On the Right

On Being One’s Brothers’ Keeper

New York, Oct. 12—It is charted more exactly than the next eclipse of the sun that in Europe, most especially in West Germany, a great hailstorm of pacifism will hit, seeking to shatter the scaffolding of Western resistance to the Communist juggernaut. The special vulnerability of West Germany is the proper object of our attention because, after all, it is our front line. The whole NATO alliance, which is about the defense of Europe, accepts the proposition that unless West Germany can be defended, the jig is up.

About the Author

William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. founded National Review magazine in 1955.

On Being One’s Brothers’ Keeper

New York, Oct. 12—It is charted more exactly than the next eclipse of the sun that in Europe, most especially in West Germany, a great hailstorm of pacifism will hit, seeking to shatter the scaffolding of Western resistance to the Communist juggernaut. The special vulnerability of West Germany is the proper object of our attention because, after all, it is our front line. The whole NATO alliance, which is about the defense of Europe, accepts the proposition that unless West Germany can be defended, the jig is up.