Zitat des Tages von Victor Davis Hanson:
Even in its third century, America is still the most meritocratic nation in the world.
Any time the Western way of war can be unleashed on an enemy stupid enough to enter its arena, victory is assured.
This bloody past suggests to us that enemies cease hostilities only when they are battered enough to acknowledge that there is no hope in victory - and thus that further resistance means only useless sacrifice.
In history, one gathers clues like a detective, tries to present an honest account of what most likely happened, and writes a narrative according to what we know and, where we aren't absolutely sure, what might be most likely to have happened, within the generally accepted rules of evidence and sources.
Americans spend more money on Botox, face lifts and tummy tucks than on the age-old scourges of polio, small pox and malaria.
States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking.