Bashar Assad Archives

Hope and Change in the Middle East

May 20, 2011

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

Bin Laden Is Dead, But Our Delusions Live On

May 3, 2011

by Bruce S. Thornton Advancing a Free Society The death of Osama bin Laden has some symbolic value, particularly for the United States. A great power exercises influence not just through its military and economic assets, but through its prestige. Share This

The American Soviet

April 30, 2011

by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The security forces of Bashar Assad — a thug whom Hillary Clinton deemed a “reformer,” and with whom Barack Obama was determined to restore diplomatic relations — are slaughtering hundreds in the streets of Syria’s major cities. I know that the Turkish government will express no outrage. Share …

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