by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Iran, if not stopped, will join the nuclear club, probably within two or three years. It may be stupid to try to preempt Iran; it may be even stupider not to try. Continue reading “Iran’s Win, Win, Win Bomb”
by Raymond Ibrahim
Stonegate Institute
What is the alternative to Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria? A simple if indirect way to find out is to consider which groups in Syria are especially for or against Assad — and why. Continue reading “Christians, Jihadists, and the Fate of Syria”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Americans — left, right, Democrats, and Republicans — are all sick of thankless nation-building in the Middle East. Yet democratization was not our first choice, but rather a last resort after other methods failed. Continue reading “We Give Up”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
The more Bashar Assad butchers Syrian dissidents, the more the world community expresses outrage — while it does little to stop the bloodletting. Why? Continue reading “Syrian Ironies”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
It is a good thing that Moammar Qaddafi is gone, even if by barbaric means. So what did we learn from the 2011 misadventure, given that some are advocating much the same sort of action against Syria and Iran? Answer: Not much. Continue reading “The Libyan Non-Model”
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
In 1868, a British army led by Sir Robert Napier sailed from India to Abyssinia (Ethiopia) to rescue several English and European hostages from the mentally unstable, sadistic King Theodore. Continue reading “Obama’s Assault on America’s Prestige”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Defining Ideas
Just in the last few months, events have hastened to a crisis in Iran’s long confrontation with the West. Continue reading “Iran on the Brink”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Will Israel survive? That question hasn’t really been asked since 1967. Continue reading “Can Israel Survive?”
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
World powers sometimes have to fight wars not for some material interest, but for bolstering a nation’s prestige in order to deter more dangerous aggressors. Continue reading “A Lovely Little NATO Intervention”
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
In September 1938 English Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, explaining why he was flying to Germany a third time in order to make peace with Germany, recited the old nursery rhyme: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.” Continue reading “Obama’s Bow to the Muslim World, Round II”