At the Eye of the Storm in Baghdad
An interview with Col. Rick Gibbs. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online On a recent visit to Iraq, I was advised to speak with an American colonel at ground zero in the effort to secure Baghdad.
Congress’ New Role: Undermining U.S. Foreign Policy
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The president establishes American foreign policy and is commander in chief. At least that’s what the Constitution states. Then Congress oversees the president’s policies by either granting or withholding money to carry them out — in addition to approving treaties and authorizing war.
Nobel Nobel?
Al Gore’s evangelical liberalism reconsidered. by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers Al Gore embodies a type that usually turns up in high school or university faculties, what we can call the evangelical liberal.
Hope Yet for Iraq
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Iraq for most Americans is now a toxic subject — best either ignored or largely evoked to blame someone for something in the past.
Newsworthy Reconsidered: Paris Hilton or Colonel Sean McFarland?
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Which of these two do we Americans know anything about?
Newsworthy Reconsidered: Paris Hilton or Colonel Sean McFarland?
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Which of these two do we Americans know anything about?
Charge It, America!
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services President Bush’s current approval ratings are about 32 percent. Only one in four Americans approves of the Democratic-controlled Congress.
The Two Faces of Al Qaeda
by Raymond Ibrahim Chronicle for Higher Education When the September 11 attacks occurred, I was in Fresno, Calif., researching my M.A. thesis on the Battle of Yarmuk, one of the first yet little-known battles between Christendom and Islam, waged in 636 A.D.
Winning Ugly
Iraq doesn’t need to be a Kodak moment. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online There is no need to review the now common judgment on the Iraqi war as a fiasco, quagmire, or “worst” something or other in American history.
The University Madhouse
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Have American academics lost their collective minds? This week, Columbia University allowed Iran’s loony President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to be a lecturer on its campus.
Europe Whimpers
The showy compromise of free speech in Belgium by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers As the headquarters for the European Union, Brussels is the capital of the EUtopia that Europeans and blue-state Americans keep touting as the social-political order superior to that of the United States.
Doomsday Debunked
The Middle East is not falling down. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Something quite strange is happening: Despite all the bad news about the Middle East from the European and American media, things actually seem to be improving.
Peace to Whoever Follows Guidance
More al Qaeda double talk by Raymond Ibrahim National Review Online As with every message directed to the West, Osama bin Laden’s most recent address begins and ends with his hallmark sentence: “Peace to whoever follows guidance.”
Al Qaeda Dreams
What does Bin Laden want? by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online We’ve been arguing over al Qaeda’s aims since before 9/11. Some take Osama bin Laden’s specific complaints seriously.
Fighting at a Disadvantage
Bad cultural habits plague the West in the War on Terror by Bruce S. Thornton City Journal Six years after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, we continue to hunt for those whose blunders let them happen.
Looking for a Scapegoat
The world again turns to Jews. by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Who recently said: “These Jews started 19 Crusades. The 19th was World War I. Why? Only to build Israel.”
Why It’s So Hard to Win
by Victor Davis Hanson The American (Sept-Oct 2007) Is it five or ten or fifteen — years that are necessary to win wars of counterinsurgency such as Iraq? By now, Americans are well acquainted with such warnings that patience — along with political and economic reforms, not just arms — defeats guerrillas.
Jesus and Mohammad, Version 2.0
In academic revision, Christ is confused, the Prophet humanitarian. by Raymond Ibrahim National Review Online Few things are more demonstrative of the sad state of affairs of modern academia than the increasingly fictionalized portrayals of the founders of the two largest religions in the world: Jesus and Mohammad.
Lessons in War
Reflections on 9/11, six years later. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online On that day, we watched tape of the doomed in suits diving head first from the burning floors, hoping to splatter on roofs rather than crush and kill incoming firefighters — as some tragically did.
The Eye of the Storm
Remembering the uncovered plots since 9/11 by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Another anniversary of 9/11 is near. It’s been nearly six long years since a catastrophic attack on our shores, and we’ve understandably turned to infighting and second-guessing — about everything from Guantanamo to wiretaps.