Patrick J. Buchanan has has completely lost his cover (and mind). While he was never considered a "friend", per se, of Israel, his anti-Zionism/anti-Semitism had always been kept somewhat in check.

No longer.

When he received more votes in Palm Beach county, Florida's election in 2000, than anyone expected, it seemed quite odd, given the large Jewish population there. However, some Jews forgave his negative historical stance on Israel and really did vote for him. It was if some people felt that "deep down, Buchanan's not so bad."

Well, anyone who thought that then must have been stunned by his comments today:

Lebanon that Israel, with Bush's blessing, is smashing up has a pro-American government, heretofore considered a shining example of his democracy crusade. Yet, asked in St. Petersburg if he would urge Israel to use restraint in its airstrikes, Bush sounded less like the leader of the Free World than some bellicose city councilman from Brooklyn Heights.

What Israel is up to was described by its army chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, when he threatened to "turn back the clock in Lebanon 20 years."

First of all, a "shining example"? Is that what Lebanon is? I thought it was a weak government held hostage by a terrorist organization that takes it's orders straight from Damascus and Tehran. Secondly, perhaps Bush understands that we are in the same war in Iraq that Israel is in Lebanon. Then, to make what was clearly a racially-motivated comparison regarding Brooklyn Heights, a heavily African-American neighborhood in New York - well that was just perfect.

Maybe the reason Halutz wanted to "turn back the clock" in Lebanon was because 20 years ago, Israel had the opportunity to completely destroy the PLO and didn't. That lone act of cowardice has caused more Jewish (and Arab) deaths than during the previous 35 years.

Olmert seized upon Hezbollah's capture of two Israeli soldiers to unleash the IDF in a pre-planned attack to make the Lebanese people suffer until the Lebanese government disarms Hezbollah, a task the Israeli army could not accomplish in 18 years of occupation.

A "pre-planned attack"? What source is he using? Air Arabia? And now that Israel has completely left Lebanon, does it matter that they couldn't finish the job in 18 years? Decides, Israel's goal in occupying Lebanon was not the destruction of Hezbollah. It was to keep a security buffer between them and Israel. There was a reason that Hezbollah missiles didn't rain down on the northern communities!

Now he faults Israel for doing what Lebanon, the "shining example of democracy" wouldn't, or couldn't do. Even though the United Nations ordered them to.

Israel is doing the same to the Palestinians. To punish these people for the crime of electing Hamas, Olmert imposed an economic blockade of Gaza and the West Bank and withheld the $50 million in monthly tax and customs receipts due the Palestinians...

That should instead read, "$50 million in money to be spent on weapons to strike Israel from the south", shouldn't it Pat? If the Palestinians want to have a terrorist organization running their government, that's their problem. As long as that government uses it's power to fire missiles and suicide missions in Israel, it becomes our problem.

...what Israel is doing is imposing deliberate suffering on civilians, collective punishment on innocent people, to force them to do something they are powerless to do: disarm the gunmen among them. Such a policy violates international law and comports neither with our values nor our interests. It is un-American and un-Christian.

Another case of moral-equivalency. This is something I would expect a renown journalist to understand. As long as the Lebanese people (government included) allow Hezbollah to hide weapons in their homes, offices and towns, they are no longer considered "innocent".

It's true that there will be civilian deaths in the course of this war. However, that isn't and shouldn't be Israel's problem. Like in every conflict before it, Israel goes way above and beyond in trying to minimize the death toll. This, of course, is in contrast to Hezbollah and Hamas. While Israel has gone so far as to exchange murderer for a few already dead soldiers, the Arabs raise their children to strap on vests laden with explosives - often times with nails to maximize civilian deaths.

There is no moral equivalency in play here. If we, as American, believe that the pursuit of life and happiness are two of the basic rights of our citizens and of the world, we can not compare the two sides.

What gets me is Buchanan's blatant disregard for reality. In his myopic view of all things horrible about Israel, he shows an ugly side that is reminiscent of the loony left. They too share a hatred that completely blinds them to the very freedoms we hold so dear in America (and in Israel). Instead of recognizing that the enemy wants democracy - and I'm not talking about the kind of democracy that is hijacked by Islamofacists in Gaza - wants nothing short of the total destruction of Israel and America, Patrick J. Buchanan (may I never have to utter his name again) falls prey to the old standard of anti-Semitism.

Just like the Nazi's before them, radical Islam and their sympathizers will not be long for this world. For if they are, the world will end soon enough for the rest of us.