Buchanan: No More Blank Checks for War

July 11, 2008 No More Blank Checks for War By Patrick J. Buchanan Share Your Comments After the assassination of the archduke in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, Austria got from Kaiser Wilhelm a "blank cheque" to punish Serbia. Germany would follow whatever course its ally chose to take. Austria chose war on Serbia. And World War I resulted. On March 31, 1939, Britain gave a blank check to Poland in its dispute with Germany over Danzig, a town of 350,000 Germans. Should war come, Britain would fight on Poland's side. (Continued Below) Sponsored Content Poland refused to negotiate, Adolf Hitler attacked, and Britain declared war. After six years, the British Empire collapsed. Germany was burnt to ashes. Poland entered the slave quarters of Joseph Stalin's empire. Lesson: No great power should ever give to a small ally or client state a blank check to drag it into war. This raises the question: Has President Bush given Israel a blank check? Click here to continue reading Pat Buchanan's column Sponsored Content Click Here At last, a quotation book from conservatives Finding an anthology of quotations that isn't distorted by liberal bias is increasingly a challenge. For instance, did you know that Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 16th edition, features 37 quotations from Franklin Roosevelt, 28 from John F. Kennedy -- and only three from Ronald Reagan? And here's the kicker: when the book's editor, Justin Kaplan, was told that all three Reagan selections seemed chosen to make Reagan look ridiculous, he replied, "I'm not going to disguise the fact that I despise Ronald Reagan." That's why Great Quotations that Shaped the Western Worldis so welcome -- and so necessary. Unlike most other quotation books, this one was compiled by a conservative – and includes 30 Reagan quotations. Its stated mission: "to celebrate liberty, which is sustained by virtue, which is sustained by religion, and to glory in the wonderful words of free men and women." You won't find this book in most bookstores, so click here to find out more about Great Quotations That Shaped the Western World

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