by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Much of the recent domestic critique of American efforts in the Middle East has long roots in our own past — and little to do with the historic developments on the ground in Iraq Continue reading “Merchants of Despair”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
California’s weather is nearly ideal. The soil is the nation’s richest. There is a 1,000-mile coastline and endowments of fishing, timber, petroleum and water. In less than a century, our ancestors created Hollywood and Silicon Valley, as well as booming agribusiness, tourism and trade. Continue reading “Sunny California Caught by Gathering Storm”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Last week, Mr. Abbas ordered the ruins of Yasir Arafat’s Gaza headquarters cleared away. The Israelis had destroyed the building in 2002, and Mr. Arafat had kept the ruins as a kind of memorial. Suddenly, in a day, it was gone.” — New York Times, Sunday, February 13, 2005. Continue reading “Unsung Victories”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Despite the bleak preventative options, no one wants to permit Iran to go nuclear. Yet if strategists despair over the methods of stopping Iran’s bomb, few have explicitly outlined why we should even try. Continue reading “The Folly of a Nuclear Iran”
by Victor Davis Hanson
The New Republic
With the increasing violence leading up to this week’s Iraqi elections for 275 seats in a new national assembly, a despair emerged in some U.S. circles that 150,000 American troops and their coalition allies could never really maintain security. Continue reading “Fight Over Flight: Staying Power”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Neoconservatives hope that a democratic Iraq and Afghanistan can usher in a new age of Middle Eastern consensual government that will cool down a century-old cauldron of hatred. Continue reading “Why Democracy?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
City Journal
It is still suicidal to meet the United States in a conventional war—at least for any enemy that has not fully adopted Western arms, discipline, logistics, and military organization. Continue reading “Postmodern War”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Private Papers
A shorter version of this was syndicated by Tribune Media Services.
The symbolism of the recent heated exchange between Senator Boxer and Secretary-of-State Rice was telling. Continue reading “The Boxer Metaphor”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
Joshua Muravchik, Covering the Intifada. How the Media Reported the Palestinian Uprising (The Washington Institute for Near Eastern Policy). Continue reading “The Distorted View of Israel”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Do we even remember “all that” now? The lunacy that appeared after 9/11 that asked us to look for the “root causes” to explain why America may have “provoked” spoiled mama’s boys like bin Laden and Mohammed Atta to murder Americans at work? Continue reading “The Global Throng: Why the World’s Elites Gnash Their Teeth”