{"id":5898,"date":"2021-08-25T15:50:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T22:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=5898"},"modified":"2021-08-25T15:54:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T22:54:53","slug":"the-mccain-mutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=5898","title":{"rendered":"THE McCAIN MUTINY"},"content":{"rendered":"

I graduated from the Defense Language Institute after learning to speak, read and write Vietnamese. It was a poor career decision, because I ended up get shot at, a lot.\u00a0 I flew on over 200 combat missions in Southeast Asia. This past week has been a difficult reminder of the cost incurred with incompetent leadership. One would think that it would be hard to handle things worse than Joe Biden, but that would be wrong. Kamala Harris has, once again, proven herself to be even worse. Someone convinced her it would be a great idea to place flowers at the memorial to John McCain in Hanoi.<\/p>\n

Here is a picture of that \u201cmemorial.\u201d VP Harris would have been wise to have someone who, say, reads Vietnamese to translate this before placing flowers.<\/p>\n

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Here is how some people have translated it:<\/p>\n

Here on 26 October 1967 at Truc Bach Lake in the capital city of Hanoi John Sidney McCain was shot out of the sky in his A4 aircraft by local citizens militia defending Yen Phu. There were 10 other planes shot down on the same day.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Obviously that honors the people who shot him down, not John McCain. But, in addition, this translation is only partially accurate.<\/p>\n

It says that on October 25, 1967, at Truc Bach Lake John McCain was shot down and captured alive by a local heroes defending Hanoi. He was flying an American A4 which was shot down, along with ten other aircraft on the same day.<\/em><\/p>\n

There is a carving of John McCain, on his knees, surrendering. Next to him is a USA logo with a Star in the middle. This is the equivalent of someone visiting the Arizona Memorial, assuming it was constructed in honor of the Japanese pilots who bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, laying a wreath of flowers in the water in their honor.<\/p>\n

I previously thought that the dumbest person was Jane Fonda who had a picture taken of her clowning around on a North Vietnamese Anti-Aircraft gun position.<\/p>\n

Here is that picture.<\/p>\n

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This was just before she called people like me war criminals. This is the reason why Jane Fonda is so despised by Vietnam Veterans.<\/p>\n

Kamala Harris also doesn\u2019t pick up on the irony of her doing this while Joe Biden is drowning in his own sweat trying and failing to explain the mess in Kabul. She was obviously sent there to get her as far away from Washington as possible. It is really hard to imagine someone this stupid being next in line to become President of the United States, but that is the sad reality.<\/p>\n

I suspect John McCain would not be very impressed by this. Meghan McCain tweeted the following:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to honor my dads legacy on this anniversary of his death \u2013 you would spend every second making sure every single American and Afghan ally is out of harms way,\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHe was nothing if not someone who understood sacrifice and loyalty to the people he served with,\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I wonder if Cindy McCain is still proud of her endorsement of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Rachel Campost-Duffy touched the third rail of politics by pointing out something that should be obvious to everyone:<\/p>\n

White House Asks Rachel Campos-Duffy, FOX News to Apologize for Comments About Jill Biden (newsexplorer.net)<\/a><\/p>\n

If you ask me, the most patriotic thing\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Jill Biden<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0could have done was tell her husband \u2015 to love her husband \u2015 and not let him run in this mental state that he\u2019s in,\u201d Campos-Duffy continued. \u201cI think she failed the country as well.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The First Lady\u2019s Press Secretary, Michael LaRosa, responded with the following:<\/p>\n

“This is disgusting.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0@RCamposDuffy<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0@FoxNews<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0know better. They can do better and their viewers deserve better. I hope they’ll apologize to the First Lady and leave this kind of talk in the [trash] where it belongs,”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

What he didn\u2019t say was that Joe Biden actually is mentally competent to be President. Almost anything is possible. Adam Schiff, yes that Adam Schiff, even acknowledged that Biden\u2019s plan for Kabul is impossible to support. The mess is yet to come.<\/p>\n

Just today the Washington Post said American troops went outside the perimeter to help Americans escape:<\/p>\n

U.S. troops at Kabul airport went outside the gates to pull Americans to safety – Washington Times<\/a><\/p>\n

But oh no, the arrogant New York Times explained, it was the Taliban who kindly allowed Americans to expand the zone around the airport in Kabul:<\/p>\n

Taliban Move Checkpoints Farther From Kabul Airport Perimeter – The New York Times (nytimes.com)<\/a><\/p>\n

It is great to know that American troops are not acting independently and are taking directions from the Taliban. What could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n

TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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