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Obama’s Undiplomacy

by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Most of the criticism of the Obama administration’s foreign policy concerns the failure of “reset diplomacy,” the inability to deal with Iran or North Korea, or the sense that we are ignoring allies and appeasing enemies. Share This

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Taking Out Dictators

by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online In the past 40 years, the United States has intervened to go after autocrats in Afghanistan, Grenada, Haiti, Iraq, Libya, Panama, Somalia, and Serbia. We have attacked by air, by land, and by a combination of both. Share This

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Diplomacy Carterizes

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by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Reset/Outreach R.I.P It is not surprising how little foreign policy comes up in the debates, given the sorry state of the economy. Share This

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Diplomatic Supping with Jihadist Devils

by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPage Magazine While Western diplomats wring their hands over trivial insults to Islam, a slow-motion genocide of Christians has been unfolding in the Muslim world. Share This

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Obama’s Empty Apologetics

by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online At any time in the 2,500-year history of Western diplomacy, has a head of state been advised by his host not to apologize for a long-ago act? I cannot think offhand of any instance until, apparently, two years ago. Share This

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The State Department’s Skewed Standards

by Raymond Ibrahim Jihad Watch Earlier this month in the West Bank, “settlers attempted to burn two mosques, and vandalized an IDF base as part of the latest ‘price tag’ attacks. Share This

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The Middle East Mess

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Libya, Iraq, Syria, Iran, and the All the Same Old, Same Old Mess Each country in the Middle East poses unique challenges. That said, gender apartheid, religious intolerance, tribalism, dictatorship, statism, and lack of transparency and free expression are widely shared in the region, and mean that any particular …

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Hope and Change in the Middle East

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner This was the sort of split-the-difference address that the president is now famous for — long on Icarus-like soaring phraseology, very short on down-to-earth realities. Share This

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Adios, Pakistan

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner “I don’t care if someone is giving us money; we are not a purchasable commodity. We cannot be bought. We can live in hunger, but we won’t compromise our national interests.” – Bashir Bilour, a Pakistani senior minister, in angry response following an al-Qaeda reprisal for the American killing …

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What to Expect From Mexico in 2011

by Victor Davis Hanson Ricochet.com We will see more of the same in 2011 in Mexico. The drug cartel killing spree raises a number of less discussed considerations. Share This

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