by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
In 1944 F. A. Hayek wrote in The Road to Serfdom, “The number of dangerous mistakes we have made before and since the outbreak of the war because we do not understand the opponent with whom we are faced is appalling. Continue reading “Dearest Illusions and Dangerous Mistakes”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
On the fifth-year anniversary of September 11, 15,000 Saudi Arabian students are supposedly on their way to the United States. The State Department, and cash-hungry universities eager for premium out-of-state tuition payments, are understandably delighted at the return of such openness. Continue reading “Those Saudi Students”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Real Clear Politics
Americans who watched ABC’s The Path to 9/11 saw a well-crafted dramatic interpretation of what rendered the United States, both under the Clinton and Bush administrations, vulnerable to terrorist attack. Perhaps the producers were conservative, but no more so than most of their Hollywood counterparts are liberal — and not to the degree that their politics slanted the presentation of the narrative. Continue reading “The Path to 9/11–A Postmortem”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
The whining of Democrats and ex-Clintonistas about the “docudrama” The Path to 9/11 has given us all another example of liberal mendacity and hypocrisy. Continue reading “Where the Illiberal Is in Liberalism”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Magazine
There is a new sort of war in the Middle East, brought on by the need to engage terrorists on their ground — and by the terrorists’ savvy new response, which often nullifies Western advantage. Continue reading “Challenge upon Challenge”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
George Bush recently declared that we are at war with “Islamic fascism.” Muslim-American groups were quick to express furor at the expression. Middle Eastern autocracies complained that it was provocative and insensitive. Continue reading “It’s Fascism–and It’s Islamic”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
It is now becoming trite to write of the American military “failure” in Iraq. But recently this purported setback has been lumped together with the Israeli problems in southern Lebanon to suggest an end to the long dominance of the Western Way of War — an approach to warfare that has usually allowed Western soldiers to do what they wish abroad, from Alexander at the Indus to the Europeans in the 20th century. Continue reading “Is the Western Way of War Dead?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Commentary Magazine
A review of The Foreigner’s Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraqby Fouad Ajami (Free Press, 400 pp) Continue reading “Free at Last”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The Palestinian prime minister, Hamas’ Ismail Haniyeh, is shocked. He claims that without his government’s knowledge, the until-now unknown terrorist group Holy Jihad Brigades kidnapped two Western journalists (who have since been released) in Gaza. Continue reading “Messy Democracy Still the Best Course”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Hezbollah’s black-clad legions goose-step and stiff-arm salute in parade, apparently eager to convey both the zeal and militarism of their religious fascism. Continue reading “The Waiting Game”