"Pat Buchanan: Ex-Conservative" Contributed by Bill Faith
Pat Buchanan: Ex-Conservative GayPatriotWest
Last week, many conservative pundits and bloggers criticized Pat Buchanan for calling Israel’s military actions against Hezbollah “un-Christian.” John Podhoretz called the one-time Nixon aide’s comments “” while the more diplomatic Glenn Reynolds declined to say what he’d “.”
Although Buchanan still styles himself a conservative, in the years since working for the of the last century, has turned from nearly every cause his one-time boss championed, including the Gipper’s strong support for Israel.
While there was a time when a number of prominent American conservatives opposed U.S. support for Israel, today, nearly every sensible conservative stands with the Jewish State. And this not merely due to the decline of anti-Semitism on the Right. Today, serious conservatives recognize that, in fighting Hezbollah, Israel is defending Western Civilization against terrorism. These conservatives see Israel’s battle as one front in the War on Terror.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on July 26, 2006 at 10:23 AM in , |