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JHB

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2. The clip didn't have the question session. My first question...
Sat Jul 28, 2018, 10:40 PM
Jul 2018

"Considering your highlighting here of the axis powers' misconceptions, wishful thinking, and general failure to truly evaluate the overall situation... please apply that highlighting to your columns in 2002 and 2003 about Iraq, and explain why anyone should pay attention to you about current events."

VDH is ok as a military historian, but, based of his columns in the Nations Review (which sponsored the event where he spoke in the OP clip) he's worthless at current events. Maybe if he didn't spend 50 to 80% of the columns pouring contempt on liberals and Democrats with a ladle the size of a Payloader bucket that might be different, but that's his practice and that's what NR subscribers pay for.

It was true in 2002, it was true in 2003, it was true in all the years between then and now, where he still finds it more important to berate Trump critics than Trump himself.

In less polite words, his legit status as a military historian provides cover for his having a platform to be a ranting crank.

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