Military

More Rubble, Less Trouble

by Victor Davis Hanson Defining Ideas Western Warfare, as originated by the Greeks and systematized by the Romans, took various forms over the ensuing two millennia. European militaries put greater emphasis on decisive battles such as Gaugamela or Kursk. They focused on collective discipline, the importance of staying in rank, superior technology, and logistics. Share […]

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Taking Out Dictators

by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online In the past 40 years, the United States has intervened to go after autocrats in Afghanistan, Grenada, Haiti, Iraq, Libya, Panama, Somalia, and Serbia. We have attacked by air, by land, and by a combination of both. Share This

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The Final Countdown: Israel vs. Iran

by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPage Magazine The 33-year farce of Western appeasement of Iran may be reaching its denouement. For the last few months, the pace of events have quickened as the West sanctions and threatens, and Iran blusters about closing the Strait of Hormuz, cutting off oil to Europe, and unleashing its terrorist proxies.

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The Perils of Obama’s Foreign Policy

by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The mystery remaining about the Obama administration’s foreign policy is not whether it has worked, but whether its failures will matter all that much. Share This

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Cutting the Military Is a Bad Idea

by Victor Davis Hanson Ricochet.com After World War II, Harry Truman and Louis Johnson wanted to cut the Marine Corps; by winter 1950 what was left of it almost single-handedly saved the reputation of the collapsing US military in Korea. Share This

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Islam’s Slave-Soldiers Return to Egypt

by Raymond Ibrahim Stonegate Institute The myths of a “patriotic” or “altruistic” Egyptian military carefully protecting the “rights” of its citizenry — the narrative of the mainstream media of the January 25 Revolution — are long gone. Share This

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Two Bad September Days

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Two terrible September days sum up the first decade of the new American millennium. Share This

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Pearl Harbor Considered

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Why did Japan attack us 70 years ago today, other than the usually cited existential reasons and the fact that they thought they could and get away with it? Share This

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