by Raymond Ibrahim
Private Papers
Previous to Pope Benedict XVI’s November 30th visit to the Hagia Sophia complex in Constantinople, Muslims and Turks expressed fear, apprehension, and rage. Continue reading “Conquest and Concession”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Five years after September 11, and three-and-a-half years after toppling Saddam Hussein, the U.S. is almost as angry at itself as it is at the enemy. Two quite antithetical views of the war on terror — and indeed, the entire American role in the Middle East — are now crystallizing. Continue reading “War Stories”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
“Our own successful three-week war, but their failed three-year peace.” Continue reading “Tough Idealism”
by Raymond Ibrahim
Private Papers
Whenever Osama bin Laden addresses the West he always prefaces his message with the simple statement, “Peace to whoever follows guidance.” Continue reading “Twisted Proverb”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Real Clear Politics
What a stupid question. By any benchmark of economic prosperity, military power, and political stability, Western civilization — in the United States, Europe, and the former British Commonwealth — has never been stronger. Globalization has become a euphemism for Westernization, an apparent unstoppable juggernaut. Continue reading “Will the West Stumble?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Will the Democrats’ new control of the House and Senate shake things up that much abroad? They certainly will have plenty of opportunities to alter the present American course of fighting terrorists, the war in Iraq and our overall foreign policy. Continue reading “More Bark Than Bite?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
It looks as if Americans have pushed the rock of Iraq almost to the crest, only to let go, like Sisyphus, terrified that it will roll back; we hope only that we will not be crushed in its descent. While giving up now would be disastrous, we will almost certainly not succeed unless we change our tactics. Continue reading “The Fighting over the Fighting”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Now that the bitter election season is over, both parties will have to return to the explosive issue of illegal immigration. Continue reading “Rethinking Illegal Immigration”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
The West’s condemnation of Israel’s accidental shelling of two Palestinian Arab houses that killed 18 people once more reveals the bizarre incoherence that addles our thinking. Continue reading “The Sage and the Sword”
by Victor Davis Hanson
City Journal (Autumn 2006)
Libya?
Most are rightly taken aback at the thought. But I was also intrigued when an educational cruise line invited me to lecture this past April on the classical antiquities of Libya — or, more properly, “The Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya the Great,” which since 1986 has been Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s name for his ancestral country. Continue reading “My Bizarre Libyan Holiday”