Adding to my post above, I’ll note McCain also made another error in the next four to six seconds after he was hit.
He failed to use the proper procedure he had been taught for ejecting. As a result, he injured himself critically, breaking both arms and his right leg.
MORON is too kind a word.
Maybe he still didn’t learn ejection after screwing up getting out of his plane on the Forrestal
This email is from and old friend and former POW:
From: Mark ‘Zippo’ Smith
Date: Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 1:55 AM
Subject: STOP!!!!!
There are no sacred cows in politics able to attack any and all with impunity, take totally dumb positions on some issues and then have others defend them as untouchable.
Senator John McCain is my fellow returned prisoner of war and for his time in prison he and all the rest of us have been honored again and again. Our number run the gamut from incredibly brave to incredibly weak and cowardly. One thing about our number is certain,none of us enjoys any special protection within the political arena. General Eisenhower took off his five stars when he entered the arena and expected no special consideration. When he spoke out on a subject during his political campaigns he expected no flying squad to arrive and defend him based on his wartime service.
I want the country I fought for back.
From illegals with all their kiddies to the supposedly bulletproof few in Washington I say OUT if you snuck into my country and stand on your record today if you wish to attack another and allow nobody else to carry your water for you. John McCain is a man and if he wishes to attack others in the arena they are allowed to bite back. I think John understands that better than many who use him as a stalking horse to attack Trump. Some will use the opportunity to attack John McCain and that is a load of crap also.
WE ALL LOST OUR SACRED COW STATUS LONG AGO!!!!
The other candidates are merely using this tempest in teapot to gain political advantage.
Senator McCain attacked Trump and claimed those supporting him were ‘crazies’ because Trump took a stand on illegal immigration when he did not.
That opened the door and Trump fired back.
GETTING CAPTURED WAS NOT THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY OR ANY RETURNED PRISONER’S WARTIME SERVICE AND YOU HAVE TO LOSE A FIGHT TO GET THAT STATUS.
MOST OF WE RETURNED PRISONERS OF WAR REALIZED THAT OUR COUNTRY NOT ONLY WISHED TO HONOR THE SACRIFICES MADE IN THE COMMUNIST GULAG BUT ALSO WISHED TO MAKE UP FOR ALL THOSE BRAVE WHO FOUGHT THEIR BEHINDS OFF ON BEHALF OF A GENERALLY UNGRATEFUL NATION AND WERE NEVER EVEN THANKED.
WHAT DID TRUMP REALLY SAY?
‘I LIKE WINNERS AND NOT LOSERS.’
In other words honor those who fought and never lost a fight and those who fought and died beside them first.
I fought my wars with relish and spit in the eye of mine enemy in captivity,I require no media or political defenders because my honor stands on it’s own merits.
I come from the generation of leaders who ate last in the chow line and honored their soldiers first.
Just cut the crap and get my country back!
Major Mark A. SMITH,USA,Retired
RPW,Vietnam\Cambodia
Thanks for the verification regarding the Songbird.
Compare and contrast John McCain with fellow POWs, MOH winner Col. Bud Day or LtGen. John P. Flynn. Compared to these POW veteran heroes, McCain was simply a survivor. John McCain has said that he regretted that he violated the Code of Conduct.
Just for the record, Bud Day was McCain's cellmate for a time at the Hanoi Hilton. My point is that Col. Bud Day was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and The Air Force Cross for his time as a POW, but John McCain's highest award was a probably undeserved Silver Star.