Patrick J. Buchanan's Blog, page 163

America's Complicity in Evil

by Paul Craig Roberts – Global Research

As I write at 5pm on Monday, May 31, all day has passed since the early morning reports of the Israeli commando attack on the unarmed ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, and there has been no response from President Obama except to say that he needed to learn [...:]

Loss of Liberty – Israels Deliberate Attack on an American Ship

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On June 8, 1967, Israeli warplanes and torpedo boats launched a ferocious two-hour attack against the USS Liberty, an American intelligence ship operating in the eastern Mediterranean. Of the 294 men aboard the vessel, 34 were killed and 172 were wounded.

For years the survivors kept silent about what [...:]

Turkey PM Erdogan: World Must Punish Israel for Its 'Massacre' on Gaza Aid Flotilla

By Barak Ravid – Haaretz – Israel

UPDATE: Egypt opens Rafah crossing amid a storm of international criticism of Israel's blockade of the enclave, to let Palestinians cross until further notice…

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called on the international community to punish Israel for storming a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza in [...:]

Remembering Wars and Warriors

by Patrick J. Buchanan

Since America became a nation, four of her greatest generals have served two terms as president: George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses Grant and Dwight David Eisenhower.

Not one of these generals led America into a new war.

Washington was heroic in keeping the young republic out of the wars that erupted in Europe after [...:]

VIDEO: Israel Kills Civilians Raising White Flag as Unarmed Mercy Ship Attempts to Deliver Food to Gaza

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In Raw Video, Reporters Claim Israelis Fired on Activists Before Boarding Ship

By Stephen C. Webster - Raw Story

Update: Turkey will reportedly send military escort with future Gaza aid boats

In what could be a serious blow to Israel's narrative on the killing of at least nine humanitarian activists making their way to Gaza through international waters, raw video by an Al Jazeera producer, [...:]

McCain and the POW Cover-Up

The "war hero" candidate buried information about POWs left behind in Vietnam.

By Sydney Schanberg – The American Conservative Magazine

Eighteen months ago, TAC publisher Ron Unz discovered an astonishing account of the role the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, John McCain, had played in suppressing information about what happened to American soldiers missing [...:]

Something Rotten in the State?

By Patrick J. Buchanan

When does a political deal become a bribe?

At the 1952 Republican National Convention, California's favorite son, Gov. Earl Warren, released his delegation reportedly in return for Ike's promise that he would give Warren the first open seat on the Supreme Court.

In September 1953, Chief Justice Fred Vinson dropped dead of a heart [...:]

Germany 1940 – Gaza 2010

from What Really Happened

Look at these photos. How is what Hitler did different from what is going on in Gaza today? We wonder how the German people could have stood by in silence. Why are we allowing the same thing to happen to the Palestinians? Please re-post everywhere where Israel poses and pretends they will [...:]

Top Construction Firm: WTC Destroyed By Controlled Demolition

Paul Joseph Watson – Prison Planet

Respected Middle East expert and former BBC presenter Alan Hart has broken his silence on 9/11, by revealing that the world's most prominent civil engineering company told him directly that the collapse of the twin towers was a controlled demolition.

Speaking on the Kevin Barrett [...:]