“The Bush Doctrine is democratic imperialism. This will bleed, bankrupt and isolate this republic. This overthrows the wisdom of the Founding Fathers about what America should be all about.”

— Patrick Buchanan

2000s, Where the Right Went Wrong (2004)

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