The War Nerd vs V.D.H

The War Nerd has been quiet of late, but then I came across a review he wrote that was published last month.

The book reviewed is A War Like No Other, by the vile and discredited neo-con classical historian Victor Davis Hanson. Poor old Victor was well upset by the War Nerd's initial assualt upon him last year, and now he has to endure a full length review of his latest pretentious book.

Even I can see there is no comparison between the U.S invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the Peloponnesian War from 431 to 404 B.C. But here's the War Nerd on the subject:

Hanson is fairly clear on one thing: ancient Athens equals contemporary America. But even though he says this over and over, it never really makes sense. This is typical of Hanson’s work — the more often he says something, the more confusing and contradictory it becomes. He claims 9/11 was “our Peloponnesian War.” But it wasn’t: 9/11 didn’t trigger a lethal plague, didn’t kill a huge chunk of our population, didn’t cause the fall of our country, and didn’t involve naval war, sieges, pitched battle, or in fact any of the strategies of the Peloponnesian War. The only similarity I can see is that they were both bad scenes, man. Real bummers.

You need a lot of conceit to compare your country and culture to that of ancient Athens - Victor Davis Hansen has that conceit in spades. It's great to see this ridiculous man challenged and humiliated. Click here to read the entire review.