The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

DIE, HIPPIES! Instead of Bombing Syria, Why Don’t We Bomb Code Pink Instead?

First, bad arguments for bad policy: The U.S. decision to take military action in Syria is not about President Obama’s “red line” on the use of chemical weapons, Secretary of State John Kerry told senators Tuesday. You can never go wrong, doing the opposite of what John Kerry says. Being against this stupid policy, however, […]

Can We Just Have the Air Force Drop Cable TV News Anchors on Syria?

At this moment, John Kerry is on TV demanding that the United States must now involve itself in the Syrian civil war. No sane person is in favor of this. John McCain is in favor of this. I rest my case. Having made up my mind weeks ago that U.S. involvement in Syria is bad […]

Taiwanese Animators Weigh In On #Syria

by Smitty They make the point that, in giving Congress time to fiddle around with a vote, the Syrians can pack up the munitions and, oh, truck them anywhere. Invites the Schrödinger’s WMD question: If I bomb falls in the forest on a dead cat, which bounces higher?

So The Kneepad Media Has A Pass On #Syria. Will It Grow Real Curiosity?

by Smitty Fareed Zakaria is miffed: . . .it’s hard not to conclude that the administration’s handling of Syria over the last year has been a case study in how not to do foreign policy. But will the media grow some stones and note that Obama’s foreign policy is roughly as jacked up as his […]

President Punchline: Are Obama’s Top Advisors Late-Night TV Joke Writers?

“Obama: Anatomy of a World Leader,” by Alex Gray (detail) Shorter @BarackObama: "Assad has crossed the Red Line! We must act! I'm going to try the 5-iron on this shot …" http://t.co/80oIVA7BPR — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) August 31, 2013 Could he possibly look more ineffective if he tried? A year ago, after the Syrian […]

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Ready to Make Feeble Unilateral Gesture Against Syria

The British Parliament voted against war, but now that the oceans stopped rising and the planet has begun to heal and Obama has “restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth” — what, you didn’t notice? — President Gutsy Call has decided that go-it-alone foreign policy and military intervention without congressional authorization are […]

Kim’s Ex-Girlfriend Suffers Heartache, Execution by Firing Squad; Neal Sedaka Could Not Be Reached for Comment

Every guy who has ever been dumped by a girl knows the feeling. You mope around the house, thinking back on all the good times you had together, and then you start dreaming of the day you become the paranoid dictator of a totalitarian police state: Kim Jong-un’s ex-girlfriend was among a dozen well-known North […]

NYT Cranks The Judas Priest

by Smitty Could be the most unintentionally funny headline of the year: “Bomb Syria, Even if It Is Illegal” There are moral reasons for disregarding the law, and I believe the Obama administration should intervene in Syria. But it should not pretend that there is a legal justification in existing law. Secretary of State John […]

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