Look if you disagree with his reasoning, tell us why.
If you just do not like Buchanan because you think him an Arabist, or, I suspect, an antisemite, then tell us that.
But do not pretend that name calling is an intellectually honest excuse for not submitting your reactions on the issues he raises to scrutiny on these boards?
Well yes he is both. However; Pat is also consistently wrong in his analysis of the WOT in general and Iraq in particular. At every point in the Iraq war he has been wrong. He predicted tens of thousands of casualties at the beginning. He has predicted civil war in Iraq ever since the war ended and the occupation began. He has predicted a general uprising of the "Arab street" worldwide. He has predicted economic collapse due to the war itself. On all points he has been proven incorrect. Does that sway him? Hell no, he just moves the goal post to his next prediction.
Issues? What issues does this article raise? It's nothing but a personal attack on President Bush. The slimy little coward ends most of his attacks with question marks.
If you want to intelligently scrutinize this mudslinging crap, try giving a reasoned factually based response to each of his sentences that ends in a question mark.
He "implies" objectives to Bush. Remove all of his implications and see how hollow his arguments are.
Buchanan was the favorite useful idiot of the old media during the 2000 campaign. Every Sunday at least one talk show had him on their program just so he could look into the camera with that sh*t-eating grin and refer to President Bush as "that Bush kid".
He stole the federal campaign funds that the Perot people had earned and concentrated his anti-Bush ads in Florida and Michigan where he thought he could most help elect Gore.
Now he's trying to hurt President Bush's reelection efforts and unless people like me stand up to him, he will discourage people like you from voting. Why would you possibly give credence to anything Buchanan says? .
Name calling and temper throwing is what he is best at...I usually ignore puff of foul smelling hot air...and many others do as such.