Pat Buchanan, neo-Nazi

Yes, he’s totally out of the closet. Now he’s accusing American Jews of being “Fifth columnists.” Gee, it’s like he’s not even trying to pretend he’s not an anti-Semite anymore. Because what’s the downside? When has anyone ever lost a job for making anti-Semitic remarks?

A Democratic House that came to power denouncing the rush to war on Iraq is about to vote to demand that Bush commit an act of war against Iran.

The front men for 362 are liberal Gary Ackerman of New York and conservative Mike Pence of Indiana. But the juice behind them is that of the Israeli lobby AIPAC, which is marching in step with Israel.

Last week, Mossad’s chief, Meir Dagan, was here to make the case for war on Iran. This week, Defense Minister Ehud Barak visits Dick Cheney and maybe Bush. Next week, it is the head of Israel’s armed forces.

Israel and its Fifth Column in this city seek to stampede us into war with Iran. Bush should rebuff them, and the American people should tell their congressmen: You vote for 362, we don’t vote for you.

Yeah, like it’s not in America’s interest to stop Iran from gaining hegemony over the Middle East. Or from getting nuclear weapons. Note how Buchanan disingenuously quotes the NIE report on Iran’s nuclear ambitions:

Though the ex-head of Mossad, Shabtai Shavit, says Iran may be one year away from a bomb — and will use it on Israel — according to the latest U.S. National Intelligence Estimate, Iran shut down its nuclear weapons program in 2003.

Everyone but Buchanan is backing away from that misstatement of what the NIE really said. It said that Iran could easily start the weapons program right back up. But it’s also true that you can create a nuclear weapon without working on a nuclear weapons program. The missiles are there, the technology to wed the bomb to the missile is there, and the technological know-how is there. And if it isn’t, well, there’s North Korea and the A.Q. Khan black market. Just ask Syria, Iran’s proxy, about how easy it is to build a nuke.

I think it’s time for the Yourish.com mantra: Anti-Semites of the world, just die already. And Pat—please, lead the queue.