1.0VDH’s Blade of Perseushttps://victorhanson.comVictor Hansonhttps://victorhanson.com/author/vdhanson/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="vWmF7G0rac"><a href="https://victorhanson.com/between-war-and-peace-lessons-from-afghanistan-to-iraq/">Between War and Peace: Lessons from Afghanistan to Iraq</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://victorhanson.com/between-war-and-peace-lessons-from-afghanistan-to-iraq/embed/#?secret=vWmF7G0rac" width="600" height="338" title="“Between War and Peace: Lessons from Afghanistan to Iraq” — VDH’s Blade of Perseus" data-secret="vWmF7G0rac" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://victorhanson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hanson-Logo-1.png595200Between War and Peace: Lessons from Afghanistan to Iraq Victor Davis Hanson examines the world’s ongoing war on terrorism, from America to Iraq, from Europe to Israel, and beyond. In direct language, he portrays an America making progress against Islamic fundamentalism but hampered by the self-hatred of elite academics at home and the cynical self-interest […]