by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
From the recent Israel-Hezbollah war in southern Lebanon to the jihadists in Iraq’s Sunni Triangle to the repeated efforts by Islamists across the globe to trump Sept. 11, what old lessons about terrorism are we in the West finding ourselves having to relearn? Continue reading “Relearning Lessons in the War on Terror”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Just when former supporters of the Iraq invasion and the wider so-called war against terror are proclaiming doom and gloom, other commentators conclude that we have already defeated the jihadists! Continue reading “Mr. Bush’s Communication Problem”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
With every crisis in the war against Islamic jihad, the West displays a suicidal appeasement that heartens the enemy and lessens any chance of victory. Continue reading “Inside the “Cease-fire””
by Craig Bernthal
Private Papers
In Frankenmuth, Michigan, among a complex of little shops that sell junk to tourists, there is a T-shirt store called “Peace Frog.” Continue reading “Peace Frogs: “Dearbornistan” and the Strange Case of the Caro Terrorists”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
What makes two-dozen British Muslims want to blow up thousands of innocent passengers on jumbo jets? Why does al Qaeda plan hourly to kill civilians? And why does oil-rich Iran wish to “wipe out” Israel ? Continue reading “Excuse After Excuse”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Pessimism is now the conventional wisdom about the wars in the Middle East , and, indeed, it is hard to find any good news in the recent ceasefire. Continue reading “Hope Amid Despair?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Cato Unbound
[In a current Cato Institute forum (published in Cato Unbound), VDH was asked to reply to the lead essay “Mexicans in America” by Richard Rodriguez. What follows is VDH’s reply.] Continue reading “Richard Rodriguez’s Stream of Consciousness”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The reactions and media coverage coming out of the West regarding this latest war in the Middle East are as bewildering as they are instructive. Continue reading “Worry About the West–Not Israel”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
The U.N. resolution that supposedly will solve the problem of Hezbollah is a perfect example of the delusions inhibiting the West in its fight against jihadist terror. Continue reading “No Resolution At All”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
The U.N. resolution that supposedly will solve the problem of Hezbollah is a perfect example of the delusions inhibiting the West in its fight against jihadist terror. Continue reading “No Resolution At All”