“According to his fellow prisoners, he was never tortured by the North Vietnamese.”
Odd. That isn’t what his cell mate said. Nor is it consistent with the injuries seen after he arrived and was seen by others.
“And from a US Navy Aviator who served with McCain: “His “shoot down” was self-induced, as he DISOBEYED ORDERS and flew well below the ‘floor,’ getting himself shot down.”
He went down to release altitude. That is determined before takeoff. It is mandatory when dropping manual bombs. That supposed naval aviator is either a fake, an idiot or a liar.
“There were several other jets on that particular mission and he was the only one shot down, because the others obeyed their orders.”
Actually, we lost three planes on that mission.
“Navy Lt. Verlene Daniels, flying an A-4 bomber like McCain, was the first to go down, about 20 miles southwest of Hanoi. Moments later, one of the F-8 fighter escorts, piloted by Lt. Charles Rice, was hit by another missile half a dozen miles west of the capital. Both Daniels and Rice ejected and were promptly captured by angry Vietnamese peasants.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/04/AR2008100402351_2.html
McCain was number three.