‘Dresden in L.A.’: Victor Davis Hanson Slams California Leadership for Failures as Wildfires Rage

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-13 20:52:33 | Updated at 2025-01-17 14:57:12 3 days ago

‘Dresden in L.A.’: Victor Davis Hanson Slams California Leadership for Failures as Wildfires Rage
Breitbart ^ | 01/13/2025 | Joshua Klein

Posted on 01/13/2025 12:27:24 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

California’s leaders are “charlatans and empty suits” for neglecting infrastructure and embracing performative politics, according to world-renowned historian and political commentator Dr. Victor Davis Hanson, who exposed policy failures he says have turned Los Angeles into a burning wasteland, comparing the city’s devastation to the World War II firebombing of Dresden.

In a recent post, titled “Dresden in Los Angeles and Our Confederacy of Dunces,” which has amassed more than 1.2 million views as of Monday, Hanson delivered a fiery critique, calling out California’s leadership for its role in the disaster.

In the viral post, he drew parallels between L.A.’s destruction and the devastating firebombing of Dresden during World War II, suggesting that poor governance and misplaced priorities have left the City of Angels vulnerable to catastrophe.

“Los Angeles is burning,” he wrote, “and the derelict people responsible are worried that they are found out as charlatans and empty suits.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: california; dresden; la; leadership; rage; slams; victordavishanson; wildfires

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Victor just dropped a bomb.

To: texas booster

2 posted on 01/13/2025 12:31:01 PM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)

To: ChicagoConservative27

What is the likelihood that the “California leadership”
insured the victims for themselves, before the atrocity?

3 posted on 01/13/2025 12:31:06 PM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)

To: ChicagoConservative27

Are we making the connection between catastrophic wildfires, desert droughts, empty reservoirs, overgrown firebreaks, tree branches touching power lines and antifa arsonists yet?

4 posted on 01/13/2025 12:33:02 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thingy isabout censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)

To: ChicagoConservative27

For all his mild manner, VDH can exhibit a very sharp and acerbic wit. A bomb thrower with finesse.

5 posted on 01/13/2025 12:36:08 PM PST by alloysteel (This is yet another test. There are no right or wrong answers, only the correct response for you.)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

No we are not making connections, because the media and idiots such as Newsom, are criticizing something Trump allegedly said, rather than dealing with the actual problems.

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