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Hagel, Brennan, and the Obama View of the Middle East

January 13, 2013 10:52 pm / Leave a Comment /

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

The Meaning of Hagel and Brennan

Chuck Hagel and John Brennan, given their long public service, will probably be confirmed. Their appointments will have a force-multiplying effect on our new foreign policy as it pertains to the Middle East. If one were to collate their speeches and more unfortunate statements, a surprisingly similar view of the world after 9/11 emerges. Read more →

Posted in: The Middle East, Obama Administration / Tagged: , , , , , ,

The Absurdity of Treating a Terrorist Gang Like a State

November 26, 2012 10:58 pm / Leave a Comment /

by Bruce Thornton

Frontpage Magazine

The currently suspended missile duel between Israel and Hamas exposes yet again the surreal absurdity of the way the international community handles this conflict between a democratic state and a terrorist gang. Yesterday’s cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas is another example of the folly of treating a bunch of murderers like a legitimate government. Read more →

Posted in: The Middle East, Palestine, Bruce S. Thornton / Tagged: , , , ,

Oh What a Tangled Web

November 21, 2012 11:26 pm / Leave a Comment /

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Supporters of President Obama have dubbed those who question administration statements about Libya as either partisans or conspiracy theorists, on the premise that the administration had no reason to dissimulate. But in fact, it had plenty of political reasons not to be candid, as the following questions make clear. Read more →

Posted in: Benghazi, David Petraeus / Tagged: , , , , , , ,

The Legacy of Islamic Totalitarianism

November 16, 2012 7:29 pm / Leave a Comment /

by Bruce Thornton

FrontPage Magazine

The murder of four Americans in Benghazi on the anniversary of 9/11, and the subsequent attempts by the Obama administration to blame the attacks on a YouTube video critical of Islam, exposed the delusional assumptions of Obama’s foreign policy. This notion that Western bad behavior — whether colonialism, support for Israel, or insults to Islam and Muhammad — is responsible for jihadist violence, however, has vitiated our approach to Islamist terrorism for over a decade now. Read more →

Posted in: Islam, Bruce S. Thornton, Benghazi / Tagged: , , , , , , ,

Groundhog Day in America

November 14, 2012 7:53 pm / Leave a Comment /

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

Barack Obama won a moderately close victory over Mitt Romney on Tuesday. But oddly, nothing much has changed. The country is still split nearly 50/50. There is still a Democratic president, and an almost identically Democratic Senate at war with an identically Republican House, in a Groundhog Day America. Read more →

Posted in: Election 2012 / Tagged: , , , , ,

The Obama Foreign Policy

July 13, 2012 7:41 pm / Leave a Comment /

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

The 2012 election will hinge on the economy, not on US foreign policy, unless there is a major overseas crisis — an Israeli attack on Iran, an Iranian detonation of a nuclear weapon, a Middle East war, a North Korean attack, or something of that sort. Read more →

Posted in: Election 2012, First Term Policies / Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Presidential Narcissism

May 19, 2012 10:51 pm / Leave a Comment /

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Former president Bill Clinton just appeared in a reelection television commercial for President Barack Obama. At one point, Clinton weighs in on the potential consequences of Obama’s decision to go ahead with the planned assassination of Osama bin Laden. Read more →

Posted in: Retrospective, Terrorism, Election 2012 / Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Un-Obama

February 8, 2012 9:49 pm / Leave a Comment /

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

Barack Obama’s favorability in the polls fell when he acted like himself — overexposed, hard-left in his press conferences, and boastful about legislative achievements like Obamacare and a stimulus of more than $1 trillion. Read more →

Posted in: First Term Policies, Healthcare / Tagged: , , , , , , ,

Diplomatic Supping with Jihadist Devils

December 27, 2011 12:04 am /

by Bruce S. Thornton

FrontPage Magazine

While Western diplomats wring their hands over trivial insults to Islam, a slow-motion genocide of Christians has been unfolding in the Muslim world. Read more →

Posted in: Nigeria, Bruce S. Thornton, Diplomacy, Jihad / Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Obama 101

December 2, 2011 10:26 pm /

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

In the last three years, the president has taught us a great deal about America, the world, and himself. Read more →

Posted in: Commentary, Energy, First Term Policies, Foreign Policy / Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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