{"id":12891,"date":"2021-02-22T08:41:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T16:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=12891"},"modified":"2021-07-26T06:03:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T13:03:11","slug":"is-the-biden-administration-stumbling-into-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/is-the-biden-administration-stumbling-into-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Biden Administration Stumbling into War?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Victor Davis Hanson \/ <em>American Greatness<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What causes wars?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Innately aggressive cultures and governments, megalomania, the desire for power, resources, and empire prompt nations to bully or attack others. Less rational Thucydidean motives such as fear and honor and perceptions of self-interest are not to be discounted either.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what allows these preemptive or aggressive agendas to reify, to take shape, and to leave tens of thousands dead?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2021\/02\/21\/is-the-biden-administration-stumbling-into-war\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Davis Hanson \/ American Greatness What causes wars? Innately aggressive cultures and governments, megalomania, the desire for power, resources, and empire prompt nations to bully or attack others. Less rational Thucydidean motives such as fear and honor and perceptions of self-interest are not to be discounted either.&nbsp; But what allows these preemptive or aggressive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p466Sb-3lV","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11271,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/reciprocity-is-the-method-to-trumps-madness\/","url_meta":{"origin":12891,"position":0},"title":"Reciprocity Is the Method to Trump\u2019s Madness","author":"victorhanson","date":"July 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ National Review The president sends a signal: Treat us the way we treat you, and keep your commitments. 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