And I consider it blasphemy to smudge the straight-arrow prisoner-of-war record of a man who was near death when he arrived at Hoa Loa prison 1967: both arms broken, left leg broken, left shoulder broken by a civilian with a rifle butt.
He was eventually taken to the same rat-infested hospital room I had occupied two years earlier, and, like me, he had surgery on his leg. By then the Vietnamese had discovered that his father was the ranking admiral in the Pacific Fleet, and he received an offer that, as far as I know, was made to no other American prisoner: immediate release, no strings attached. He refused, thereby sentencing himself to four more years in a cell.
Still waiting for the link to where I quoted Stockdale. Come on hot shot. Put up or shut up.
Another FReeper already proved my point regarding the standing order that all POWs hold out to leave at the same time.
You’re really having a hard time aren’t you.
You can’t link me to where I quoted Stockdale. You can’t accept that Stockdale’s policy as senior officer was that all POWs would leave together.
Tossing out a number of Stockdale comnents doesn’t change the facts of the sitaution.
And Stockdale details his policy in his own book.
So you’re just flailing to keep above water here, so you can mislead people about the facts of the McCain early release story line.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3314458/posts?page=80#80