Totten: Eisenhower’s Biggest Mistake
A new book explores how a week-long war–one barely covered in college history courses–explained the subsequent sixty years of American foreign policy in the Middle East.
This Hitler Nonsense
Hitler was a real life murdering sociopath. He wasn’t just a charismatic speaker who incrementally fell into bad behavior. He wasn’t just a racist corrupted by unfettered power. In other words, you or I probably couldn’t end up being Hitler. A garden variety KKK leader probably couldn’t end up being Hitler either …or a community organizer …or a New York real-estate tycoon. It’s not that easy or simple.
NONE of our American presidents have ever been Hitler. But the people of Germany certainly thought FDR was a murdering dictator when B-17s started dropping bombs on them. This is why you have to KNOW what you believe and why you believe it. Good guys and bad guys are often in the eyes of the beholder. And they often look similar in the fog of conflict. I would imagine Japanese Americans in internment camps wondered if their president was Hitler-like. Nope. Horrible act …but not close to Hitler.
To that point, ironically, the American president who could’ve actually been likened to Hitler (before Hitler) in some of his methods was …wait for it …
Western Society
Thank’s Oz, that’s what you get for surfing the world with Linux and Javascript off.

In a nutshell.
A History Lesson For Political Radicals
Christmas During World War 2
Pearl Harbor: 75 Years Ago Today
Steve Twomey, of Smithsonian Magazine, has written a comprehensive article of what happened on December 7, 1941 and the months leading up to it. Highly recommended!
h/t John Galt
PM Harper’s Eulogy to Peres
In the Jerusalem Post.
And now we know why he flew commercial.
I need to correct an earlier tweet. @stephenharper was invited to Peres' funeral by the Israeli foreign ministry not by @JustinTrudeau /PMO.
— Althia Raj (@althiaraj) September 29, 2016
BZ to all involved.
How America Blocked Muslim Immigration
When America has a spine.
h/t Adrian.
The Brits weren’t wrong.
There is a reason the sun never set on the former British Empire.
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
70 Years Ago, the U.S. Military Set Off a Nuke Underwater…
Reader Tips
The Battle of Gettysburg concluded on this date in 1863 — grab a drink, the documentary is nearly 90 minutes long. Or save it for morning coffee.
Tips thread open.
Who’s laughing now?
The Truth About Brexit
After an entire day of reading constant whinging by Leftists in Europe, America, and Canada, this was so refreshing to watch:
As an added bonus, here is a podcast featuring James Delingpole and Toby Young mere hours after the victory.
Prophesy
“Within the next five years, I won’t be here.”
– Nigel Farage, 2 July 2014
After all that
Bumped
It’s finally Brexit vote day.
You’d never know from the dearth of media attention.
Update Don’t look now…Leave is winning.
Update 2 21:45 CST The BBC just called it for Leave.
The Battle of Midway
And The Passing of The Torch (from 2013).
Here, Tell These People Something They Don’t Know About Me
Reader Tips
The Bonus Army marches on Washington, 1932. h/t Dave
