Patrick J. Buchanan's Blog, page 202

Rethinking World War III

by Justin Raimondo — AntiWar.com

Our spooks stopped Bush from bombing Iran, but can they stop Obama?

In 2007, just as the Bush administration was hyping the alleged "threat" from Iran's ostensible nuclear ambitions – and facing renewed pressure from the Israel lobby to go after Tehran – the CIA issued [...:]

Hey Wake Up! Both Parties Are Enemies of the People

by Adam Serwer — The American Prospect

Democrats Take a Pass on Civil-Liberties Reform

While we were busy fretting about Obama's Nobel, the Democrats dropped the ball on reforming Bush-era civil-liberties abuses.

For a minute, it almost looked like Democrats were going to put up a fight on the PATRIOT Act as it came up for reauthorization. With [...:]

Why Liberals Kill

by Thaddeus Russell — The Daily Beast

The left may be pressuring President Obama to exit Afghanistan. But their heroes—from FDR to JFK—promoted U.S. involvement in more wars than all modern GOP presidents combined.

Should President Barack Obama continue his escalation of the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, it will be the liberal thing to do.

What too [...:]

Active Duty Troops In Iraq Are Wearing Oath Keeper Tabs – Hooah!

by Stewart Rhodes –Oath Keepers

The photo was also posted over at the Sipsey Street Irregulars blog with this message:

Just thought the WRSA [Western Rifle Shooters Association:] and the Sipsey Street boys might like to see what we are wearing while over here in Iraq.  We . . . know what the deal is, and [...:]

Surprise! Buying American Still Matters

by Peter Valdes-Dapena — CNN Money

Sure, many Asian cars are now built in the United States, but the benefits they bring to the U.S. economy don't come close to what our own auto industry provides.

Sounds simple enough. But in a world where a Ford Fusion is built in Mexico, and a Toyota Camry is manufactured [...:]

British High Court Rejects U.S./British Cover-up of Torture Evidence

Glenn Greenwald — Salon

There is a vital development — a new ruling from the British High Court — in a story about which I've written many times before:  the extraordinary joint British/U.S. effort to cover up the brutal torture which Binyam Mohamed suffered at the hands of the CIA while in Pakistan and while he was [...:]

A Historian's Account of Democrats and Bush-Era War Crimes

by Glenn Greenwald – Salon

Just remember this was all done with an overwhelming Democratic majority in both houses of Congress and a Democratic President elected on a promise to usher in "an unprecedented level of openness in Government" and "a new era of openness in our country." There's no blaming Republicans for any of [...:]

John Demjanjuk: The Last Nazi

By: Scott Raab – Esquire Magazine

Funny thing is, he was never a Nazi, nor Ivan the Terrible, nor even German. So why now is he standing trial in Munich as accessory to 27,900 Nazi murders? Is this one last blow struck for justice for the Holocaust? Or is it a farce?

Were we not speaking of [...:]

The Great Global Warming Swindle

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Three Heroes of 9/11 Die of Cancer in Five Days

by Stephanie Gaskell — NY Daily News

Ed. Note From Wikipedia: [Christie Todd:] Whitman appeared twice in New York City after the September 11 attacks to inform New Yorkers that the toxins released by the attacks posed no threat to their health. On September 18, the EPA released a report in which Whitman said, "Given [...:]