The Ukrainian Verdun

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Ukraine has ossified into something like the modern version of the horrific Battle of Verdun, fought 108 years ago on the 1916 Western Front of World War I. That meat grinder cost France and Germany some 700,000 dead and wounded. The nightmare ended ten months later, after the heroic French […]

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VDH UltraThe Mythologies of the Middle East: Part Two

Victor Davis Hanson The Myth of “Proportionality” As a general rule, in the long history of war, victory is found only by being disproportionate in the use of force. That is a truism so banal as to need little elaboration. When both sides are “proportionate” in their ability to harm their opponents, the result is

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VDH UltraThe Mythologies of the Middle East: Part One

Victor Davis Hanson Hamas Is an Aberration Without Popular Support? After the forced removal of all Israelis from Gaza in 2005, and the Western-sanctioned election of 2006 that led to Hamas taking power, there has not been a single election. The Middle East rule of “one election, one time” has been in effect for over

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Trump Too Tough to Trump and Rural America

Listen in as Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Trump’s polls, trials, voters, and strategic possibilities. Then they examine the Central Valley of California, the blaming and defaming of white rural people, the “12 O’Clock High” series, and Israel’s dilemma. Share This

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Gearing Up for ‘Biden’ Versus Trump: Not If, But When and How to Replace Biden

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness President Joe Biden is declining at a geometric, not an arithmetic, rate. His cognitive challenges are multifaceted. His gait is shaky. His daily use of stairs now risks the chance of a tenure-ending fall. Even when he sticks to the teleprompter, he so slurs his speech, mispronounces words, and glides

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Depositions, Elections, and Military Questions

Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc in the Friday news round up: Hunter’s deposition, Michigan elections, predicting the 2024 election, Smirnov’s arrest, Eric Adam’s reservation about sanctuary city status, Kirby says no troops on Ukrainian ground, and Prime Minister Netanyahu interviewed. Share This

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VDH UltraAngry Reader 03-01-2024

From an Angry Reader: Mr. Hansen Normally, I appreciate your insight and political commentary. However, this recent column leaves a LOT to be desired in the intellectual honesty department. First, you refer to the border wall not being built, apparently trying to imply that Trump was opposed at every turn by Congress. The facts are

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American Paralysis and Decline

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness “We can bear neither our diseases nor their remedies.” So shrugged the ancient historian Livy (59 B.C.- A.D. 17) of the long decline of Roman national character that, in his age, finally ended the Roman Republic. Like a patient whose medicine proves worse than the disease, Livy lamented that the

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No One Worries about the Tlaxcalans and Other Ironies

In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler examine whether China will invade Taiwan, reparatory admissions degenerate the culture and standards of the university, Tlaxcalans marginalized by the Aztecs, Google-AI as good as its programmers, and rebuilding a barn. Share This

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