Posted on 07/18/2015 4:24:11 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
The MIA issue is why Ross Perot hates McCain so much.
I’m truly sorry. I apologize. McCain has zero integrity. How pathetic are the sorry POCs like walker and Jindal that are so stupid they support the “song Bird” traitor and collaborator. Trump was dead on!!The only people more stupid are the idiots that voted for that scum bag squealer in Arizona. RELEASE YOUR DEBRIEFING RECORDS SO YOU CAN PROVE TRUMP WRONG SENATOR!!! Otherwise, go back in your hole.
McCain’s A-4 was the one that ate the Zuni that misfired. Thing went right into his fuel tank, which ruptured and ignited.
McCain stressed his bird, climbed out on it’s refueling probe and then jumped through the flames to get away. There was nothing else he could do. He didn’t cause the fire, just dealt with itbas best he could.
The reason he transferred off the Forrestal is simple to understand: the aft 1/3 of the ship was DESTROYED down to the waterline. The airwing (which is separate from the ship’s company) was transferred off while the ship went back to Norfolk to get rebuilt. There was no reason for the airwing to stay with the ship. He ended up going to Oriskany, from where he was shot down.
There’s a lot of stuff to despise McCain over, but his actions on Forrestal aren’t it. Calling those charges BS is an understatement ...
I highly recommend that you up the dose on your medication
I knew an old rancher lady who showed me big glossy 8X10s her husband took of many bomb tests in the Pacific. He was a Navy photographer. There were shots of the setup, blast, mushroom, aftermath. I asked what happened to him. “Oh, he died of cancer in 1959.”
Some accounts say McCain’s plane was hit but it was the one next too him and that pilot died. Three major carrier fires Oriskany, Enterprise, and Forestall. All McCain could reasonably do was run. All hell was fixing to unleash and not even today’s shipboard fire fighting systems would have likely stopped the bombs from going off that followed.
I always felt like McCain was the republican Kerry.
The 1967 U.S.S. Forrestal fire was caused by an errant missile launch, the result of a “safety” ground fault failure. Here is a video of the incident, the investigation, and the findings. While I loathe John McCain, he had absolutely nothing to do with this accident:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g6l_gjxXM4
Compounded by this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_USS_Forrestal_fire which explains the bombs detonating afterwards.
He told families of MIAs to eat their peas and shut up. Disgusting behavior for a "Hero" don't you think.
He reached across the aisle all the way to North Vietnam.
NO, anyone who read your stupid, asshole remark in your #107, to my #105, is wondering what sort of clownish jerk would possibly think he was being anything but an idiot by interjecting himself into the conversation between MamaB and I.
You're not clever. You're not funny. Just a jerk.
Exactly! Thanks for saving me the typing.
Isn’t it time for you to sit on the porch and talk about how all the young people have no respect?
Or do you need to have your depends changed?
Your interjection of your dumb and irrelevant remark into my exchange with MamaB, and the subjects we were discussing, tells all that anyone needs to know about you.
Thank you for posting this. It would be great if McCain is exposed.
Correction to Congressman Dornan’s remarks towards the end of the video:
Bob Dornan was describing how McCain as the son of a famous Admiral was offered a chance to go home and leave the other POWs to remain behind for 5 years to undergo unspeakable torture. Dornan then erroneously attributed McCain’s refusal to go home as a decision on his part and his father’s part to save his future political career.
It was later disclosed by Admiral Stockdale who was the Commanding Officer of all POWs inside the Hanoi Hilton that he denied all POWs any chance to go home early if it meant leaving even one POW behind.
So it wasn’t McCain’s refusal, it was Admiral Stockdale’s order.
To this day McCain and his sycophants in the media and his campaign tout ‘his’ refusal as a POW to go home early as evidence of his patriotism and concern for his fellow POWs thereby affirming his status as a ‘War Hero’ even though he was never once cited for heroism or bravery.
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My congressman just posted a statement supporting McCain on FB of the 26 posts 25 are crucifying him. Many are vets. More then half are threatening to pull all support for his senate race or re eleaction. The video has been posted on his FB post. He sure misread his supporters
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