Thursday, May 16, 2013

The historian notes.......................

"There are not many Washingtons, Jeffersons, or Madisons in the annals of revolutionary history."

Victor Davis Hanson writes that the events and politics of the last fifteen years, as well as the wider sweep of history, suggest that any American involvement in the current mess that is Syria will only end badly.

"A nearly bankrupt and divided America after Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya is not up for Syria - and an Arab Spring that on its own chose Winter does not deserve any more American blood."

Full essay is here

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