[A Navy Vet]

I guess he should know. Hope he wasn't subjected to water on the face or loud music or kept awake. It would be especially awful if he had panties put on his head.

Yeah, I know, he was subject to real torture at the Hanoi Hilton, so he claims. I don't believe it and neither do some of his fellow POW's.

[Oldexpat]

I think the wounds to his arms prove that he was tortured. I don’t agree with him, but he isn’t a liar.

[alloysteel]

Senator McCain seems unable to differentiate between the very real physical torture that he endured, which left permanent physical impairment, and the psychological treatment of the captured Islamic jihadist militants, who did NOT suffer lasting physical harm.

These are people who do not respond to sweet reason and charm, once their confidence is gained. They are hardened, far beyond any early experience of John McCain, and conditioned to believe it is some kind of honor to deceive their captors, a point of view which with I am sure the Senator may identify.

But the fact that John McCain may identify with the prisoners, does not mean that they necessarily identify with HIM. And what happened to McCain was so much more brutal and unrelenting than what happened to the Islamic jihadist militants, there is no parallel.

[yldstrk]

I don’t think he is talking aobut sleep deprivation and loud music bud...........