Look, of course Buchanan is advocating isolationism. He is the biggest advocate of isolationism in the US. And always has been. That's his chief claim to fame. When he gets on a talk show, he can't go more than a few minutes without turning every subject toward his isolationist belief.
And I can assure you, they attacked us because the hate freedom. Go study up on Wahhabism, the Muslim Brotherhood, etc. Read the ArabNews.com regularly and you'll see what I mean. Read D'Souza and Bernard Lewis. Lou Dobbs (CNN Moneyline) said it the other night -- we should stop calling this isn't a war against terrorism, it is a war against Islamists. I call it something more precise -- it is a war against Islamofascism. H. > -----Original Message----- > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 1:08 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: What Price the American Empire > > > Actually, and I'm no Buchanan fan, he does make some valid > arguments. When we were attacked on September 11, I remember hearing GW > Bush saying that we were attacked because these people hate our > freedoms. I also remember thinking about what a crock that was. We > were not attacked because these people hate our freedoms - that > was a pathetic attempt to keep us from examining our foreign > policies; from asking "why?" > > I am convinced that our foreign policies brought terror to our > shores, plain and simple. Although I'm not in any way advocating > isolationism (and I really don't think that Buchanan is either), > I think we really do need to rethink things. For example, we are > in Saudi Arabia and that country is ruled in a way that is > completely against our stand on human rights. And, do we protest this > like we do to other nations? No, we don't. The next question is > "why?" and the answer is plain - we need oil. This lust for oil > is our biggest proverbial albatross. Our foreign policy is > influenced tremendously by this simple fact. What we really need is an > administration that has the foresight and the strength to change > our domestic dependence on foreign oil. We are the most advanced > nation on the planet and we should be investing more in lessening > our dependence on oil. It's time that our government pointed this > out plainly and did something about it. > > Believe me, I'm as patriotic as anyone and I love my country but > it's dead wrong to make excuses as to why we were attacked - > reasons that make no sense. > > Howie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Howard Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 2:37 PM > Subject: RE: What Price the American Empire > > > > Here's my response to this column: > > > > http://www.globalnewswatch.com/index.cfm?action=full_text&ARTICLE_ID=280&CAT > EGORY_ID=12 > > Pat Buchanan is an idiot. > > H. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
