A Lovely Little NATO Intervention
by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPage Magazine World powers sometimes have to fight wars not for some material interest, but for bolstering a nation’s prestige in order to deter more dangerous aggressors. Share This
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The Resignations in Turkey
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner News that the top echelon of Turkey’s military offered their joint resignations is not much of a surprise, given ongoing politicized trials against particular officers, and the general acceptance that a secular military is at odds with an increasingly Islamicized government. But there will be lots of long-term ramifications.
A Dumb and Dumber War in Libya
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Almost daily over the last four months we were told that Muammar Gadhafi was about ready to throw in the towel and give up. Share This
Liberal Frankensteins
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online This Fourth of July, what remains is the Founders’ vision of a limited government; the idea of a population united by common values, themes, and ideas; a republican form of checks-and-balances government to prevent demagoguery, factions, and tyranny of the majority; the sanctity and autonomy of the nation-state;
The World Turned Upside Down–Again
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Every once in a while, the world is turned upside down in just a few years, whether by ideological ferment or force of arms. Share This
Rules for Killing Rogues
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The welcome end of Osama bin Laden at the hands of helicopter-borne American military commandos raises a number of issues. Share This
The American Soviet
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
Humanitarian Beheading
by Victor Davis Hanson Ricochet There are a number of videos circulating about from “free Libya” showing grotesque head-loppings, executions, torture and desecration of bodies, of African mercenaries who apparently were captured or killed by the rebels in Libya. Share This
Did We Give Up on Libya?
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services President Obama has announced that America would stop attacking Col. Muammar Gadhafi’s forces in Libya. He instead hopes that others can force out Gadhafi — or that the dictator will leave through economic and diplomatic pressure. Share This
Memo to the General: Free Speech Doesn’t Kill People, Jihadists Kill People
by Bruce S. Thornton Advancing a Free Society Citizen control of the military is one of the most important foundations of political freedom. Rather than an instrument of a powerful autocrat or king, the army in a republic serves the collective interests, security, and policies of the state as determined by the citizens through the