Fade Away

Nothing novel or memorable with our war critics

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

“I implore you to inaugurate or invite proposals for peace forthwith. And in case peace cannot now be made, consent to an armistice for one year.”
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The Purple Finger

Iraqis know freedom’s knock better than our liberal media.

by Bruce S. Thornton

Private Papers

The election last Thursday in Iraq, the third since the U.S. invaded, is an astonishing historical event in the Muslim Middle East. Continue reading “The Purple Finger”

Lancing the Boil

We quietly keep in killing terrorists, promoting elections in Iraq, pressuring Arab autocracies to democratize, and growing the economy.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

For some time, a large number of Americans have lived in an alternate universe where everything is supposedly going to hell. Continue reading “Lancing the Boil”

The Political Arcade

Presidents frustrate the sale of political rhetoric.

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

Bill Clinton frustrated Republican critics. He passed welfare reform, waged a preemptive war against Slobodan Milosevic without either the approval of the Congress or the United Nations, and reined in federal spending. And so anguished conservatives had a hard time proving that, despite these accomplishments, he was a tax-and-spend bleeding heart. Continue reading “The Political Arcade”

Delium: The Battle Only One Man Wanted–Part V

by Victor Davis Hanson

Military History Quarterly

[Delium will appear this week in a five part series: 1)The Battle, 2) The Aftermath, 3) Armor and Ranks, 4) Innovation and the Battlefield, 5) Coalition Warfare] Continue reading “Delium: The Battle Only One Man Wanted–Part V”

Delium: The Battle Online One Man Wanted–Part IV

by Victor Davis Hanson

Military History Quarterly

[Delium will appear this week in a five part series: 1)The Battle, 2) The Aftermath, 3) Armor and Ranks, 4) Innovation and the Battlefield, 5) Coalition Warfare] Continue reading “Delium: The Battle Online One Man Wanted–Part IV”

Democratic Implosion

Can the party of the people be saved from itself?

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

The idea that we are going to win this war is an idea that unfortunately is just plain wrong.

— Howard Dean

And there is no reason… that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the — of — the historical customs, religious customs.

— John Kerry

The U.S. cannot accomplish anything further in Iraq militarily. It is time to bring them home.

— John Murtha

Howard Dean, the head of the Democratic party, assures us that we cannot win the struggle for democracy in Iraq. Continue reading “Democratic Implosion”

Delium: The Battle Only One Man Wanted–Part III

by Victor Davis Hanson

Military History Quarterly

[Delium will appear this week in a five part series: 1)The Battle, 2) The Aftermath, 3) Armor and Ranks, 4) Innovation and the Battlefield, 5) Coalition Warfare] Continue reading “Delium: The Battle Only One Man Wanted–Part III”

Delium: The Battle Only One Man Wanted–Part II

by Victor Davis Hanson

Military History Quarterly

[Delium will appear this week in a five part series: 1)The Battle, 2) The Aftermath, 3) Armor and Ranks, 4) Innovation and the Battlefield, 5) Coalition Warfare] Continue reading “Delium: The Battle Only One Man Wanted–Part II”

Delium: The Battle Only One Man Wanted–Part I

by Victor Davis Hanson

Military History Quarterly

[Delium will appear this week in a five part series: 1)The Battle, 2) The Aftermath, 3) Armor and Ranks, 4) Innovation and the Battlefield, 5) Coalition Warfare] Continue reading “Delium: The Battle Only One Man Wanted–Part I”