The irony of Victor Davis Hanson mocking someone else as a "deep thinker" is rich enough. But the inability of the folks that have screwed up so badly to face reality and take ownership of their errors is stunning. In Hanson's case, it kills other folks so they can be used as extensions of his manhood and allow him to quote Pericles.
Hanson loves war, pure and simple, especially wars in which he has no risk of partaking .
It's the kind of cognitive dissonance any cult leader could be proud of.