Keep Quiet and Listen!
The words of radical Islam speak for themselves. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online “You will find that the Jews were behind all the civil strife in this world. The Jews are behind the suffering of the nations.”
Torn Apart Over Iraq
Why do we keep fighting each other over Iraq? by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online ISOLATIONISTS Most paleocons did not support either the attack on Afghanistan or Iraq — and did not in the sincere belief it was not in the interest of the United States.
The Strange Metamorphosis of Senator Clinton
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services “I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigrants.” Who recently blurted that out?
The Myth of Islam Busted
Review of The Myth of Islamic Tolerance: How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims, ed. Robert Spencer by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers One of the greatest impediments in our war against jihadist terrorism is the misinformation, half-truths, and outright lies about Islam entertained by many of our public intellectuals.
60 Years Later: Considering Hiroshima
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online For 60 years the United States has agonized over its unleashing of the world’s first nuclear weapon on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. President Harry Truman’s decision to explode an atomic bomb over an ostensible military target — the headquarters of the crack Japanese 2nd Army — led […]
Today’s Politicos Invent the Past
When references to history are totally wrong. by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The Chicago Tribune originally ran this article with the title “The Past as today’s Politics: When references to history totally confuse the point.”
Reformation or Civil War?
The jihadists cannot be reasoned with, only defeated. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Remember how shortly after September 11 Mohammed Atta’s lawyer father sounded worried in his cozy apartment? He stammered that his son did not help engineer the deaths of 3,000 Americans.
Doublespeak Unveiled
Muslim “moderates” are true to spirit of Islam by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers As stalwart as the Bush administration has been in the current conflict with Islamic jihadists, judging from the op-ed in last Saturday’s New York Times by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend, it still entertains dangerous illusions about […]
Enough is Enough
Civilization has two choices when facing jihadists. by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services After the July 7 London bombings, some in the United Kingdom wondered if the bombing was in retaliation for Britain having troops in Iraq. Perhaps, they suggested, a withdrawal, emulating the Spanish appeasement after the March 2004 bombings in Madrid, would […]
And Then They Came After Us
We’re at war. How about acting like it? by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online First the terrorists of the Middle East went after the Israelis. From 1967 we witnessed 40 years of bombers, child murdering, airline hijacking, suicide murdering, and gratuitous shooting. We in the West usually cried crocodile tears, and then came up with […]
War and the West, Then and Now: Part III
by Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers This is a transcript of a recorded talk of about 50 minutes before an audience on February 11, 2004 at the University of Oregon.
War and the West, Then and Now: Part II
by Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers This is a transcript of a recorded talk of about 50 minutes before an audience on February 11, 2004 at the University of Oregon.
War and the West, Then and Now: Part I
by Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers This is a transcript of a recorded talk of about 50 minutes before an audience on February 11, 2004 at the University of Oregon.
Elegant Nonsense
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Nearly 24 centuries ago, Plato warned not to confuse innate artistic skill with either education or intelligence.
Our Wars Over the War
“The fault is not in our stars.” by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Ever since September 11, there has been an alternative narrative about this war embraced by the Left. In this mythology, the attack on September 11 had in some vague way something to do with American culpability.
Dishonest and Deadly
Why does the West entertain such a wrongheaded notion as multiculturalism? by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers The news that the London terrorist attacks were carried out by second-generation Muslim immigrants should not surprise us.
A World Wonder: A Speech Given to the Woodrow Wilson Center on Democracy
by Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers Part III: Question and Answer MR. SITILIDES: Thank you very much, Dr. Hanson. We appreciate the historical sweep of your presentation.
The Iraqi Wars
Our 15-year conflict with Iraq. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Iraq is a blur now. Everyone from Norman Schwarzkopf and General Zinni to Tommy Franks and General Abezaid is mixed up in our memories. The public can’t quite separate Baathists from jihadists, Shiite from Sunni, or one coalition from another. Mostly the confusion […]
How to Lose a War
by Victor Davis Hanson National Post Thursday’s attack in London is the latest blow struck in the war that began on Sept. 11. Its origins are easy to fathom: A minority of Muslim extremists, their numbers in the few millions, resents deeply the erosion of life in the Middle East and other Muslim areas.
Jihad Is Knocking: Another Episode in the War between Christendom and Islam
by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers The slaughter in London is another grisly wake-up call that likely will go as unheeded as earlier ones.