by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
There are good reasons to go into Syria, but far better ones to stay out [1]. Continue reading “Count Me Out on Syria”
Tag: George Bush
Bush’s Warranted Rehabilitation Will Come
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
George W. Bush’s September 14, 2001, so-called “bullhorn” speech, that he gave with his arm around fireman Bob Beckwith at Ground Zero (“I can hear you! Continue reading “Bush’s Warranted Rehabilitation Will Come”
Iraq a Convenient Scapegoat
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Bring up Iraq — and expect to end up in an argument. Conservatives are no different from liberals in rehashing the unpopular war, which has become a sort of whipping boy for all our subsequent problems. Continue reading “Iraq a Convenient Scapegoat”
Iraq–Agony, Ordeal, and Recovery
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
I. The Case for Invasion
Wise
The Bush administration built a broad domestic coalition and an adequate foreign alliance (more inclusive than the UN-sanctioned effort against North Korea in 1950). Continue reading “Iraq–Agony, Ordeal, and Recovery”
Why Did We Invade Iraq?
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
On the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the back-and-forth recriminations continue, but in all the “not me” defenses, we have forgotten, over the ensuing decade, the climate of 2003 and why we invaded in the first place. The war was predicated on six suppositions. Continue reading “Why Did We Invade Iraq?”
Who Will Bell America?
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Remember the medieval fable about the mice that wanted their dangerous enemy, the cat, belled, but each preferred not to be the one to attempt the dangerous deed? Continue reading “Who Will Bell America?”
Iran 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
On the campaign trail, presidential candidate Barack Obama once called for a “reset” policy with Iran. Supposedly, the unpopularity of the Texan provocateur George W. Bush and his administration’s inability to finesse “soft power” had needlessly alienated the Iranian theocracy. Continue reading “Iran 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0”
Bush Reconsidered
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
George W. Bush left office in January 2009 with one of the lowest job-approval ratings for a president (34 percent) since Gallup started compiling them — as compared to Harry Truman’s low of 32 percent, Richard Nixon’s of 24 percent, and Jimmy Carter’s of 34 percent — and to the general derision of the media.
Continue reading “Bush Reconsidered”
Middle East Madness
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Last week, Muslim mobs took to the streets to murder the American ambassador in Libya and three of his staffers. American embassies were attacked from Egypt to Yemen. Continue reading “Middle East Madness”
Let Bush Be
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The theme of the president’s 2012 re-election campaign is that George W. Bush left such a terrible mess that Barack Obama could hardly be expected to clean it up in four years. Continue reading “Let Bush Be”