A Santayana Moment

Victor Davis Hanson is on to something. Basically, his thesis in this column is that Obama's view of history is that it is like a river flowing by us and always in a positive direction. Thus, all we have to do is sit languidly on the bank and watch it go by, carrying despots like ISIS and Putin away like so much debris in the current of historical progress. Come to think of it, that's pretty close to what we have been seeing from the Prez. Too bad this view doesn't bear any resemblance to real history. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, gently down the stream...

townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2014/08/28/obama-fails-history-101-n1883977