by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
“You will find that the Jews were behind all the civil strife in this world. The Jews are behind the suffering of the nations.” Continue reading “Keep Quiet and Listen!”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
ISOLATIONISTS
Most paleocons did not support either the attack on Afghanistan or Iraq — and did not in the sincere belief it was not in the interest of the United States. Continue reading “Torn Apart Over Iraq”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
“I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigrants.”
Who recently blurted that out? Continue reading “The Strange Metamorphosis of Senator Clinton”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
One of the greatest impediments in our war against jihadist terrorism is the misinformation, half-truths, and outright lies about Islam entertained by many of our public intellectuals. Continue reading “The Myth of Islam Busted”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
For 60 years the United States has agonized over its unleashing of the world’s first nuclear weapon on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. President Harry Truman’s decision to explode an atomic bomb over an ostensible military target — the headquarters of the crack Japanese 2nd Army — led to well over 100,000 fatalities, the vast majority of them civilians. Continue reading “60 Years Later: Considering Hiroshima”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The Chicago Tribune originally ran this article with the title “The Past as today’s Politics: When references to history totally confuse the point.” Continue reading “Today’s Politicos Invent the Past”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Remember how shortly after September 11 Mohammed Atta’s lawyer father sounded worried in his cozy apartment? He stammered that his son did not help engineer the deaths of 3,000 Americans. Continue reading “Reformation or Civil War?”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
As stalwart as the Bush administration has been in the current conflict with Islamic jihadists, judging from the op-ed in last Saturday’s New York Times by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend, it still entertains dangerous illusions about the enemy we are facing. Continue reading “Doublespeak Unveiled”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
After the July 7 London bombings, some in the United Kingdom wondered if the bombing was in retaliation for Britain having troops in Iraq. Perhaps, they suggested, a withdrawal, emulating the Spanish appeasement after the March 2004 bombings in Madrid, would prevent further attacks. Now there has been another series of explosions in London. Continue reading “Enough is Enough”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
First the terrorists of the Middle East went after the Israelis. From 1967 we witnessed 40 years of bombers, child murdering, airline hijacking, suicide murdering, and gratuitous shooting. We in the West usually cried crocodile tears, and then came up with all sorts of reasons to allow such Middle Eastern killers a pass. Continue reading “And Then They Came After Us”