Ripples of Retreat

Dark predictions for a post-withdraw world. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The present Washington parlor game is to argue over the consequences of a precipitous withdrawal from Iraq. Share This

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The New York Times Surrenders

A monument to defeatism on the editorial page by Victor Davis Hanson City Journal Online On July 8, the New York Times ran an historic editorial entitled “The Road Home,” demanding an immediate American withdrawal from Iraq. It is rare that an editorial gets almost everything wrong, but “The Road Home” pulls it off. Consider, point by

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The Real Threat to Civil Liberties

by Victor Davis Hanson Real Clear Politics A common liberal complaint against the Bush administration is its supposed trampling of civil liberties. The Patriot Act, wiretaps, and Guantanamo supposedly have undermined our freedoms — or so we are warned ad nauseam by liberal watchdogs. Share This

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Virtual War

We are in a collective Animal Farm by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online In the last two months, lunatic Islamic radicals have failed at weird mass murder plots at Fort Dix, New Jersey, and JFK Airport in New York. And now in Great Britain, more incompetent jihadists were foiled again — thanks to their

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Our Enemy’s Attrition

Reasons to reexamine the Middle East’s negative prognosis. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The majority opinion is that the occupation in Iraq has been so bungled that the blowback has ruined American efforts at promoting positive change throughout the Middle East. Share This

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