A choice bit from Pat Buchanan:

Already, Bush is ranting about Syria being behind the Hezbollah capture of the Israeli soldiers. But where is the proof?

Who is whispering in his ear? The same people who told him Iraq was maybe months away from an atom bomb, that an invasion would be a "cakewalk," that he would be Churchill, that U.S. troops would be greeted with candy and flowers, that democracy would break out across the region, that Palestinians and Israelis would then sit down and make peace?

How much must America pay for the education of this man? ... http://tinyurl.com/ofwdh
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As clear-eyed observers know, there are two Pat Buchanans. One is a Republican Party hack, well-paid I'm sure, who toes the line.
The other is a thinker by turns appalling & absolutely, stunningly RIGHT ON.
As are, at times, we all...
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