Weaker enemies have learned to use our strengths against us. This time, they’ll lose. by Victor Davis Hanson City Journal It is still suicidal to meet the United States in a conventional war—at least for any enemy that has not fully adopted Western arms, discipline, logistics, and military organization. Share This
by Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers A shorter version of this was syndicated by Tribune Media Services. The symbolism of the recent heated exchange between Senator Boxer and Secretary-of-State Rice was telling. Share This
by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers Joshua Muravchik, Covering the Intifada. How the Media Reported the Palestinian Uprising (The Washington Institute for Near Eastern Policy). Share This
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Do we even remember “all that” now? The lunacy that appeared after 9/11 that asked us to look for the “root causes” to explain why America may have “provoked” spoiled mama’s boys like bin Laden and Mohammed Atta to murder Americans at work? Share This
by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers A review of Covering the Intifada: How the Media Reported the Palestinian Uprising, by Joshua Muravchik (Washington Institute for Near Eastern Policy) Share This
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Fostering elections in Iraq is a hard road, well apart from the daily violence of the Sunni Triangle. The autocratic Sunni elite of surrounding countries prefers democracy to fail, warning us that an Iranian-sponsored theocracy will surely follow in Iraq, legitimizing a new Arab Khomeinism. Share This
by Victor Davis Hanson Commentary Magazine Whatever the results of the elections scheduled for late January in Iraq, a new pessimism about that country, as well as about the larger war on terror, has taken hold in many circles in the United States. Share This
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online There are several issues ahead, such as immigration, deficits of all sorts, and energy dependence, that have the potential to erode conservatives’ appeal to the general public. Share This
by Victor Davis Hanson New Criterion The most recent doom-and-gloom forecast by Matthew Parris of the LondonTimes would be hilarious if it were not so hackneyed. After all, Americans long ago have learned to grin any time a British intellectual talks about the upstart’s foreordained imperial collapse. Share This
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services As President Bush’s guest worker proposals slog through Congress, new reports suggest that there may be not 8 million, but almost 20 million illegal aliens in the United States, a population larger than most entire states. Share This