Reentering history’s arena.
In yet another brilliant essay by historian Victor Davis Hanson we pause to reflect on the effects which will result from the pullout of American troops from the heart of Old Europe. Hanson argues that for Old Europe their long "holiday from history" is about to come to a close. For generations Anglo-American power has protected them from their own folly and the dangers posed by other, greater forces such as the Soviets. Thus they have grown weak and decadent yet confident that no matter how much they insulted us, they would still have our protection and we would look the other way at their weakness and indolence. No longer. With the change in the needs of American defense and the war against the Islamofascists comes a new reality. And in this universe, Old Europe will now have to fend for itself for the first time since the years of Weimar. Will they learn the old lessons and take up the responsibilities of serious nations, or will they forget and repeat their past errors, this time without us to come to their rescue? We shall see.
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