Patrick J. Buchanan

In the following viewpoint, Patrick J. Buchanan argues that the United States should not intervene in regional conflicts where the nation has no vital interests that need protecting, such as in Bosnia. The Europeans are fully capable of defending themselves, Buchanan asserts, and they should finally own up to their responsibility. Buchanan argues that America’s overseas defense commitments have stretched the U.S. military to the point that the United States would be unable to defend itself against a concerted attack by its enemies. U.S. forces should be removed immediately from overseas, Buchanan insists. Buchanan, a senior adviser to Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan, ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 1992 and 1996. He is a syndicated columnist and the author of The...