{"id":6462,"date":"2013-09-12T09:47:17","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T16:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=6462"},"modified":"2013-09-12T09:47:17","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T16:47:17","slug":"victor-davis-hanson-on-the-john-batchelor-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/victor-davis-hanson-on-the-john-batchelor-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Davis Hanson on the John Batchelor Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday\u00a0 11 September\u00a0 2013\/ Hour 3, Block A:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover, in re: Syria. This president is not yet mature enough from experience to handle the complexities\u00a0 surrounding Syria; he’s not up to it. Putin in today’s NYT op-ed as a wise and experienced world leader. Six weeks from now, US Arleigh Burke destroyers still in Med: “If he’s wise, Pres Obama will back out of the saloon and hope no one’ll shoot him.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wednesday\u00a0 11 September\u00a0 2013\/ Hour 3, Block A:\u00a0\u00a0Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover, in re: Syria. This president is not yet mature enough from experience to handle the complexities\u00a0 surrounding Syria; he’s not up to it. Putin in today’s NYT op-ed as a wise and experienced world leader. 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