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Pat Buchanan: Russia Baiters and Putin HatersPatrick J. BuchananJul. 14, 2017 |
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 Is Russia an enemy of the United States?” NBC’s Kasie Hunt demanded of Ted Cruz. Replied the runner-up for the GOP nomination, “Russia is a significant adversary. Putin is a KGB thug.” To Hillary Clinton running mate Tim Kaine, the revelation that Donald Trump Jr., entertained an offer from the Russians for dirt on Clinton could be considered “treason.” Treason is giving aid and comfort to an enemy in a time of war. Are we really at war with Russia? Is Russia really our enemy? “Why Russia is a Hostile Power” is the title of today’s editorial in the Washington Post that seeks to explain why Middle America should embrace the Russophobia of our capital city: “Vladimir Putin adheres to a set of values that are antithetical to bedrock American values. He favors spheres of influence over self-determination; corruption over transparency; and repression over democracy.”Yet, accommodating a sphere of influence for a great power is exactly what FDR and Churchill did with Stalin, and every president from Truman to George H. W. Bush did with the Soviet Union. When East Germans, Hungarians, Czechs, Poles rose up against Communist regimes, no U.S. president intervened. For those nations were on the other side of the Yalta line agreed to in 1945. Bush I and James Baker even accused Ukrainians of “suicidal nationalism” for contemplating independence from Russia. When did support for spheres of influence become un-American? Read More |
