July 2005

The Iraqi Wars

Our 15-year conflict with Iraq. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Iraq is a blur now. Everyone from Norman Schwarzkopf and General Zinni to Tommy Franks and General Abezaid is mixed up in our memories. The public can’t quite separate Baathists from jihadists, Shiite from Sunni, or one coalition from another. Mostly the confusion …

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How to Lose a War

by Victor Davis Hanson National Post Thursday’s attack in London is the latest blow struck in the war that began on Sept. 11. Its origins are easy to fathom: A minority of Muslim extremists, their numbers in the few millions, resents deeply the erosion of life in the Middle East and other Muslim areas. Share …

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The Same Old, Same Old . . .

An anatomy of the London bombing. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The British may react very differently than the Spanish did after Madrid — by doing nothing rather than by retreating from Iraq. Share This

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A World Wonder: Part II

A Speech Given to the Woodrow Wilson Center on Democracy by Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers Part II: Spreading Democracy in the Modern World Share This

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A World Wonder: Part I

A Speech Given to the Woodrow Wilson Center on Democracy by Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers This is a written transcript of recorded remarks given on June 2, 2005 at the Woodrow Wilson Center and made available to Private Papers by the Center.Click here to read an introduction by John Sitilides, Chairman, Board of Advisors, Southeast Europe Project Wilson Council. …

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Real Lesson of Vietnam

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Under fire, the president addressed the nation Tuesday night to reassure the American people that, for all the depressing news of bombings and death, we are winning the war and a free, democratic Iraq is key to Middle East salvation. Share This

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American Zen

Finessing our supposed friends and enemies. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online While the world debated whether an American guard at Guantanamo really flushed a Koran down a toilet, Robert Mugabe may have bulldozed the homes of 1.5 million Zimbabweans. Share This

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