by Pat Buchanan

The American Conservative

A conservative knows not whether to laugh or weep, for Mr. Bush has just asserted a right to interfere in the internal affairs of every nation on earth. Why? Because the 'survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands.' But this is utterly ahistorical. The world has always been afflicted with despots. Yet America has always been free. And we have remained free by following the counsel of Washington, Jefferson, and Adams and staying out of foreign quarrels and foreign wars. Who is feeding the president this interventionist nonsense?" (for publication 02/28/05)

http://www.amconmag.com/2005_02_28/buchanan.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp