Victor Davis Hanson What are we to think after watching the demonstrations on our campuses that broke out after the Hamas butchery, but even before the Israeli response? 1) That this generation of college students who mouth “apartheid” or “colonization” know nothing about either? And why not, given their curricula are entirely therapeutic? Would these […]
by Victor Davis Hanson// National Review By cutting off hundreds of millions in American aid to the Palestinian Authority, the president could radically alter the Middle East. President Trump set off another Twitter firestorm last week when he hinted that he may be considering cutting off hundreds of millions of dollars in annual
by Victor Davis Hanson// National Review Thanks to the Iran deal, the mullahs can buy nearly all the weapons they need. There is currently a real Asian pivot as the president completes one of the longest presidential tours of Asia in memory. Three carrier battle groups are in the West Pacific. America
by Victor Davis Hanson// National Review World opinion against Israel comes from a great many factors — especially a certain ancient one. Secretary of State John Kerry, echoing other policymakers in the Obama administration, blasted Israel last week in a 70-minute rant about its supposedly self-destructive policies. Why does the world — including now the
by Victor Davis Hanson// National Review Despite the mess around it, Israel is in its best geostrategic position in decades. Israel would seem to be in a disastrous position, given the inevitable nuclear capabilities of Iran and the recent deterioration of its relationship with the United States, its former patron and continued financial benefactor. Immediately
When lies are the foundation of policies. by Bruce S. Thornton // FrontPage Magazine Many of our policy debates and conflicts both domestic and foreign call on history to validate their positions. At home, crimes from the past like slavery and legal segregation are used to justify present policies ranging from racial set asides to
Israel Can’t Count on the West to Protect it. Will Israel do the unthinkable to stop the unimaginable? by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online The Obama administration seems peeved that almost everyone in Israel, left and right, has no use for the present Iranian–American deal to thwart Iran’s efforts to get the bomb. Indeed,
The absence of true leadership has created chaos at home and abroad. by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online What has gone wrong with the U.S. government in the past month? Just about everything, from the fundamental to the ridiculous. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the United States to warn Congress about the
by Victor Davis Hanson // PJ Media Even some Democrats in Congress have come to the conclusion that after the brouhaha over Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech before Congress, President Obama wants to radically downgrade the long American special relationship with democratic Jewish Israel — and perhaps has a dislike of the idea of Israel.
Obama’s morally confused foreign policy is making the world more dangerous by the day. by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Congress on Tuesday to warn Americans of the anti-Western threats from theocratic — and likely to soon be nuclear — Iran. Netanyahu came to the U.S. to