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Why Does the Left Hate Israel?
Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness As over 3,000 rockets are fired into Israel by Hamas, the establishment of the Democratic Party seems paralyzed over how to respond to the latest Middle East war. It is not just that they fear that the squad, Black Lives Matter, the shock troops of Antifa, and the woke… Continue reading Why Does the Left Hate Israel?
Eeyore’s Cabinet: The Decadent Culture
Victor Davis Hanson // Private Papers I’ve been reading the Satyricon again, which I taught for a number of years in early imperial Latin literature classes for advanced Latin students. The Latin, outside of the slang and neologisms, and the fragmented text, is pretty easy. The style flows. The Cena Trimalchionis is a brilliant damnation of the combination of… Continue reading Eeyore’s Cabinet: The Decadent Culture
Historian’s Corner: The Firebombing of Japan
Victor Davis Hanson // Private Papers Part Two: Very Bad Versus Worse Choices? 1) The Japanese Empire, while doomed in Spring 1945, was more than capable of killing thousands of innocents every day the war dragged on. Depending on the nature of particular sources, and how data are compiled and interpreted, Japanese forces may have killed… Continue reading Historian’s Corner: The Firebombing of Japan
Historian’s Corner: The Firebombing of Japan
Victor Davis Hanson // Private Papers Part One: The Question On the evening of March 9th, 1945 over 334 B-29 heavy bombers came in low over Tokyo, Japan, on the orders of Gen. Curtis LeMay. They were carrying over 2,000 tons of napalm. In short order, waves of the huge bombers burned out perhaps 15 square… Continue reading Historian’s Corner: The Firebombing of Japan
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How To Ensure a Middle East War in Five Easy Steps
Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness More than 2,500 rockets have landed in Israel over the past week. Some Arab Israeli citizens are terrorizing Jewish Israelis. Apparently, as the rockets fall, these citizens are to be Arab Islamic nationalists first, and Israelis last—even if they wisely prefer to live on the Israeli rather than the… Continue reading How To Ensure a Middle East War in Five Easy Steps