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Europe is deathly afraid of a nuclear Iran, but it does not want to do anything about it.

What explains this European schizophrenia?

President Donald Trump has a simple, straightforward request of America’s so‑called European allies: While the U.S. uses all of its assets to disarm a common threat to the West, could they send a few ships to help patrol the Strait of Hormuz?

By and large, the answer has been a resounding “no.”

That is notable, Victor Davis Hanson points out on today’s edition of Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words, considering it was not too long ago that the United States set aside its own diplomatic interests to help Britain in its mission retake the Falkland Islands from Argentina.

(01:16) Bases and Allied Reluctance

(03:06) Missile Defense and NATO Burden

(04:21) Why Europe Hesitates

(08:25) The Final Irony

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Immigration used to be the U.S.’ great strength but now that’s changing.

 What’s new is illegal immigrants and naturalized citizens, who hate America but don’t want to leave, are going around and violently killing Americans, explains Victor Davis Hanson on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”

“But how did we create it where we're getting people killing us and yelling Islamic sloganeering and championing Hamas and Hezbollah and Iran at the same time we're at war with them?… The answer is: Dr. Frankenstein created the Frankensteinian monster.”

(00:00) Immigrants as Strength

(00:39) The Ungrateful Immigrant

(02:34) Recent Attacks and Radicalism

(04:23) Why Assimilation Fails

(08:06) Frankenstein of Immigration

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A confidential FBI alert about a possible, unverified Iranian drone attack on California quickly faded after officials downplayed it. But the episode exposed far greater risks from embedded terrorists shielded by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s sanctuary policies, lax border enforcement and reflexive anti-Trump posturing—threats that recent incidents and historical precedents show are already here and growing.

The real danger is not from some far-off drone. It is from adversaries already here, protected by sanctuary policies and years of weak borders.

California’s own history is a warning:

2015, San Bernardino: Fourteen people were murdered by a radicalized immigrant couple inspired by Islamist extremism.

2001, San Diego: 9/11 hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar lived openly in the Golden State for months, receiving guidance at local mosques and planning their attack right under authorities’ noses.
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It’s the second week of the so-called Iran war, and we’re told that it’s dragging on, we’re losing, and the Trump administration has no real success plan, or clear end in sight. 

 

How is it then that Iran has no military, navy or leaders left, asks Victor Davis Hanson on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”

 

“When you look at Iran… it has no military left… All of these special contingents are under enormous assault: The command and control is destroyed, the missile defense is destroyed. And yet people say that it's unconquerable. It doesn't make any sense... So what's going on?”



(00:00) Surreal Iran War Setup

(02:17) Why Coverage Feels Missing

(03:52) War Unity Then vs Now

(05:06) Partisan Narratives and Protests

(07:24) Outcomes and Alternate Reality



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A PAC headed up by former Delegate AC Cordoza is under fire for sending mailers out last weekend with imagery of the civil rights movement of the 1960's. 

Virginia State Speaker of the House Don Scott said, "The Civil Rights Movement should not be used as a political prop" (even as U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer called the SAVE Act "Jim Crow, 2.0"). 

A video ad put together by a group of Black Community leaders in the group "GateKeepersVA" has also been burning up social media and is driving more contributions to attempt to catch the Eric Holder backed pro-redistricting campaign's $20 million warchest.

Virginia congressional candidate, and one of the people that put the ad together, Waverly Washington joins Joe Thomas, Daily Signal Virginia correspondent, to explain how a kid who once visited his father in prison became a West Point graduate, Army officer, and now a pro-Trump fighter for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. 
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