Victor Davis HansonHistorian’s Corner C. Analysis. So why is the Left Saber-rattling? There are four choices, and they are not mutually exclusive: The Left knows that Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden serially appeased Putin. They privately accept that his invasion of Ukraine is a manifestation of their own efforts that weakened U.S. deterrence that […]
Victor Davis HansonHistorian’s Corner A. The Record of Leftwing Appeasement Consider the following. From 2009 until the recent present, the Left did the following: Appeased Vladimir Putin with “reset.” This included both the relevant laxity toward Russia—inviting Russia into the Middle East, bringing it into the Iran Nuclear Deal discussions, the Obama hot mic revelation,
Victor Davis Hanson talks with Jack Fowler about Conservative perspectives on the war in Ukraine, Russians cancelled for lack of vocal criticism of Putin, how the war benefits the Left (or not), and thoughts on the State of the Union and Bill Barr’s new memoire. Share This
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Irredentism—the romance of reclaiming “unredeemed” old lands—is a symptom of messianic presidents and premiers, and national paranoia and insecurity. Leaders demagogue about the recovery of ancient territories that previously had weakened the nation’s imperial grandeur and power. Supposedly long-scattered and oppressed peoples with common linguistic, religious, and cultural affinities are
Hoover Institution fellow and historian Victor Davis Hanson talked about the Russia-Ukraine crisis, a shifting geopolitical landscape, the decline of culture in the West on Wednesday with Fox News host Sean Hannity. Share This
Victor Davis Hanson talks with cohost Sami Winc about tanks in Putin’s war with Ukraine and then examines the history of tanks. Share This
Victor Davis Hanson talks with Sami Winc about the State of the Union address, Ukraine, China, Iran and Germany. Share This
Victor Davis Hanson Historian’s Corner Alternative View #4: Paleo Putin Wait a minute. Putin is a dictator, yes, but have we recently cut off all dictators? Xi? The Saudi royal family? Castro, Inc.? The ayatollahs? At least Putin does not desecrate Christianity. At least Russians do not make apologies for their own country. Who fought
A surprising aspect of human nature during warfare is its immutability over the millennia, as classical scholar and Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson shows in our discussion about the Peloponnesian War and the Roman Empire. He illustrates what 5th Century BC Greece can tell us about invasions, charismatic leadership, national honor and courageous resistance
POTUS, VPOTUS, and nominee for SCOTUS — Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler look at the record and at other things that reveal America asunder. Who is responsible? Share This