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.
War and the Fallacies of Our Critics
Interview by Bernard Chapin FrontPageMagazine.com Bernard Chapin is a writer and school psychologist living in Chicago. His latest book concerns the implosion of a school he worked at and loved: Escape from Gangsta Island: A School’s Progressive Decline.
Faith and Altruism: The Cases of Pope Benedict and Osama bin Laden
by Raymond Ibrahim Private Papers After being accused of having a special vendetta against Muslims, Pope Benedict XVI is back in the spotlight for offending Jews, Protestants, and the Orthodox.
The Many Enemies of George Bush
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services George Bush is not a very popular fellow.
Don’t Bomb, Bomb Iran
For now, we should avoid smoking Tehran. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online There’s been ever more talk on Iran. President Bush — worried about both Americans being killed by Iranian mines in Iraq, and Tehran’s progress toward uranium enrichment — is ratcheting up the rhetoric.
War on Campus?
Interview with Victor Davis Hanson MindingTheCampus.com John Leo, Editor of MindingTheCampus.com, hosts Victor Davis Hanson to discuss his most recent article from the summer issue of City Journal, “Why Study War?”. Hanson is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a City Journal Contributing Editor.
Back to School Blues
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Last week I went shopping in our small rural hometown, where my family has attended the same public schools since 1896. Without exception, all six generations of us — whether farmers, housewives, day laborers, business people, writers, lawyers or educators — were given a good, competitive K-12 education.
Waning Support for Suicide-Attacks in the Muslim World?
by Raymond Ibrahim Private Papers A recent poll released by the Pew Research Center indicates that, among other things, support for suicide-attacks — or, what are known in Islamic terminology as “martyrdom operations” — is on the decline in the Islamic world.