by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
Two recent news stories about Afghanistan reveal the delusional mentality of those conducting our foreign policy. Continue reading “Another Disgraceful Apology Frenzy”
Author: victorhanson
Victor Davis Hanson is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a professor of Classics Emeritus at California State University, Fresno, and a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services. He is also the Wayne & Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History, Hillsdale College, where he teaches each fall semester courses in military history and classical culture.
Defense Spending Is a ‘Shovel Ready’ Investment
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
President Obama has just ordered massive cutbacks in defense spending, eventually to total some $500 billion. There is plenty of fat in a Pentagon budget that grew after 9/11, but such slashing goes way too far. Continue reading “Defense Spending Is a ‘Shovel Ready’ Investment”
Mr. Obama’s 99%: Are We Poor or Just Unequal or Both or Neither?
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
The 2012 campaign is heating up and we can see the outlines of an impending us/them class war. But in our strange 21st-century world, lots of crazy things blur the president’s 1%/99% divide. Continue reading “Mr. Obama’s 99%: Are We Poor or Just Unequal or Both or Neither?”
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. Continue reading “Cutting the Military Is a Bad Idea”
Muslim Brotherhood Seeks ‘Mastership of World’
by Raymond Ibrahim
Jihad Watch
Although many Muslim leaders openly articulate their efforts as part of a larger picture — one that culminates in the resurrection of a caliphate adversarial by nature to all things non-Muslim — many Western leaders see only the moment, either out of context or, worse, in a false context built atop wishful thinking. Continue reading “Muslim Brotherhood Seeks ‘Mastership of World’”
Diplomacy Carterizes
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Reset/Outreach R.I.P
It is not surprising how little foreign policy comes up in the debates, given the sorry state of the economy. Continue reading “Diplomacy Carterizes”
The Coin Toss on EU Crisis For Germany: Heads We Lose, Tails You Win
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Watching the current EU dramatics over southern Mediterranean debt reminds me of the farm crisis of 1982–4 when lots of big farming concerns around here defaulted on what they owed banks. Continue reading “The Coin Toss on EU Crisis For Germany: Heads We Lose, Tails You Win”
The Case for Military Action Against Iran
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
Iran’s 30-year war against the United States may be reaching its decisive moment. Signs of the worsening crisis abound. Continue reading “The Case for Military Action Against Iran”
Obama’s Postmodern Vision
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
There has been for months a popular parlor game of tallying instances in which President Obama seems to have either ignored or simply bypassed federal law. Continue reading “Obama’s Postmodern Vision”
Iran on the Brink
by Bruce S. Thornton
Defining Ideas
Just in the last few months, events have hastened to a crisis in Iran’s long confrontation with the West. Continue reading “Iran on the Brink”