So Long to All That

Why the old world of bases, alliances, and NATO is now coming to an end.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

John Le Carre and Harold Pinter tell us that we are the enemy. Gerhard Schroeder wins an election only through anti-Americanism. French diplomats warn us not to consider a conniving Saddam Hussein out of compliance — and are seconded by Communist China. Continue reading “So Long to All That”

Revolutionary

The president and his elements.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

The State of the Union address was understated, but it was still quite a revolutionary sort of speech (“free people will set the course of history”). Continue reading “Revolutionary”

Another Wartime SOTU

Some elements for presidential addressing

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Everyone advises the president to spell out in detail the case for war with Iraq. Continue reading “Another Wartime SOTU”

‘Bomb Texas’

The psychological roots of anti-Americanism.

by Victor Davis Hanson

WSJ Opinion Journal

With this past autumn’s discussion in Washington over what to do about Iraq there arrived also the season of protests. Continue reading “‘Bomb Texas’”

The Lessons of Wellington

by Victor Davis Hanson

New Criterion

Perhaps with the exception of Churchill, England has produced no more a remarkable man of action than the Duke of Wellington, who put an end to the Napoleonic Wars at Waterloo–nearly six million dead and twenty-three years after France’s mad genius first declared war against Austria in 1792. Continue reading “The Lessons of Wellington”

“I Love Iraq, Bomb Texas”.

by Victor Davis Hanson

American Jewish Committee

With this autumn’s discussion in Washington over what to do about Iraq there arrived also the season of protests. Continue reading ““I Love Iraq, Bomb Texas”.”

A Funny Sort of Empire

Are Americans really so imperial?

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

It is popular now to talk of the American “empire.” In Europe particularly there are comparisons of Mr. Bush to Caesar — and worse — and invocations all sorts of pretentious poli-sci jargon like “hegemon,” “imperium,” and “subject states,” along with neologisms like “hyperpower” and “overdogs.” Continue reading “A Funny Sort of Empire”

Baghgrad?

Removing Saddam from Baghdad.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

Like Hitler, Saddam Hussein has shown flashes of strategic caginess — in summer 1990 gobbling up Kuwait and threatening Saudi Arabia before perplexed diplomats realized what he was really up to. Continue reading “Baghgrad?”

Perils of ‘The German Way’

What do these recent outbursts mean?

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Magazine

The problem with the recent German criticism of President Bush was not Chancellor Schroeder’s willingness to voice unease with the purported American “adventure” in Iraq. Continue reading “Perils of ‘The German Way’”