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April 16, 2009
Victor Davis Hanson on Obama's 'new sort of war'
Topics: Political News and commentariesAs Victor Davis Hanson warns, knowing we're in a war and acting so is much more likely to result in a favorable outcome than sort of fighting a war and acting like it - as the Obama administration is doing.
Despite American apologies and softer language, radical Islamists still think we are at war -- and that they can defeat us. In short, we are in a new, surreal, and dangerous phase of the old war, doing enough killing to enrage our enemies even as we act sometimes as if we are not.Read it all.George W. Bush may have railed against "Islamic terrorists" and been ridiculed as a cowboy, but at least he prevented another September 11 attack. Plus, we knew we were in some sort of war.
Fighting a clear war against enemies is dangerous. Clearly not fighting a war against enemies may be more dangerous. But sort of fighting a war, while acting as if we are sort of not, may be the most dangerous thing of all.
Posted by Richard at April 16, 2009 11:11 AM
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