Remember Presidential Candidate Pat Buchanan? Well even if his 1992 and 1996 Republican campaigns are ancient history, and his Reform Party ticket in the 2000 election leaves even less of an imprint, you'll probably hear soon (if you haven't already!) about his new controversial book, "Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?", in which he draws uncannily similar parallels between modern day America, and the path that Rome took to its eventual ruin. In this interview of the book, Buchanan explains the origins of the book, and his own experience in the fields relevant to evolving political landscape.
Segment 1 of the Interview:
And Here's Segment 2:
What do you think-- is the fall of America as imminent as the fall of Rome was, as Buchanan so convincingly illustrates? Or is this just more political FUD to throw the trail off Pat's own agenda(s)?
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