Tag: John McCain

John McCain & John Bolton—Neocons Ablaze

Richard C. Young - June 18, 2020

Originally posted July 23, 2014. Here is just a small taste of why it was never a good idea to consider John McCain a quality...

Senator John McCain Is Wrong; Cato Institute’s Chris Preble Is Right

Richard C. Young - August 21, 2017

Originally posted January 16, 2014. Senator McCain wants to push the U.S. deeper into the never-ending Iraqi civil quagmire. Neocon war whoops led by Bill...

John McCain: Often Dead Wrong but Never in Doubt

Richard C. Young - December 11, 2015

Here Daniel Larison excoriates war-dog Senator John McCain over his scolding of Air Force General Paul Selva at a Senate Armed Servces Committee hearing....

Republican “Zombie Claims”

Richard C. Young - April 29, 2015

Niskanen Center’s Matthew Fay explains: “At least a few aspiring Republican presidential candidates have a bad habit of using misleading numbers while arguing in...

Is the Age of Aircraft Carriers Over?

The Editors - April 11, 2015

Matthew Fay at the Niskanen Center puts together some compelling analysis on whether or not the aircraft carrier fleet deserves to be prioritized in...

Hillary Clinton Embraces Neoconservatives

Richard C. Young - March 30, 2015

Originally posted on August 20, 2014. On the surface an unlikely team, but the facts indicate simpatico. Hillary Clinton was all in on Iraq, all for...

The Bark of The War Dogs

Richard C. Young - March 20, 2015

The Cato Institute’s Chris Preble offers some reasoned perspective: McCain, Thornberry, and Cotton want much more military spending because they believe the world is too...

A Limitless War

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - February 26, 2015

“So how have the GOP’s erstwhile opponents of the imperial presidency greeted this latest affront to the separation of powers?” asks Gene Healy, Vice...

The Second-Largest Army in NATO

Richard C. Young - February 24, 2015

Originally posted August 14, 2014. That would be Turkey! Let the Turks wipe out ISIS. American interests are not threatened, and American intervention is not...