Victor Davis Hanson on Iraq

Victor Davis Hanson is without doubt the most knowledgeable, clearest, and in my opinion the most brillant thinker and writer in the world today. I read everything of his that I can find and over time much of the rest of the world will be also.

Victor Davis Hanson on Iraq: National Review Online:

"...we in our weariness lament the losses of almost 1,100 combat dead and billions committed to people who appear from 30-second media streams to be singularly ungracious and not our sort of folk. We dwell on unmistakable lapses, never on amazing successes just as we were consumed with Afghanistan in its dark moments, but now ignore its road to success. But never mind all this: The long-term prospects are still as bright as things seem gloomy in the short-term but only if we emulate our grandfathers and press on with the third Middle East election in the last six months."

Please read it all, it is worth the time.