Oh, Pat, Oh, Pat.

The thing about Buchanan is that he is very right about some things, as he is here in this well-thought-out critique of the West's mishandling of the Russian situation. What mars this article, as it does nearly every one of Pat Buchanan's articles, is that he simply cannot keep his deep-seated hatred of Jews and Mexicans down. Now, he does, in fairness, keep his comments focused on specifics, and does not rant against "the Jews" or "the Mexicans", in fact, these examples are one where one could reasonably support his position.

However, this is Pat Buchanan, and one is surely unsurprised that an article about events in Europe, comparing the West's isolation of Mussolini and Italy with current Western policy towards Russia, would, of course, have to use as examples of evil-doing events in Mexico and Israel.

With that caveat (and I do not throw charges of hatemongering around lightly, but it is impossible to see Buchanan without puzzling over his two constant and bitter enemies, as most tragi-comically illustrated by his apologia a few years ago, when he denied anti-semitism and went on to blame a kabal of Jewish elitists for branding him as an anti-Semite. I, for one, deny his anti-semitism. He is not an anti-Semite, as he seems to have a fondness for some Semites, namely, Arabs. He is, however, an old-fashioned Jew hater, and ought to be recognized as such), I highly recommend this article.

Once again, we see the Bushies taking a look at the situation and taking the utterly wrong position on it.