The Other McCain

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

Ron Paul Supporters Slam Rand After Republicans Block Hagel Nomination

Allahpundit points out that Chuck Hagel was one vote away from passing a cloture vote to be confirmed as Secretary of Defense: But wait — what about Rand Paul? If ever there was a SecDef nominee whom the Ron Paul paleocon fan base could sort of dig, it’s a guy known for lamenting the “Israel […]

HOOAH! Army Training Update

At 1440 hours today, telephonic communication was received from Recruit McCain at the military installion where he is being trained as a fearless warrior to destroy America’s enemies. HOOAH! Concern for operational security forbids disclosure of the training location, although (a) any Army veteran could figure it out, (b) historians would be aware that the site is named for a military figure known as […]

Chuck Hagel’s Very Bad Day

Hagel delivers shaky performance — The Hill Hagel Pleads Ignorance: “I have a hard enough time understanding American politics, I certainly don’t understand Iranian politics.” — Ace of Spades HQ Chuck Hagel’s Ill-Received Performance Puts Confirmation In Flux — BuzzFeed Is Chuck Hagel Failing? — National Journal Wow, he stunk it up in that confirmation […]

Complete Decadence

“You can kill half of your young men and repopulate your country in relatively short order. . . . But when you kill your young women . . . your country has no future.” — Roxeanne de Luca, “Really, Leon Panetta? You want Sandra Fluke in combat?” Have Americans become so decadent that they have […]

‘Arab Spring’ Update: Hostages Killed in Algeria; French Fight Islamists in Mali

“The International Society for the Suppression of Savage Customs had entrusted him with the making of a report, for its future guidance. And he had written it, too. I’ve seen it. I’ve read it. It was eloquent, vibrating with eloquence, but too high-strung, I think. Seventeen pages of close writing he had found time for! […]

Free Leadership Training Program

It’s called the United States Army. We had a couple of letters from our son who seems to be at the Holy Crap phase of training, where it has begun to dawn on him exactly what he has signed up for: Sergeant wakes them up in the middle of the night and makes them stand in formation […]

France Battles Islamists in Mali

American political commentators have shown little interest in the war that France is fighting against an al-Qaeda-linked uprising in Africa: As a new round of French military raids targeted Islamist rebels in Mali on Sunday, both sides of the battle said they were determined to win. Sunday’s raids were the latest in a French operation […]

A Soldier and Two Marines: Sworn to ‘Support and Defend the Constitution’

Sixty-one shipped out of Fort Meade today. Only one of them was 18 X-Ray. You’re welcome, America. — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) January 9, 2013 My son is now in training, but we got a lecture about “operational security” during our visit to the MEPS (Military Entrance Processing Station) and after discussion with my wife, […]

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