Pat Buchanan: 300 nukes in Israel yet Iran a threat?

Islamic wars have brought questionable benefit to the US over the last 20 years, former US presidential advisor Pat Buchanan, author of Suicide of a Superpower, shared with RT. ­A new war in the Middle East will be a disaster for the US and for the world economy, he says. "I opposed the Desert Storm operation in 1991 cleaning Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait because, I said, 'This would only be the first Arab-American war.'" Looking at the number of conflicts in the Islam world that America is taking part in now, one cannot but admit that Buchanan was right 20 years ago. "You cannot replicate the Middle West in the Middle East," Pat Buchanan concluded. From the time of the Cold War the US has military bases all over the world. Today, running a budget deficit of 10 per cent of its GDP, America simply cannot afford to continue "to carry this enormous burden, defending 40 or 50 countries around the world," Buchanan says, "We have to bring troops home." Getting rid of these bases essentially means dismantling the American Empire to help the US survive beyond 2025. America's crusade under the banner of ending tyranny in the world is "utterly utopian".

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[Ron Armstrong]

Israel is planning a nuclear attack on the United States. Iran will be blamed.

[Dalapoism]

Most of u people are just plain stupid or uneducated to believe that Religion alone cause most wars. if u ever read history (which most of u American don't) Human instincts is the cause, the need to take territory, money, resources and the power to take and control of others are the main causes of wars. most Religions teaches peace but there will be ppl who will twisted it for their own gains just to kill no different from ppl using gang colors and racial superiority as an excuse to kill others.

[Ron Armstrong]

Research Israel's involvement in 911. That should give you a clue as to what their future plans are. I do not play the "defend the source" game. So please don't waste your time or mine.

[Daniel Zanier]

Buchanan has always been a knowledgeable man who knows the real truth, and it's no great shock that the mass media has always done their best to suppress him and discredit him. RT has been on since 2005, and even though it's not on public TV and isn't shown to a mass audience, I'm somewhat shocked it's on at all. Usually, any kind of news channel that challenges the status quo and criticizes Israel lasts as long as free beer in a supermarket.

[Daniel Zanier]

Yes they are, but I just hope people know that there are many Jews in Israel & elsewhere who oppose Zionist Israel and Zionist ideologies because they know that its objective is to enslave the world. The statement that Israel is responsible for a great many of the problems in the mid-East & the world in general would be very accurate. I'm not Jewish. I'm Catholic. I just think it's vital for those who oppose the Israeli state to understand that a great many Jews don't condone Israel's behavior.

[Daniel Zanier]

I couldn't have said it better myself. I love the way people blame religion for the great wars. It's total nonsense.

[MsGoodHands]

proof? sources?

[Charbel Gerges]

religion is not the cause of wars . the leaders who are interested in land power money etc.. use religion as a scapegoat to say you are fighting for god and we need to protect him.

[mohammed benachour]

Finally an american that understands

[Sleeveless Shirt]

Those 300 nukes will come hand when Europe reverts back to its norm....

[mosesmoses2000]

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[Jack Johnson Doppelganger]

Oh, really!? Then what are they doing now????