American
conservative commentator, author and syndicated columnist Patrick J.
Buchanan points out that the world is steadily leaning to the right
in the wake of the Paris and San Bernardino attacks.
“In
Sunday's first-round of regional elections in France, the clear and
stunning winner was the National Front of Marine Le Pen. Her party
rolled up 30 percent of the vote, and came in first in 6 of 13
regions. Marine herself won 40 percent of her northeast district,”
Buchanan notes in his article for the American Conservative.
According to
the political commentator, France's rightward shift is now "being
replicated" across Europe: the EU members are tightening borders
in the face of "the tsunami" of asylum seekers from Africa
and the Middle East.
“Angela
Merkel and open borders are yesterday in Europe; Marine Le Pen is
tomorrow,” Buchanan states.
The United
States is no exception to the trend.
Much in the
same manner Americans are moving to the right on such issues as
immigration, terrorism, borders, crime, and security.
Donald Trump
is vowing to send illegal immigrants back; Sen. Ted Cruz is pledging
to "carpet bomb" Daesh (IS/ISIL) into oblivion, Chris
Christie is promising to keep refugee wives as well as 3-year-old
orphans out of New Jersey.
As for the
Clintons, they have also begun leaning to the right.
“The
Clintons have long been reliable weather vanes of national politics.
And Hillary Clinton, too, has begun moving to the right. Sunday, she
said she was ready to take 'military action' if Iran fails to comply
with the slightest provision of President Obama's nuclear agreement,”
Buchanan remarks.
At the same
time Bernie Sanders, once a "socialist sensation" is
risking losing his political points after he failed to address the
Islamist terrorist atrocity.
“Even
the president is signaling a shift to the right,” the
conservative commentator notes.
President
Obama said that Washington will bolster the US military activity in
Iraq and Syria. The US President lambasted "an extremist
ideology" which has spread among some Muslim communities and
said he wants "tougher screening" of those entering the
United States.
“Tougher
on crime, tougher on terrorists, tougher on securing the border —
that is the demand of the moment, and probably of 2016,” the US
author points out.
At the same
time, it seems that Daesh will continue to terrorize the West,
especially after the resonance the Paris massacre and the San
Bernardino attack have had.
“New
horrors are likely ahead — that will continue America's turn to the
right,” Buchanan predicts.
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