CounterpointIt is not that they love peace less, but that they love their kind of peace more.Victor Davis Hanson: War's Bitter Laws- July 15, 2003 Professor Hanson takes a walk on the dark side and becomes, I daresay, Codevillaesque: We sometimes downplay the need to liquidate the charismatic leaders of our enemies. Our grandfathers did not. Thus in almost paranoid frenzy they diverted troops to hunt down a mythical National Redoubt where purportedly a Hitler on the lam might plan terror and guerrilla resistance that could re-galvanize a demoralized populace. We ridicule their silliness and error, but perhaps they understood...http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson071103.asp Why radical Islam might defeat the West- July 11, 2003 This guy is on to something. While the West, embodied by Europe, has probably lost the war already -- mainly by not reproducing -- America may yet win. It's a precarious time and, unfortunately, Bush is the best we have out of politicians that would likely win. That in and of itself says a great deal... Not a single Western strategist has proposed an ideological response to the religious challenge of Islam. On the contrary: the Vatican, the guardian-of-last-resort of .http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EG08Ak02.html The Founders understood the importance of free immigration- July 3, 2003 Tomorrow we celebrate the 227th anniversary of a document that founded our nation by defining what it stands for: the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But how many of us remember that among the colonists' grievances was the king's hindrance of immigration OpinionJournalhttp://www.newsisfree.com/click/-4,20422749,1798/ |