Bob McCarty Writes

Veteran national security reporter George C. Wilson warns in a Congress Daily article today that “voices from the grave make me fear that President Obama and Congress are unwittingly setting up the American military for another Vietnam-type failure in Afghanistan.”  Among the “voices” cited in the piece are current and former flag and general officers [...]

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While reading an Associated Press report this morning about events that took place at the Bluegrass Ball Monday night, I found one important detail omitted from the report were as telling as the ones included.
The missing detail in the piece by Laurie Kellman was the one that would have explained how and where former heavyweight [...]

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Before Americans pass post-debate judgment on Sarah Palin tomorrow night, I suggest they vaccinate themselves from “The Stockdale Syndrome,” a disease first introduced into the political arena by liberal members of the news media in 1992.  That vaccination is available in the form of an opinion piece, Debates Don’t Always Reveal Character, published in The [...]

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I had the privilege 20 years ago of working for Brig. Gen. Ralph T. Browning, a man who spent nearly seven years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam.  Through working for him, I feel like I know something about the character of John McCain.

At the time, General Browning was commander of the 313th [...]

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In the video below, the latest video direct from the DNC Gift Shop (via Bruce Chapman Productions), several products are unveiled for the first time. Among them is a never-before-seen photo of John McCain as a prisoner of war inside the “Hanoi Hilton.”
The photo, from Gen. Wesley Clark’s private collection, shows how Republican nominee [...]

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