The Other McCain

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

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 […]

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 […]

Your Semi-Official Obama vs. Syria Armageddon Predictions Thread

“Obama: Anatomy of a World Leader,” by Alex Gray (detail) Let me jump out in front of the anti-war movement before U.S. attacks Syria: "OBAMA LIED! PEOPLE DIED! NO W.M.D.! FIRE CAN'T MELT STEEL!" — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) August 27, 2013 We’re supposed to start bombing the crap out of Damascus sometime soon, because […]

The Highly Ironic Syrian End-Game?

When last we examined the mess in Syria, President Obama was embarrassed that the Assad regime had crossed his “red line” by reportedly using chemical weapons against the rebels (who are, by the way, a dangerous mob of Islamic extremists). And so now the ironic denouement, in headlines via  Memeorandum:   Damascus hit ‘by Israeli […]

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