A good offense? You mean like the air base we have in Saudi Arabia? Didn't seem to keep 15 Saudis from killing 3000 of us in one shot on our own turf with our own airplanes and pilot training. You missed the most important part of the article:
They say we need a Department of Homeland Security. I thought the Defense Department was in charge of homeland security. Apparently it's in charge of empire security.
No, and attacking Iraq it won't keep the next attack from happening either! We must destroy Mecca to do that. Destroy Mecca and radical islam dies. That simple. Buchanan hasn't a clue about islam.