Triangulating the War

Victor Davis Hanson has yet another astute post on NRO: Triangulating the War.

Hanson describes the grim resolve the U.S. showed during WW II in the face of repeated disasters we encountered all the way to our eventual victory.

Focusing like a laser beam on the small problems we’re encountering—and showing not a trace of embarrassment that their much direr predictions fell flat—the political complainers refuse to acknowledge our resounding successes. Hanson marvels at the effeminate whimpering emanating from both our media and certain political leaders at any and all difficulties, not matter how trifling.

He points out that we’ve recently enjoyed victories that nobody thought were plausible before we achieved them. His examples include a three week war that dispatched the same Taliban that defeated the Russians in ten year war. He points out that we have recently achieved the election of a pro-American, Afghan president via free democratic elections; and both events would have been unbelievable beforehand.

Just read the whole thing.