The fact is, beneath the hype, Iraqis will soon appreciate American help and idealism far more than French perfidy. It is never wrong to be on the side of freedom - never.

However he stated in 2008 that he "disagreed with many of the decisions made about the Iraq war" such as the dissolution of the old Iraqi army. United States education and classical studies
Hanson co-authored the book Who Killed Homer? with John Heath. Hanson writes two weekly columns one for National Review and one syndicated by Tribune Media Services and has been publiVictor Davis Hansond in The New York Times The Wall Street Journal Commentary American Heritage City Journal The American Spectator Policy Review the Claremont Review of Books The New Criterion and The Weekly Standard among other publications.

Victor Davis Hanson (born September 5 1953) is an American military historian columnist political essayist and former classics professor a scholar of ancient warfare. He has been a commentator on modern warfare and contemporary politics for National Review and other media outlets. Hanson is also a farmer (growing raisin grapes on a family farm in Selma California) and a critic of social trends related to farming and agrarianism.