Politics of PaT Buchanan
Politics of PaT Buchanan
Pat Buchanan’s views in his article definitely portray him as a supporter of isolationism. He compares many different actions the united states has taken in the past, and makes it seem as if we’ve been very hypocritical in our actions. He states strongly that we must think of America first and others later. He stresses that the cold war is over and we must modify our foreign policy accordingly, and believes he has the best plan to do so. He also sees as us a global police officer who must involve himself in every little dispute that he feels are none of our business. But all of this focuses mainly on the idea that we must separate from the rest of the world in order to save ourselves.
Pat believes that one of the major problems with our foreign policy is the unfair treatment we deal out. In the massacre at Tiananmen Square we sent officials to reassure the government that we understood why they did what they did, but when rebels took over a communist government we imposed sanctions. So, in short, after a cold war which was a decade long battle against communism, we basically supported a communist action on one front and punished someone for fighting communism all within a few years of each other. And he feels it was improper of us to be the 37th to recognize Croatia as a country when they declared independence from their communist leaders. He feels that decisions made for human rights have been replaced by decisions made to keep peace and stability throughout the world. Though its hard to understand it seems he’s saying its better to not be involved in disputes than to be on the wrong side of a dispute, which seems understandable.
But how do we put America first, Mr. Buchanan? According to Pat, we must re-evaluate everything from Cold War times, from the United Nations to the world bank. He feels we should never turn our backs on the world, because we are people from all continents. But we must work to better ourselves. Remove our troops from UN service, and bring them home from other countries. If Germany and Japan are doing well enough to steal our markets, he says they should be able to defend themselves. Our resources our not being used efficiently...