Limits of Pat Buchanan’s Post–Cold War Prophesying

Earlier this month, a vast crowd descended upon Washington, D.C. But unlike some such crowds, it came peacefully, and with noble intent: to stand against the antisemitism that has snaked through the world in the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, and to stand for the state of Israel amid its struggles. Mostly Jewish, the crowd also welcomed allies and well-wishers. It was a heartening affirmation of the widespread support Israel rightly enjoys among the American people.

In the U.S., much of the antipathy toward Israel exists in academic and other elite circles. Overwhelmingly left-wing, the denizens of such circles have shoehorned Israel into their oppressor–oppressed intersectionality matrix, helping unleash a tide of fury against it that is difficult to disentangle from the outbreak of antisemitism it has accompanied. As Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts noted in a recent speech, international elites “spend much of their time and budgets” condemning, among others, “our Jewish brothers and sisters.” Roberts further contended that aid to Israel is of paramount importance, part of a series of issues that will set “America’s trajectory.”

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Jack Butler

Jack Butler is a former submissions editor at National Review.

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Earlier this month, a vast crowd descended upon Washington, D.C. But unlike some such crowds, it came peacefully, and with noble intent: to stand against the antisemitism that has snaked through the world in the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, and to stand for the state of Israel amid its struggles. Mostly Jewish, the crowd also welcomed allies and well-wishers. It was a heartening affirmation of the widespread support Israel rightly enjoys among the American people.

In the U.S., much of the antipathy toward Israel exists in academic and other elite circles. Overwhelmingly left-wing, the denizens of such circles have shoehorned Israel into their oppressor–oppressed intersectionality matrix, helping unleash a tide of fury against it that is difficult to disentangle from the outbreak of antisemitism it has accompanied. As Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts noted in a recent speech, international elites “spend much of their time and budgets” condemning, among others, “our Jewish brothers and sisters.” Roberts further contended that aid to Israel is of paramount importance, part of a series of issues that will set “America’s trajectory.”