Victor Davis Hanson Regime Change? On March 1 and again later in the month, Trump and Rubio restated the above reasons for the bombing. Regime change was not among the stated objectives—although wiping out the top echelon of the theocratic and military apparat is a sort of regime change in and of itself. True, Trump […]
Victor Davis Hanson contextualizes the refusal by several European NATO countries to base US aircraft amid the ongoing Iran conflict and lays out what their ingratitude may lead to in the future. Share This
Victor Davis Hanson Legality. Constitutional lawyer Barack Obama was recently sounding off about an illegal war against Iran—in shameless and hypocritical fashion even for the 4-mansion owning, private-jet flying, green-community organizer. Does Obama remember that he bombed Libya for seven months without congressional authorization or even much consultation? He accomplished nothing but ensuring a wider
Victor Davis Hanson The new radical base of the Democrat party does not particularly like the existing U.S., not AOC and her Squad, not Bernie Sanders, and not the various ethnic and racial congressional caucuses. In their view, the only way to regain power is to tear down the house of us all and then
Four weeks in, Victor Davis Hanson lays out objectives and restraints in the ongoing “Iran War” and details why the Iranian theocracy must be decapitated now rather than later. Share This
Victor Davis Hanson The longest shutdown in congressional history last autumn achieved almost nothing other than hurting the Trump economic agenda—and, indeed, the fourth quarter 2025 annualized GDP was later revised downward due to the shutdown. Now again in 2026 there have been two additional shutdowns, the second still continuing and already the second longest
Victor Davis Hanson It is hard to figure out why there is a growing American hatred of Israel, our ally against Iran. Does anyone really believe as is alleged that Israel is “pulling the strings” of the Trump administration? For the moment, forget that helping the only democratic, pro-Western, and most powerful nation in the
Victor Davis Hanson examines the backfiring of the left-wing “cancel culture” tradition in light of recent allegations against Cesar Chavez, which seem to be sending the civil rights activist’s legacy the way of Bill Cosby. Share This
Victor Davis Hanson Whatever happens in Iran, the end will have ripples throughout the world. The Arab World. If the U.S. destroys theocracy and a moderate government of some sort takes its place, we will have increased our prestige and goodwill throughout the Arab world. Most leaders in the region will be relieved to see
Victor Davis Hanson We are in the second week of a joint American–Israeli intensive bombing of the Iranian theocracy. Most of the Iranian military is now inert. The United States and Israel enjoy air supremacy in the skies over Iran. Iran’s daily launching of missiles and drones is dropping to a tenth of the first