JD Vance Calls Highly Decorated General A Combat-Averse, Wine-Drinking Elitist

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- JD Vance.
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- Daily Kos, Feb. 20, 2022. - Ed.

J.D. Vance (R-OH) is running for the US Senate. It has not been going well. So he attempted to advance his cratering political career by slamming an exemplary ex-army officer. Much like his campaign, his attack was an embarrassing misfire - factually incorrect & widely mocked. It started tamely enough with Vance taking typical potshots of a lagging candidate trying to gin up some excitement for a flaccid campaign. During a recent appearance on Steve Bannon‘s War Room Pandemic podcast, the Hillbilly Elegy author slammed President Joe Biden for focusing on defending Ukraine from Russia more than securing America’s southern border.

- " I don’t really care what happens to Ukraine one way or another. I’m sick of Joe Biden focusing on the border of a country I don’t care about while he lets the border of his own country become a total war zone." -

It was nothing more than boilerplate politicking harking back to a long tradition of ‘Fortress America’ isolationism, combined with a new Republican bromance with the Russian autocrat. “Let Vlad be Vlad as long as he is cracking down on those LGBTQ+ perverts.” But Vance’s slur was noticed by retired 4-star General Barry McCaffrey, who took exception to Vance’s position. In a Tweet, he called him ‘shameful’ & a ‘Russian stooge.’ Vance replied by calling McCaffrey an out of touch, wine-swilling elitist who danced on the graves of American ‘working class kids’ who died fighting, while McCaffrey attended ‘security conferences’. Worst of all, he accused the General of never winning a war- a gratuitous swipe that would have been more effective if no biographies of McCaffery were available a *click away.

A closer look. I'll work backward & start with the final question of McCaffery’s potential profit from a ‘war with Russia.’ The people who make money from war are arms manufacturers & other defense contractors. Does McCaffrey have investments in war profiteers? I don’t know. But if he does, he is in a lot of Republican company. He was on the Board of DynCorp, a now-defunct military contractor. Perhaps that is what confused Vance. Next, “while thousands of working class kids died on the battlefield.” I’ll get to McCaffrey’s personal experiences later. Let’s note McCaffrey had 2 children who served & currently has 2 grandchildren in service. “You drank fine wines at bullshit security conferences.” As a senior officer, I’m sure McCaffrey attended conferences, as people in every military do.

‘Bullshit’ is an opinion. One I suspect many attendees agree with. But that’s the nature of corporate structures - military, private & govt. Vance’s 1st & most absurd statement, “Your entire time in military leadership we won zero wars.” Fact check. In Feb. 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, McCaffrey commanded the 24th Infantry Division which gained everlasting fame for executing the “left hook” 230 miles into Iraq, cutting the enemy’s retreat route, leading to their complete defeat. Historians will debate if elder Pres. Bush’s decision not to invade Iraq was the right one or not. But from a military perspective, McCaffrey did everything asked of him. And what of the man himself? While so many dodged military service in the 1960s, McCaffrey was on the front lines in Vietnam, literally.

During his service, McCaffery was severely wounded twice & won 2 Distinguished Service Crosses & 2 Silver Stars for conspicuous bravery under fire. Later in his career, he won 2 Distinguished Service Medals for meritorious service as a general officer. - More,
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/2/20/2081304/-JD-Vance-calls-highly-decorated-General-a-combat-averse-wine-drinking-elitist



- BARRY MCCAFFREY, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_McCaffrey

[Turbineguy]

1. If Russia does something to the U.S.

all these idiots can be rolled up as unregistered agents.

[appalachiablue]

3. Absolute low life, desperate and offensive to the hilt.

[EYESORE 9001]

2. Gen. McCaffrey could knock that pampered doughboy's dick in the dirt

without breaking a sweat.

[appalachiablue]

4. +2

[Probatim]

9. Doughboy - first thought that popped in to my head.

[Diamond_Dog]

5. Vance is so desperate

to get a foothold in the OH Senate race, he will,say anything, like throwing spaghetti on a wall and see what the base likes, then he’ll go with that, lie or not. What a sellout he is. And a disgrace.

[appalachiablue]

6. Desperate, Sil Valley sellout, fraud, disgrace to McCaffrey, OH, America.

[hatrack]

7. Ah, yes, the Private Equity REMF speaks . . .

[keithbvadu2]

8. 1+

[BradAllison]

10. Nice eyeliner, asshole. n/m

[Paladin]

11. Vance is a brain-dead piece of shit.

Hillbillies deserve far better representation than this trash.

[rsdsharp]

12. They left out that General McCaffrey

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also was awarded 4 bronze stars, including a V for valor device, and 3 purple hearts.

[appalachiablue]

13. TX for adding, an exceptional American soldier and officer