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https://victorhanson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240422_vdh_war_by_affirmative_action-scaled.jpg25601706Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Why does Biden play Iranian poker with American and Israeli lives? Answer? He envisions war sort of like affirmative action, in which the less accomplished belligerent is allowed all sorts of concessions for the sake of equity. Israeli and American military capability, and particularly their missile defenses, are seen as […]