2007
Pakistani Punditry
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Lost in all the frenzied reaction to the Bhutto assassination is any consistency of critique. So we hear that the U.S. is to be blamed for not pressuring Musharraf, and yet blamed for putting all our eggs in the democratic basket of Benazir Bhutto. Share This
Common Sense
Who needs “intelligence” to know Iran wants nukes? by Raymond Ibrahim Private Papers Much of the current debate surrounding Iran’s nuclear aspirations centers on the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) report which “judge[s] with high confidence that in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program.” Share This
In War: Resolution
by Victor Davis Hanson The Claremont Review “Iraq,” swears Al Gore, “was the single worst strategic mistake in American history.” Senate Majority leader Harry Reid agrees that the war he voted to authorize is “the worst foreign policy mistake in U.S. history,” and indeed is already “lost.” Share This
All Mixed-up Over Iran
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Last week’s U.S. National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) states, with “high confidence,” that Iran quit trying to get a nuclear bomb in late 2003. That’s exactly the opposite of what the NIE reported just two years ago, when it claimed Iran’s ruling mullahs were still developing nuclear weapons. Share …