War: Pat Buchanan vs. Neo Cons

newsmax ^ | July 22, 2006 4:42 p.m. EDT | NewsMax.com Staff

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The war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon is not the only one brewing.

Here on the homefront, sydicated columnist Pat Buchanan has launched a broadside against what he says are "neo cons" -- America conservatives who support Israel and are really pushing for a wider war between the United States and Iran.

Writing in a recent column headlined, "This is not our War," Buchanan bemoaned the violence directed at Lebanon by the Israelis.

Fellow conservative David Horowitz's online magazine, Frontpagemag.com, has opened up a front against Buchanan, with an article that levels charges of anti-Semitism against Buchanan and other so-called "paleoconservatives" for their condemnation of Israel's actions in the war.

Quoting Fouad Siniora, the prime minister of Lebanon, as complaining that his country has been "torn to shreds" and demanding that Israel must pay for the "barbaric destruction," with a death toll among his people that passed 300 civilian dead, 1,000 wounded, and half a million homeless, Buchanan noted the comments of fellow Christians such as columnist Lawrence Kudlow, who says that "Israel is doing the Lord's work," and Ken Mehlman of the Republican National Committee, who told a gathering of Christians United for Israel: "Today, we are all Israelis!"

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Don't forget though that Pat lost a family member in the Holocaust.

The man feel out of his guard tower.

[sauropod]

Paul Craig Roberts seriously jumped the shark a couple of weeks ago with a scurrilous article attacking Israel.

I consider myself pretty much a paleo-con but do not agree with non-interventionism when our butt is on the line.

[TAdams8591]

I admire Pat Buchanon always have and always will. However, I disagree strongly with Pat's opinion on this issue. He has been far more of an isolationist than most of the conswervatives I have known.

The U.S. has supported Israel for a long time. Therefore, the Islamofacists see us as an enemy and part of this war whether we like it or not. There is nothing we can do to change that reality but to fight and win.

[rmlew]

Prior to the establishment of the Zionist state of Israel there was great debate in the international Jewish community as to whether a "Jewish state" was truly desirable.
For the most the larger debate ended after WWII. All that was debated was how best to have a Jewish state.

[rmlew]

1. The "Palestinian" Arabs are not Philistines.
2. 3/4 of the "Palestine" was set aside for the Arabs in 1922. This became known as the Hashemite Kingdom of TransJordan. All Jews in this area were foced to leave. After it siezed the West Bank and much of Jerusalem, the country was renamed JORDAN.