Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness It is hard even to digest the incredible train of events of the last few days in the Middle East. Iran had been reduced to an anemic, performance-art missile attack on our base in Qatar—the last Parthian shot from a terrified regime, desperate for an out—and a ceasefire. Iran would have… Continue reading In the End, Everyone Hated the Iranian Theocracy
Ten Iranian Questions
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness 1. What are we to make of Saturday night’s destruction of the three Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan? Trump and the U.S. military took a great risk and succeeded in astounding fashion. Operationally, the destruction of the nuclear sites seems to have gone perfectly, in contrast to… Continue reading Ten Iranian Questions
Can the Left Ever Stop Its Craziness?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness California Senator Alex Padilla recently crashed a press conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. He deliberately wore no identification. He gave no advance warning that he would disrupt her briefing. Instead, Padilla barged forward to the podium, shouting about the deportation of illegal aliens. Immediately, Padilla got his media… Continue reading Can the Left Ever Stop Its Craziness?
What Exactly Was Iran Thinking — Or Not?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Iran apparently had not adjusted to its new 2025 status—or maybe it had. Most of its bought terrorists are currently either destroyed or anemic. There is no more ascendant Iranian “Shia crescent” in the Middle East. Russia is no longer a Middle East power, patron, and protector. The Assad dynasty… Continue reading What Exactly Was Iran Thinking — Or Not?
Who Really Are the Lawless and the Dictatorial?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness The left is in its usual sanctimonious but schizophrenic mood. The media claims daily that the Trump administration has usurped power. It is supposedly destroying democracy. It tramples on the rule of law and thus has created a virtual dictatorship. Yet at the same time, Democrats high-five the most recent… Continue reading Who Really Are the Lawless and the Dictatorial?
The So-Called Trump-Ramaphosa ‘Ambush’
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Nothing highlights the poverty of the media-Democratic mind than its weary use of echo-chamber buzzwords. Once Pravda-like instructions are sent out from DNC operatives, mindless media anchors mouth them in lockstep as gospel. So, it was with the supposed “ambush” when South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met Donald Trump. Trump… Continue reading The So-Called Trump-Ramaphosa ‘Ambush’
Are Some Racist Slurs Okay?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness One reason why the public turned on DEI was its insistence that roughly 70 percent of the country was stereotyped as victimizers by virtue of their skin color. In contrast, the other “diverse” 30 percent were de facto considered the victimized. In such absurd binaries, the left returned to the… Continue reading Are Some Racist Slurs Okay?
The FBI Washington Headquarters Won’t Be Missed
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Current FBI Director Kash Patel is closing down the agency’s Washington, DC, mothership office and moving at least 1,500 employees out of the DC area to regional offices. The decision was not just Patel’s. During the Biden Administration, it was determined that the 50-year-old Hoover building headquarters was structurally decrepit.… Continue reading The FBI Washington Headquarters Won’t Be Missed
The Real First 100 Days
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Pundits are confused about what to make of the first 100 days of the second Trump administration. Supporters talk of “flooding the zone,” believing Trump is making so many changes so quickly that his opposition is reduced to deer-in-the-headlights infancy. They must be right when the nation suffers daily Democratic… Continue reading The Real First 100 Days
Would the Left Finally Explain the Inexplicable?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Somewhere between 10 and 12 million illegal aliens were invited into the United States by the Biden administration. As far as logistics go, Biden could not flee Afghanistan without getting 13 Marines killed and abandoning to the terrorist Taliban $50 billion in munitions, a billion-dollar embassy, and a $300 million… Continue reading Would the Left Finally Explain the Inexplicable?