by Raymond Ibrahim
Private Papers
Immediately after the announcement of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s death — Osama bin Laden’s “prince of al-Qaeda in Iraq” — almost every major politician, including President Bush, Prime Minister Blair, and Iraq’s new Prime Minister Maliki gave some sort of victory speech, some highly triumphant, others more cautious. Continue reading “The West’s Multi-Headed Monster”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
After Socrates was convicted by a court of questionable charges, his friends planned to break him out of his jail in Athens. But the philosopher refused to flee. Instead, he insisted that a citizen who lived in a consensual society should not pick and choose which laws he finds convenient to obey. Continue reading “Socrates on Illegal Immigration”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Lately, it has become popular to recant on Iraq. When 2,500 Americans are lost, and when the improvised explosive device monopolizes the war coverage, it is easy to see why — especially with elections coming up in November, and presidential primaries not long after. Continue reading “Betting on Defeat?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
[A shorter version of this essay appeared in the June 5, 2006 issue of National Review magazine.] Continue reading “The New Immigration Politics”
by Victor Davis Hanson
The American Enterprise Online
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Marxism was discredited as an unworkable — and often murderous — alternative to consumer capitalism. Eastern Europe was freed and began to prosper in a manner unimaginable just a decade earlier. Continue reading “How Oil Lubricates Our Enemies”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Why did the United States suddenly reverse course and agree to negotiate directly with the Iranians over their development of a nuclear arsenal? Continue reading “Iran’s Nuclear Scorpion”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
As with the formulaic type scenes of Homeric epic, there now arises a sense of familiarity with the current outcries over Haditha. Continue reading “Vietnam, After All?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Commentary Magazine
Ten years ago, Michael R. Gordon of the New York Times and the retired General Bernard Trainor wrote a critically acclaimed revisionist history of the first Gulf war. Continue reading “Refighting the War”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The European countryside is as beautiful as ever. Hotels in the cities are as packed as they are high-priced. Tourists fill Rome. The same bustle is evident from Lisbon to Frankfurt. Everywhere European stewards welcome in millions of sightseers to enjoy the treasures of Western civilization. Never has life seemed so good. Continue reading “Endless Summer?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
The Alternative to Punitive War
The nature of American military power in our age is defined by how it is constrained — through nuclear deterrence, political realities, and cost/benefit analysis. Continue reading “The American Way of War”