Victor Davis Hanson on War on Terror on National Review Online:
Hanson speaks to my subject the other day, although you might notice a little, how can I say....WORTHY AND WELL WRITTEN...
"Currently, there are many retired generals appearing in frenetic fashion on television. Sometimes they hype their recent books, or, as during the three-week war, offer sharp interviews about our supposed strategic and operational blunders in Iraq — imperial hubris, too few troops, wrong war, wrong place, and other assorted lapses.
Apart from the ethical questions involved in promoting a book or showcasing a media appearance during a time of war by offering an 'inside' view unknown to others of the supposedly culpable administration of the military, what is striking is the empty nature of these controversies rehashed ad nauseam."
more....
"How did it come to pass that an opposition's measure of a president's foreign policy was all or nothing, success or "failure"? The answer is that the political absolutism now normal in Washington arrived at the moment--Nov. 7, 2000--that our politics subordinated even a war against terror to seizing the office of the presidency." - Daniel Henninger - WSJ 11/18/05
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"the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts." - George Orwell
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Friday, April 14, 2006
Victor Davis Hanson on War on Terror on National Review Online
Posted by a.k.a. Blandly Urbane at 3:05:00 PM
Victor Davis Hanson on War on Terror on National Review Online
2006-04-14T15:05:00-07:00
a.k.a. Blandly Urbane
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