THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, February 24, 1996 TAG: 9602240007
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A10 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 33 lines
Patrick Buchanan never met a Nazi he did not like. Consider his record. His support of fascists is certainly relevant, given his scary ascent in the Republican Party.
He defended admitted Nazi henchman John Dejmanuk with a tenacity that he has not shown toward the poor and unfortunate in America. While Israel was forced to let Dejmanuk go because it could not conclusively prove that he was Ivan the Terrible of Treblinka, he admitted that he lied on his original U.S. citizenship papers and that he did serve in the death camps. Thus, Pat Buchanan appears to be against illegal immigration except when it involves ex-Nazis.
He resisted the deportation of Arthur Rudolph, another ex-Nazi. His defense of Cardinal Glemp of Poland, after his anti-Semitic homilies, was reprehensible. His ``Israel and its Amen Corner'' comment during the Persian Gulf war added to his list of bigoted remarks.
Even staunch conservatives, notably William Buckley, have been compelled to regard Patrick Buchanan as an anti-Semite. Yet Patrick Buchanan claims he speaks for the majority of Americans. If he is right, God help us all.
IRA M. LANGSTEIN
Virginia Beach, Feb. 18, 1996 by CNB