Please Bomb Me!

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services It’s probably a good rule to do the opposite of anything the Iranian theocracy wants. Apparently, this government is now doing its darnedest to be bombed. So, for the time being, we should not grant them this wish. Share This

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Fighting Faith

Is Judeo-Christian violence the same thing as Islamic violence? by Raymond Ibrahim Private Papers Since the terrorist strikes of 9/11, Islam has often been accused of being intrinsically violent. In response, a number of apologetics have been offered in defense of the religion. Share This

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The Twenty-Five Hundred Years’ War

by Victor Davis Hanson The American A shorter version of this essays appeared in the column “Geopolitics” in the March-April issue of The American. Share This

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Beyond Iraq

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The threat from radical Islamic terrorists will not vanish when President Bush leaves office, or if funds for the Iraq war are cut off in 2008. Share This

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Bellum Interruptum

by Victor Davis Hanson The American Legion A slightly shorter version of this essay appears in the April 2007 issue of The American Legion. Share This

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Houses of Straw

The EU’s delusions about the sufficiency of “soft” power are embarrassingly revealed. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online ‘It’s completely outrageous for any nation to go out and arrest the servicemen of another nation in waters that don’t belong to them.” So spoke Admiral Sir Alan West, former First Sea Lord of the Royal

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Third-Worldism: What Does Africa Need?

by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers I hate to use a cliché, but “bleeding-heart liberal” is just too accurate not to use. I suspect the phrase derives from those depictions of Jesus Christ with his exposed heart wrapped in thorns and dripping blood. This image nails the egocentric, self-righteous exhibitionism of most self-styled “progressives.” Share This

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Church Militant

by Victor Davis Hanson Claremont Review of Books Book review of God’s War: A New History of the Crusades, by Christopher Tyerman. Belknap Press, 2006. Share This

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A World of Difference

Can General Petraeus turn was in Iraq around? by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The verdict on four years of fighting in Iraq hinges on the events of the next few months. Share This

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