“He’s compensating for his sins as an unconscientious bomber pilot in WWII.”
Actually George McGovern was an excellent bomber pilot during WWII. He flew 35 combat missions over Europe as the pilot of a B-24 Liberator bomber, and certainly earned his Distinguished Flying Cross and Silver Star for gallantry in action against the NAZIs.
George McGovern is currently a foolish and misguided old man, but as a young man he was a hero who did his duty to help keep America free.
I refer sarcastically to the “conscience of a bomber pilot” that was prevalent during the late sixties in which WWII bomber pilots were scorned for their unconscience actions, not knowing if their bombs were killing innocent civilians or not and which led to “Catch 22” and other tomes on such warfare.
George was a left winger, so he fought the Germas without
hesitation. Had it been the Vietnam War, no doubt he would have struck out for Canada. By the way, he loved Castro.