Friday, June 20, 2008

Buchanan: Was the Holocaust Inevitable?

Patrick J. Buchanan

June 20, 2008

Was the Holocaust Inevitable?
By Patrick J. Buchanan
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"What Would Winston Do?"  So asks Newsweek's cover, which features a full-length photo of the prime minister his people voted the greatest Briton of them all.

Quite a tribute, when one realizes Churchill's career coincides with the collapse of the British empire and the fall of his nation from world pre-eminence to third-rate power.
    

   
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That the Newsweek cover was sparked by my book "Churchill, Hitler and The Unnecessary War" seems apparent, as one of the three essays, by Christopher Hitchens, was a scathing review. Though in places complimentary, Hitchens charmingly concludes: This book "stinks."

Understandable. No Brit can easily concede my central thesis: The Brits kicked away their empire.
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