Does Patrick Buchanan support any measures against Muslim terrorism?
It’s a legitimate question. He has written that the key to American and Western safety is to “win Muslims’ hearts and minds.” (Yes, he has really said that, and more than once.) But, as we all know, Muslims are offended at any effective steps against domestic terrorism, because it disproportionately affects Muslims. There is not a single measure, including the prosecution of terror supporters and funders, that Muslims have not angrily protested and denounced as evidence of anti-Muslim bias. Therefore, by Buchanan’s reasoning, the only way to make America safe from Muslim terrorism is to cease all efforts to protect ourselves from Muslim terrorism. Diana West writes: Beyond the pale, wherever that is. This is the most despicable thing he’s written yet (or am I forgetting something?). LA replies: Well, there was his column in April 2002, when he said that the Israeli government is “the mirror image of Hamas and Hezbollah.” That was when I denounced Buchanan for the first time: An Open Le
