Victor Davis Hanson on American Amnesia

Professor Hanson brilliantly details the history of what got us into Iraq and analyzes the what if scenarios and how others might handle them in the future. Hanson's ability to place current event paters into historical perspective is exceptional and highly informative.

June 22, 2007
Reactionary Amnesia: The good ole’ days in the Middle East.
by Victor Davis Hanson, National Review Online

“Mess,” “fiasco,” “disaster,” “blunder,” and “catastrophe.”Fill in the blanks with almost any stock noun of gloom these days when speaking about Iraq.For finger-in-the-wind politicians, writing off Iraq is mere throat-clearing before moving on to any discussion of immigration reform or taxes. For ahead-of-the-curve pundits, starting out with “The failure in Iraq” is like opening their browser before daily pontificating. No need of explanation or empiricism, one just gets things out of the way at the very beginning with our new postmodern ritual.

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