[Hanson] The Train Is Leaving the Station: Will our "friends" jump on in time?

National Review Online ^ | April 4, 2003 | Victor Davis Hanson

[LadyDoc]

bookmarked for later reading.

[swilhelm73]

Perhaps the best essay on the current world situation I have read. Bravo.

[Sparta]

Hanson bump!!!

[sandlady]

bump!

[aBootes]

As always, good reading. bump.

[Teacher317]

Agreed

[Momto2]

Thanks - excellent article!! Sums it up pretty well.....

[goldstategop]

It like in 1781 when Gen. Cornwallis surrendered His Majesty's Forces to Gen. Washington and a band played, "The World Turned Upside Down." Its that time again.

[YepYep]

A terrific read...thanks for this post!

[Cyber Liberty]

Nice. Very nice. And BUMP!

My impression is that the train has already pulled out of the station. Wave bye-bye to France! Germany might still make it, but they'll have to race us to the next stop in a Mercedes.

[YepYep]

Yes, France made a poor choice...

Wondering now, how will we show appreciation to the coalition countries??

[YepYep]

PING

bttt

[dts32041]

To Bad no one in Washington is reading this or is actually going to do anything along those lines.

It will be a case of SSDD, cause foggy bottom will win the battle and figure a meal of frog's legs,sauerkraut, tacos, molson and vodka, instead of budweiser and hot dogs, is a better meal.

[PogySailor]

What an article! I believe the US needs to SERIOUSLY evaluate our alliances and foreign aid spending. What is the use of giving billions in aid to countries like Egypt that allow their population to scream for our blood?

To bad none of this will ever happen.

[VOA]

And as for Britain, Australia, Spain, Denmark, Italy, and a host of
Eastern European countries
who are rolling down the tracks with us, waving to the exasperating at the station,
we have to show them as much appreciation for their stalwart courage
as we do abject disdain for the duplicity of their peers behind.

Leave it to Victor Davis Hanson to nail the issue.

[Mamzelle]

At least Hanson is around since NRO went Frumious. What a great essay! How I hope someone at the WH reads it and pays attention.

[Mamzelle]

ping

[nanny]

What an article! I believe the US needs to SERIOUSLY evaluate our alliances and foreign aid spending. What is the use of giving billions in aid to countries like Egypt that allow their population to scream for our blood? To bad none of this will ever happen.

I noticed that this man finally mentioned Mexico - Mexico and China have been sacred cows for the administration and all the henchmen. No one wants to touch that.

We can have new relationships with these countries based on what is best for the US. We need, starting right now, to do the same with China and Mexico. Mexico just wants all of the US they can get. China also, but just wait if we take on North Korea - our 'most favored nation', big deficit trading partner will show whose side they are own.

I have an inkling how our 'new world' will be. I got it from a snippet of the press briefing today. President Bush is meeting with several South American leaders next week. It was stated that South America was a peaceful and democratic region???? Now I believe we will be eased into a ECM type alliance with the entire western hemisphere. It has been mentioned before and I think this may be the first step. That may be the reason President Bush is so unwilling to do anything substantive about our borders.

[El Sordo]

Writing this place down....