Kit Lange, of EuphoricReality.com and GatheringofEagles.com, interviewed Buzz Patterson last night, on her cybercast, about his new book War Crimes:
LTC Patterson’s view of Iraq, having been embedded there with our military and after speaking with hundreds of our troops on the ground:
“I was a little bit naive when I went to Iraq… I really thought the media was undermining our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and the War on Terror. I found out it was much bigger than that: it is Democratic politicians; its academics, our professors and our deans and college presidents on university campuses across the country; its Hollywood popular culture; its anti-war organizations like Code Pink for Peace and United for Peace and Justice; its this Whahabi lobby, I call it in the book, with funding from George Soros and MoveOn.org and The Ford Foundation that really wants to see America lose. I think the bottom line is the left today only wins when America loses… It’s a de facto alliance the left has with our enemies. They want to see America lose because they gain in Washington, D.C., if we do lose.”
About Hillary Clinton for President:
“She was kind to me [LTC Patterson carried the ‘football’ for two years for President Clinton], nice to me. It is not a personal thing; it is a professional thing. She would be the worst possible scenario to be our commander-in-chief… I think she would destroy the military and lose the War on Terror. I think what would happen if she was elected — and I think she probably will be at this point — I think you are going to see a mass exodus from the military, you’re going to see all the talent leave, more attacks on the U.S… She’s an anti-military demon.”
The “long war” and America’s resolve:
“I actually think there have been a lot of mistakes made. As much as I respect President Bush as the Commander-in-Chief, I hold him accountable, the administration accountable for doing a horrible job of articulating why we are at war in Iraq, why Iraq is a battlefield in the greater Global War on Terror. We’re fighting al Qaeda across the globe… I think that we as Americans are so numb to the fact that we could be involved in an intergenerational conflict… My appeal in ‘War Crimes’ is really more about us as Americans. What country votes its men and women to war then lacks the resolve to see it through?”
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Editor’s notes:
Lieutenant Colonel Robert “Buzz” Patterson is a retired U.S. Air Force pilot and a two-time New York Times best selling author, radio show host, popular speaker, and national security columnist for the respected conservative weekly Front Page Magazine. In addition, he is a board member of Move America Forward.
Audio used with permission.