By Ed Driscoll · April 14, 2007 11:01 AM
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The Future and its Enemies ·
War And Anti-War
After Somalia and the Blackhawk Down incident, Osama bin Laden dismissed America as a paper tiger. And presumably, he must have thought continental Europe even weaker, since we supply virtually all of its defense.
Victor Davis Hanson explores the Postwest--"A civilization that has become just a dream"; this anecdote by Mark Steyn puts the feeble current state of the West into sharp contrast with its robust, confident past.
Update: Further thoughts here.