Commentary
The West is under attack at home and abroad.
The war, at one level, is between the West and other countries, especially Russia and China. It may be hot or cold. The rivalry may be direct or indirect (a proxy war) and involve economic, political, ideological, and cultural conflicts.
The other aspect, the subject of Douglas Murray’s new book, “The War on the West,” is the internal war waged mainly but not solely by our own “woke” or progressive elites. This war attacks our history and culture, our institutions from education to business to media, and “cancels” dissenters.
A recent statement by eminent conservative leaders summarizes the “woke” or leftist program of anti-Western defeatism, apology, and demoralization. It begins:…