In a 2 a.m. vote, the Senate confirmed Lieutenant General Dan “Razin” Caine to the rank of general to hold the position of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Caine, who vaulted from being a retired three-star to having a date of rank senior to all other serving four-star officers, has his work cut out for him as he tries to repair a military gravely damaged by the disastrous tenure of General Charles “C.Q.” Brown, who prioritized wokeness over readiness.. To a great extent, the military ideal of the apolitical officer serving his nation has given way to that of petulant children who refuse to do anything with which they disagree. Warfighting proficiency has taken a rear seat to leftist virtue-signaling.
The vote was 60-25. The “nays” were the cream of Senate midwits: Alsobrooks (D-MD), Baldwin (D-WI), Blumenthal (D-CT), Blunt Rochester (D-DE),…