Pat Buchanan: Charlie Hebdo ‘Really Foul,’ They Should Have Known the Risks

If you’re looking for more U.S. examples of people going “I am not Charlie,” look no further than Pat Buchanan, who on NewsmaxTV today, teetered on the edge of saying the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists brought the attack upon themselves without outright saying so.

He told Steve Malzberg he found the cartoons to be “really foul and offensive,” and so Muslims are “understandably outraged” by them. This echoes comments made last week by Catholic League head Bill Donohue, who said “Muslims are right to be angry” at the cartoons. Buchanan said, “You ought to realize if you’re gonna insult the prophet or write foul cartoons about him, you’re risking a real problem for yourself. That’s just the real world.

Malzberg pressed Buchanan on the potential slippery slope of caving to what terrorists want, but Buchanan didn’t bite. He refused to “march in defense of a magazine” that would draw such offensive cartoons about the leaders of the major faiths.

When Malzberg asked him specifically if the cartoonists brought on their own death, Buchanan said, “There is no doubt about it, I think, that these two guys… targeted them because of their cartoons.”

Watch the video below, via Newsmax TV:

[image via screengrab]

— —

Follow Josh Feldman on Twitter: @feldmaniac

New: The Mediaite One-Sheet "Newsletter of Newsletters"
Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. Subscribe now!