Merchants of Despair

Sort of for the war, sort of… by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Much of the recent domestic critique of American efforts in the Middle East has long roots in our own past — and little to do with the historic developments on the ground in Iraq Share This

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Unsung Victories

The effects of American policy throughout the Middle East are gradually being felt by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Last week, Mr. Abbas ordered the ruins of Yasir Arafat’s Gaza headquarters cleared away. The Israelis had destroyed the building in 2002, and Mr. Arafat had kept the ruins as a kind of memorial. Suddenly,

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The Folly of a Nuclear Iran

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Despite the bleak preventative options, no one wants to permit Iran to go nuclear. Yet if strategists despair over the methods of stopping Iran’s bomb, few have explicitly outlined why we should even try. Share This

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Fight Over Flight: Staying Power

by Victor Davis Hanson The New Republic With the increasing violence leading up to this week’s Iraqi elections for 275 seats in a new national assembly, a despair emerged in some U.S. circles that 150,000 American troops and their coalition allies could never really maintain security. Share This

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Why Democracy?

Ten reasons to support democracy in the Middle East by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Neoconservatives hope that a democratic Iraq and Afghanistan can usher in a new age of Middle Eastern consensual government that will cool down a century-old cauldron of hatred. Share This

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