Brandan P. Buck (@brandan

Brandan P. Buck

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Brandan P. Buck

@brandan_buck

Historian of American Noninterventionism Foreign Policy Research Fellow @CatoFP cato.org/people/brandan… Virginia Piedmont Provincialist

Culpeper, Virginia

Joined March 2021

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Brandan P. Buck
@brandan_buck
Jun 30, 2025
"Our first duty is to keep America out of foreign wars. Our entry would only destroy democracy, not save it. ‘The path to war is a false path to freedom.’” My latest, "The Lost Liberalism of America First," and a companion thread are below.
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Brandan P. Buck
@brandan_buck
Nov 26, 2024
"The machine gun will eliminate the infantry." "The tank will eliminate the infantry." "The airplane will make naval power obsolete." "Nuclear warfare will make conventional warfare obstacle." "Precision-guided munitions and communications technology will lower the need for
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Brandan P. Buck
@brandan_buck
Jun 17, 2025
Has anyone stopped to ask how Israel is going to bomb Iran into a regime change when they haven't been able to accomplish that in Gaza?
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Brandan P. Buck
@brandan_buck
Jun 16, 2025
"Neoconservatism, but we call it America First."
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Brandan P. Buck
@brandan_buck
Nov 27, 2024
Replying to @brandan_buck
Forgot one. "Maneuver warfare has spelled the end of the trench, defensive operations are over."
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Brandan P. Buck
@brandan_buck
Dec 7, 2024
Replying to @PhilipWegmann
For those not in the know, making a firearm for personal use is perfectly legal.
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Brandan P. Buck
@brandan_buck
Jun 14, 2025
Two days ago, the idea that Israel might pull us into a war with Iran was "hysterical," "unfounded," "paranoid," etc. Now, it's a stated policy preference.
Andrea Stricker
@StrickerNonpro
Jun 14, 2025
The United States joining a strike on Fordow and any other facilities that remain is a must at this point. The regime has every incentive to dash to nuclear weapons using whatever they have left and must be stopped.
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Brandan P. Buck
@brandan_buck
Jun 17, 2025
I used to be a self-assured liberal interventionist. And then I wasted my 20s fighting a stupid war that we ended up losing. But hey, I'm not a managing editor of a once-funny satire site. What do I know?
Joel Berry
@JoelWBerry
Jun 17, 2025
The number one enemy of the non-interventionists is reality. If it weren't for reality, I would be a non-interventionist too. It would be nice.
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Brandan P. Buck
@brandan_buck
Nov 27, 2024
Replying to @brandan_buck
Prediction, the last piece of legacy technology what will ever be replaced on the battlefield:
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Brandan P. Buck
@brandan_buck
Nov 19, 2024
As a former intelligence officer (and CIA detailee), I'm alarmed by comments that equate legitimate foreign policy critique with foreign propaganda. Such slurs undermine the spirit of our Constitution, a document that I presume that @RepSpanberger took an oath to defend.
Archive: Rep. Abigail Spanberger
@RepSpanberger
Nov 19, 2024
As a former CIA officer, I'm alarmed by Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to serve as DNI. If she spreads Kremlin propaganda online, why wouldn't she include it in the President's Daily Brief? This isn't about a political party — it’s about America's national security. w/ @jrpsaki:
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Brandan P. Buck
@brandan_buck
Mar 2, 2025
Replying to @adamkjohnston
This is why the "Why don't you go?" dig cuts so deep. The foreign policy hive mind is obsessed with "larger issues" and not pesky material ones like: Who fight? With what? Where and under what circumstances? They can't outsource their bravery anymore and they know it.
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Brandan P. Buck
@brandan_buck
Nov 20, 2024
Replying to @TheChiefNerd
For anyone who thinks that this is a good idea, ask yourself why you assume that the outcome will go any better than our attempt to wipe out the Taliban.
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Brandan P. Buck
@brandan_buck
Apr 19, 2024
Replying to @dbenner83
A slight quibble with Carlson's history: the Right didn't uniformly accept the orthodox line on the bombings until well into the 1970s. Many of the early a-bomb dropping disrespecters were conservatives
Brandan P. Buck
@brandan_buck
Aug 6, 2023
"At Hiroshima the target was the heart of a teeming city. The great majority of those obliterated were civilians, including thousands of children trapped in the 33 schools that were destroyed."
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Brandan P. Buck
@brandan_buck
Sep 9, 2025
Let's just leave out the virtually unlimited diplomatic cover they receive from the US and the fact that they're largest recipient of US foreign assistance in history. It's easy to "command respect" when you're being underwritten by the US taxpayer.
Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️
@christopherrufo
Sep 9, 2025
The Israelis command respect. They understand their enemies, ruthlessly prioritize their interests, demonstrate near-constant tactical brilliance, and are not afraid to buck elite opinion. It's a model of statecraft we would be wise to study and, in many ways, emulate.
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