McCain is no hero. He did nothing to save the lives of others, he performed no feat to turn the tide of a battle by risking his own life, he did nothing that true heroes are known for.
But he has never failed to play up his victim status into an embellished ‘hero’ story.
As President Trump has said, the Yemen mission was a great success because of the extensive and valuable intelligence that was uncovered. McCain seems to conveniently forget that detail when he misleads by saying the mission was a failure.
That’s right, a POW is a victim not a hero. Somebody to feel sorry for, not to laud.
I consider John McCain’s military service heroic. I consider his undermining of our country politically to be 100% unrelated to his military heroism.
Anyone serving in a hellish POW camp who doesn’t turn into Jane Fonda to get out of it deserves my respect. It was hell. I didn’t do much of a search for it but this is part of it - he could have been released early from the camp because his dad was an admiral but he declined.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0608/McCain_talks_of_his_decision_to_not_be_released_from_POW_camp.html
I recalled reading about him in a few books. One was “The Climate of Hell” and the other one was “When Hell Was In Session.”
His current conduct dishonors him. HIs military service was honorable.