Foreign Policy

Rhetoric Running on Empty

by Victor Davis Hanson // NRO’s The Corner The latest disclosure — and the most grave — of the Assad regime’s supposed deployments of chemical weapons puts the West in general and the U.S. in particular in an untenable position.  Share This

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Egyptian Military Warns Obama: ‘Supporting Terrorism’ in Egypt is ‘Red Line’

by Raymond Ibrahim // RaymondIbrahim.com According to a report titled “Sisi to Pentagon: We will not turn back, sovereignty is a red line,” published in Watan newspaper (Saturday, August 17 edition), Egyptian Maj. Gen. Muhammad al-’Assar has just issued a strongly worded letter to the Pentagon, on behalf of the Egyptian military council, saying, among other things,

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Obama Bets Against Human Nature — and Usually Loses

by Victor Davis Hanson // PJ Media   There are many ways to learn about the bleaker aspects of human nature. One would be to run a pizza shop, or regularly to have to clean a public restroom. Perhaps giving close attention to the text of Thucydides might give a more abstract lesson. Also, the Old and

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Obama Who?

by Victor Davis Hanson // PJ Media Critics of the president are convinced that Barack Obama will do lasting damage to the U.S. I doubt it. Share This

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Nemesis, After All

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media A Plodding Goddess Like a broken record, for the last five years I have invoked the Greek concept of Nemesis, or divine retribution for unchecked hubris, to explain what was in store for the Obama administration. Share This

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Obama Is Just Obama

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Suddenly, half the country is upset with Obama for the recent flurry of scandals. Even some in the media are perplexed Share This

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Nixon Is a Fair Comparison

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner There have been lots of comparisons, most hotly dismissed by the president’s defenders, between Nixon and Obama, but in some ways the latest scandals have the potential to match or even trump those of 1973–4. Share This

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Iraq a Convenient Scapegoat

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Bring up Iraq — and expect to end up in an argument. Conservatives are no different from liberals in rehashing the unpopular war, which has become a sort of whipping boy for all our subsequent problems. Share This

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