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To: _Jim
"I like the way he cites various publications and historical works to support his position."

Did you ever check any of the citations to see if they actually support his conclusions?

"Unlike you, who cites ________ (nada) ?????"

An internet post isn't a book.

But in order to provide something along that line here's Victor Davis Hanson critiquing D'Souza's thinking. You won't like it:

The Mind of Mr. D’Souza By VICTOR DAVIS HANSON

188 posted on 04/03/2021 8:23:48 PM PDT by Pelham (Liberate the Democrats from their Communist occupation)
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To: Pelham; _Jim; wardaddy; DiogenesLamp; StoneWall Brigade; rockrr
Pelham: "But in order to provide something along that line here's Victor Davis Hanson critiquing D'Souza's thinking. You won't like it: The Mind of Mr. D’Souza By VICTOR DAVIS HANSON"

Thanks for a great link to a 2007 critique by VDH of D'Souza's War on Terror opinions.
D'Souza comes out of it sounding very confused & disoriented, and since he apparently attacked VDH directly in print, I can't sympathize with D'Souza on this.

Victor Davis Hanson is my definition of "conservative common sense."
If D'Souza finds himself opposed to Hansen, then D'Souza needs to rethink his own opinions.

However, dare I say this?
2007 was a vastly more innocent age than today.
In 2007 we might still have reasonable disagreements with "liberals" and might still find common ground on some issues.
And I suspect it was D'Souza's search for that "common ground" which lead him into such utter confusion & disorientation.
But even further, it would take a scholar of the caliber of Victor Davis Hanson to compare D'Souza's 2007 opinions to those of, let's say, Donald Trump today.
Remember, in this link VDH is defending the Bush administration's War on Terror, a war that Donald Trump has roundly condemned -- at least in part.
So, are Trump's opinions closer to George W. Bush's in 2007 or to Dinesh D'Souza's?
I don't know, but with the benefit of 14 years hindsight, and with the Left's descent into berserker madness, perhaps D'Souza's opinions today are not quite as alien as they were in Hansen's 2007 National Review piece.

Bottom line: as of today, D'Souza is far more on our side than on that of our "Woke", "Progressive" Leftist political opponents.

More important, facts are still facts, and the Democrats' war against the US Constitution is today approaching levels not seen since 1861.
D'Souza's facts & opinions on that are right on point: "it's all the Democrats' fault", period.

195 posted on 04/04/2021 8:48:22 AM PDT by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...) )
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