interests in that part of the world because we get most of our oil from there. We also have an interest in supporting democracy wherever it tries to establish itself.
Islamic terrorists are at war with us and everything we believe in. It's a matter of national interest and self-preservation. We have no intent or desire to establish an American "empire," as Pat constantly proclaims.
In short, he's wrong from the beginning. Sounds like a good title for his next book.
It may help to engage your brain when you read - you'll realize that Buchanan didn't say what you suggest. There appear to be a number of Bush fanaticals on this thread - the combined brain power is underwhelming.
Pat Buchanan ceased being interestig a long time ago.
So it is your contention that if we now withdraw from the Middle East and "take no sides" in the conflict there that we will never be a target of a terrorist act again?
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