en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/654827 Comments by Andrea_Nyx http://buchanan.org/blog/bitter-fruits-of-mideast-wars-2416#IDComment37000310 Afghanistan is NOT impossible if we are willing to ditch the Karzai regime and build up a new power base from scratch. The problem is most Americans just don't have the guts for that kind of long haul thinking. Sat, 3 Oct 2009 07:55:36 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/bitter-fruits-of-mideast-wars-2416#IDComment37000310 http://buchanan.org/blog/bitter-fruits-of-mideast-wars-2416#IDComment36873491 With Iran, it will be one long stalemate. Iran will carry on with the nuclear program and we'll do AIPAC's bidding in enforcing sanctions. It really depends on what Russia and China will do in the long run. Russia seems to be onboard with the understanding that US will take a hands off approach on its sphere of influence, but it's a very shaky understanding that could be undermined by any crisis in the region. China... who knows? If Iraq stabilizes and grows close to Iran as US moves out, Iran can rely on Iraq as a defacto bridge to world trade. Fri, 2 Oct 2009 18:28:17 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/bitter-fruits-of-mideast-wars-2416#IDComment36873491 http://buchanan.org/blog/bitter-fruits-of-mideast-wars-2416#IDComment36873214 Obama will send troops in Afghanistan because his big donors and backers are part of the AIPAC crowd. He will do thisin order to keep the main fight in Afghanistan WHILE building up Pakistan into a strong secular powre. US kept the main fight in Indochina while strengthening the rest of Southeast Asia in the 60s and 70s. Though US lost in Indochina, Indonesia and other countries were saved. Also, after the brutally long battle, the communists in Vietnam and Cambodia were too weary to spread communism. So, even if US eventually loses in Afghanistan, it can bloody the insurgents so much that they will have to concentrate on domestic affairs after victory than expanding into Pakistan--which will have been built up militarily in ther meantime. Bush said 'we are fighting ver there so we don't have to fight over here' about the Iraq War. ObamAipac will try to keep the fight in Afghanistan--for the time being--so that they won't have to fight in Pakistan(in the longterm future), which will hopefully have been stabilized and built up militarily over the next several yrs. Fri, 2 Oct 2009 18:25:01 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/bitter-fruits-of-mideast-wars-2416#IDComment36873214 http://buchanan.org/blog/what-do-neocons-have-to-do-with-obama-2401#IDComment36769264 "Neocons believe that American security and moral obligations demand the US spread democracy. They argue simply that every person deserves the freedoms associated with legitimate governance and that democracies don't fight each other." Rubbish. Neoconservative foreign policy, when boiled down to essentials, is Zionism by other means. Notice that Neocons seek to impose 'democracy'--aka American power--only on nations that threaten Israel--Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, and North Korea(which sold missiles to Arab nations). When did Neocons ever try to use military power to impose democracy on tyrannies that pose no direct nor indirect threat on Israel? Thu, 1 Oct 2009 22:22:21 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/what-do-neocons-have-to-do-with-obama-2401#IDComment36769264 http://buchanan.org/blog/september-surprise-iranian-nuke-facility-revelation-countdown-to-war-begins-2346#IDComment36449562 Israel is concerned about Iranian nukes not because Iran might use them against Israel but because they take away Israel's advantage in conventional weaponry. The mere prospect that Iran MIGHT use nukes against Israel paralyzes ANY conventional military action on the part of Israel against Iran or Iran's allies. Even if Iran had nukes, there is zero chance that it will ever initiate first strike against Israel. But, even the faintest possiblity that Iran might retaliate with nukes if Israel attacked Iran means that Israel could never use conventional military power against a nuclear-armed Iran. So, this is not really about Israel fear of a first-strike nuclear attack from Iran but Israel's anxiety that it might lose its advantage in conventional warfare. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:59:38 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/september-surprise-iranian-nuke-facility-revelation-countdown-to-war-begins-2346#IDComment36449562 http://buchanan.org/blog/video-george-carlins-amazing-tonight-show-appearance-2332#IDComment36413332 Carlin's brand of cynicism is only helpful to those in power. Cynicism paralyzes people from action. By the way, by 'those who really own America', Carlin meant the conservatieves. That punk was a leftie all his life. And, he should talk!! He was also a major junkie. Drugs have ruined a lot of lives, yet he made light of all his all through is career. He indulged in that stuff. He was a lowlife hedonist all his life. Besides, it's one thing to attack the power elite. Problem is the fool also attacks WORK ETHIC as something bad. What a punk. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:00:27 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/video-george-carlins-amazing-tonight-show-appearance-2332#IDComment36413332 http://buchanan.org/blog/video-george-carlins-amazing-tonight-show-appearance-2332#IDComment36412585 I hate this vulgar lowlife scumbag. Why is he on Buchanan.org? Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:53:19 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/video-george-carlins-amazing-tonight-show-appearance-2332#IDComment36412585 http://buchanan.org/blog/to-lose-a-war-2309#IDComment36278230 Shadow, pull your head out of your shadowy conspiracy-minded ass. Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:31:29 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/to-lose-a-war-2309#IDComment36278230 http://buchanan.org/blog/to-lose-a-war-2309#IDComment35960621 Defeat is relative. For a superpower like the US to pull out of Afghanistan would be a major blow to American image around the world since US made so much noise about bringing the torch of freedom and progress to that part of the world. No, the Taliban cannot defeat the US like the Soviets defeated Germany. But, we can be defeated in terms of pride and honor. But sometimes, what seems like defeat can turn into victory of sorts. US lost in Vietnam but the commies did such a horrible job that we came to look good in the end. And even commies turned away from communism eventually. We lost the war, won the peace. I think in Afghanistan, we can lose both the war and the peace. Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:49:11 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/to-lose-a-war-2309#IDComment35960621 http://biggovernment.com/mflynn/2009/09/15/npr-on-acorn-the-hard-core-bigotry-of-low-expectations/#IDComment35940098 “So the flaws conservatives are pointing out about ACORN are not so much problems associated with that organization per se but more about the problems of being poor and minority in urban America.” Excuses, excuses. Then, why not let stupid Creationists and other ignorant people on the Right off the hook? Why not say such people support stupid educational policies--like teaching ID in schools--because they are victims of poor education? Why not let Neo-Nazi types off the hook? Oh no, the KKK isn't to blame. It is crazy and bigoted because our educational system has produced too many dumb white people. Excuses, excuses. Btw, NPR is largely liberal Jewish. Jews arrived in the US with nothing and went from rags to riches. They didn't have other people making excuses for them, but so many rich liberal Jews make excuses for criminal blacks. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:16:23 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/mflynn/2009/09/15/npr-on-acorn-the-hard-core-bigotry-of-low-expectations/#IDComment35940098 http://buchanan.org/blog/to-lose-a-war-2309#IDComment35930731 Brilliant, balanced, powerful, succinct. Buchanan at his best. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:40:59 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/to-lose-a-war-2309#IDComment35930731 http://buchanan.org/blog/zbig-brzezinski-obama-administration-should-tell-israel-u-s-will-attack-israeli-jets-if-they-try-to-attack-iran-2250#IDComment35703014 Roho, it's just wild speculation. No smoking gun. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:16:55 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/zbig-brzezinski-obama-administration-should-tell-israel-u-s-will-attack-israeli-jets-if-they-try-to-attack-iran-2250#IDComment35703014 http://buchanan.org/blog/zbig-brzezinski-obama-administration-should-tell-israel-u-s-will-attack-israeli-jets-if-they-try-to-attack-iran-2250#IDComment35702597 Roho, that stuff about Israelis killing US soldiers is so silly. Yeah, and the Mossad carried out 9/11. As wary as I am of Jewish power, stuff like that gives the Right a bad name. Enough conspiracy crap. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:15:24 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/zbig-brzezinski-obama-administration-should-tell-israel-u-s-will-attack-israeli-jets-if-they-try-to-attack-iran-2250#IDComment35702597 http://buchanan.org/blog/black-sea-wars-2270#IDComment35700606 There's a saying, there's a calm before the storm. It could be Obama is cooling tensions with Russia as a prelude to aiding Israel in an attack on Iran. US needs Russian support in order for the US-Israel alliance against Iran to succeed in destroying the nuclear program. Look at Obama's donors and sponsors. They may not be conservative but when it comes to the Middle East, they are no less pro-Zionist than Neocons. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:06:10 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/black-sea-wars-2270#IDComment35700606 http://buchanan.org/blog/europe%e2%80%99s-complicity-in-evil-2260#IDComment35316299 Both claim to be for FREEDOM and America. We need cooler heads, whether for or against the war. War of words can lead to real wars. Roberts is so seething mad that if he were president, he would probably jail and execute all Neocons. We don't need that kind of Jacobin mentality. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:52:49 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/europe%e2%80%99s-complicity-in-evil-2260#IDComment35316299 http://buchanan.org/blog/europe%e2%80%99s-complicity-in-evil-2260#IDComment35316137 Craig is getting hysterical. What rights were taken from us during the Bush yrs? Granted, the Bush regime took some extra steps to track down Muslim terrorists, but name ONE Bush critic who got jailed. Michael Moore, Daily Kos, and Paul Craig Roberts did just fine since 9/11. True, we should always be wary of government infringements on our rights. True, US may have abused international norms--at least for advanced nations--during interrogation of terrorist suspects. But, 9/11 was an horrendous attack on US soil, we were scared, and extraordinary means were necessary--for awhile at least--in fighting the enemy. The problem occurred when the Bush regime, goaded by neocons, went into Iraq. But, we were all complicit in it because the people and the liberal Zionist media wanted that war. At any rate, US is not a police state, and Paul Craig Robert's self-righteous overstatement doesn't really help matters. He may be for FREEDOM, but his zealotry and rage aren't any different than that of Bolton. For this reason, both Roberts and Bolton take things to extremes, seeing the world in purely Manichean terms. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:52:12 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/europe%e2%80%99s-complicity-in-evil-2260#IDComment35316137 http://buchanan.org/blog/zbig-brzezinski-obama-administration-should-tell-israel-u-s-will-attack-israeli-jets-if-they-try-to-attack-iran-2250#IDComment35314608 This clown still around? Well, why not? The Peanut is still around too. He is Linus to Carter's Charlie Brown. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:42:56 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/zbig-brzezinski-obama-administration-should-tell-israel-u-s-will-attack-israeli-jets-if-they-try-to-attack-iran-2250#IDComment35314608 http://buchanan.org/blog/hate-america-count-me-out-2186#IDComment34919754 How was Poland an enemy to Germany? Poles had no design on Germany, no wish to fight a war. And in 1941, Germany and the USSR were partners. Stalin was willing to supply Germany with all the natural resources it wanted. But, Hitler attacked the USSR. What a freaking nut. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:08:08 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/hate-america-count-me-out-2186#IDComment34919754 http://buchanan.org/blog/video-charlie-sheens-video-message-to-president-obama-2176#IDComment34523556 What a lot of rubbish. Those were not explosions but sounds of floors collapsing in a 100+ storey tower!!! Is this 9/11 commission thing going to turn into another Warren Commission-like controversy? Please!!!! Lee Harvey Oswald killed Kennedy, and airplanes brought down the Twin Towers. It's bad enough that too many conservatives believe in the fairytale of Creationism. This 9/11 conspiracy theory is beyond the pale, as silly as Holocaust Denial. What are we gonna find next on Buchanan org? Obama is a space alien sent to Earth on a UFO? We get down to real business, not waste time and energy on stuff that has nothing to do with nothing. Reality isn't a Hollywood movie. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:52:00 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/video-charlie-sheens-video-message-to-president-obama-2176#IDComment34523556 http://buchanan.org/blog/is-america-coming-apart-2159#IDComment34446002 Whites are mostly in the middle--under the Jews and above the blacks/Hispanics. Jews are mostly united--liberal, globalist, Zionist. Blacks are united for Black Power. Rich blacks feel united in spirit with poor blacks. Hispanics are all for Brown power. Though majority of whites lean conservative and patriotic, whites are divided between those holding onto Western pride and those filled with Western guilt--fed to them by Christian teachings and liberal PC education. Unlike China, we don't have the elite, middle, and underclass who are united by race and sense of destiny. What the Jewish elite wants is not what whites want. What whites want is not what blacks want. What blacks want is not what Hispanics want. Also, as gays are creative and favored by the entertainment and cultural industries, they've gained huge influence over our culture though they make up less than 2% of the population. Where does all this lead? I dunno. To some extent, this kind of diversity can lead to creative sparks, progress, originality, and interesting cultural hybrids. In other ways, it can lead to divison, chaos, violence, distrust. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:27:22 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/is-america-coming-apart-2159#IDComment34446002