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Mr. Buchanan, a few points, in the order you present them:

You say the holocaust was part of the cost of ending Nazi Germany. Do you think Hitler, if unchecked by the Allies in their war against him, would have destroyed European Jewry less thoroughly than he did?

You say the collapse of the British Empire was part of the cost of ending Nazi Germany. What do you think would have become of the Empire had Hitler not been stopped by war?

You say this war Hezbollah has brought to Israel “seems to be winding down,” perhaps leaving Nasrallah as one of the “few winners.” What actions by Israel lead you to suppose it’s going to consider this whole thing over while Nasrallah draws breath?

You say the Lebanese government has condemned Hezbollah’s aggression against Israel. Have you seen the recent interviews in which Lebanese President Emile Lahoud and Lebanese PM Fuad Saniori express their respect for Hezbollah and acknowledge its role in the “liberation” and governance and defense of Lebanon?

You say that unless “aid is gotten into Lebanon” (after it’s gotten out of our pockets, eh?) and refugees are let back to their homes, that “Lebanon could become another failed state.” How successful a state do you think Lebanon was when Hezbollah was bringing thousands on thousands of rockets onto its territory and hiding them among the general population, which it is now pleased to “martyr,” piecemeal, as Lebanese political leaders sing its praises?

You say that “the perceived impotence of Iran to aid Hezbollah…may force” it to come now after US interests. And that Syria can soon demand the Golan Heights and land to the Palestinians “for peace” as inducement to block transit of Iranian weapons to what you think is going to remain of Hezbollah.

I think you are saying that the United States of America should reconsider its friendship with Israel, as our support of this democracy’s right to defend itself – of its right to exist – incurs the wrath of blood-lusting tyrants. I think you are saying we should encourage Israel to give itself up to those tyrants, so as to slow those tyrants’ approach toward us.

You make Neville Chamberlain look like Churchill and Rambo and King Solomon rolled into one. It is a good thing in this world that you are in charge of nothing.