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December 12, 2003LOOKING PAST THE DAILY HEADLINES: A HISTORIAN'S VIEWVictor Hanson brings a classicist's perspective to our present World War IV. "We are beginning the third year of this multi-theater conflict, and it resembles the Punic War after the Carthaginian defeat at the Metaurus in 207 B.C., the year of decision of 1863, or the autumn leading to Alamein and Stalingrad. Ever so slowly the momentum is building. If we stay resolute and tighten the noose around the Baathists, the days of the extremists in Iraq will be numbered even as the rest of the country begins to prosper..." Posted at 09:37 AM by
 
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I appreciate Victor Davis Hansen's commentaries and his historical references. He compares the situaiton to the Punic Wars when in fact the situation may be more like the Dacian Wars or the Reconquista Wars in Spain. Like Dacia in that our Armies -which include grandfathers in their 50's may be more overextened than we think as many parts of the country bear little burden for the war while other areas disproportionately serve and make sacrifices.
We may still be winning battles but will we win the war against the barbari, the new Germani the "many brothers"? This is a war of civilizations that might last generations and end with Islamic takeovers of France, Spain, Italy and Germany in the year 2099. Demography is destiny. That is the real secret weapon of the Islamic fundamentalists.
Posted by: Ricardo Munro on December 12, 2003 11:47 PM