Day of Reckoning: How Hubris, Ideology, and Greed Are Tearing America Apart
by Patrick J. Buchanan
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Author: Patrick J. BuchananEdition: Hardcover
Published: 2007-11-27
ISBN: 0312376960
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
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Book Review: Entertaining, but misses the mark
Summary: 1 Stars
Pat Buchanan is a smart man, that much is clear. His recollection of history may be immense, but his perspective is off the mark. Buchanan talks a lot about not getting involved in the affairs of other nations, often pointing out that George Washington advised against such things in his Farewell Address. Indeed, it is true that America has become much more interventionist than in previous eras, but the reason is simple: globalization has changed the game.
The threat of nuclear and biological weapons used by Islamic terrorists against the United States, weapons that could annihilate an entire metropolis and potentially ruin the American economy, is something men like Washington could not have foreseen. The bottom line is this: the business of other nations has become America's business. The old kings of Europe weren't that much of a threat to America as much as Bin Laden is, and that's the point Buchanan misses. The fact that Bin Laden's lackeys could reach America in a few days is something Washington never had to deal with.
I find it ironic that throughout his book, Buchanan points out how America is too imperialistic and trying too hard to spread democracy everywhere. Looking at America's so called "imperialism", one realizes that America doesn't have any colonies and doesn't actually own all that much outside of less than a 1000 military bases around the world (in countries like Germany, Japan, and Britain no less - do you think this can be called imperialistic?). Even more ironic is this: Bush is bluffing about spreading democracy. As Buchanan points out, the Gettysburg address was nothing more than wartime propaganda, as is Bush's intent to destroy anyone that is not democratic. In reality, Bush is simply fighting in Iraq to prevent good ole' Saddam from harboring terrorism even further, it had nothing to do with democracy or freedom. Being that countries like Iran would love nothing more than to sell a bit of nuclear materials to guys like Bin Laden, it is not unreasonable to intervene there either. America has to become interventionist or we'll lose an American city and then some. Buchanan wants to stick to the politics of the early days of the Republic, and it simply won't work.
Unfortunately, democrats, libertarians, and the rest of the reform parties don't understand that we need to preemptively strike terrorism before they hit us. They think Islamic jihadists hate America because of our presence in the Middle East. Really, it's about the West controlling the world when Islamic jihadists think they should. They simply hate the West: they see us as decadent sinners whose lives have no value. Why do you think countries like Britain and Spain received their fair share of the jihad? Why do you think France has a little problem with their Muslim population? These countries do very little to keep a presence in the Middle East. Yet still, they were hit indiscriminately. Buchanan just doesn't get it: just like Hitler didn't stop at Poland and wouldn't have stopped with the Soviet Union, these jihadists wouldn't stop in the Middle East. If they could, they'd bomb anything they could in France, Britain, Spain, and any other "infidel" country to achieve their vision of a Muslim world.
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