I have no idea what is happening with the POW - MIAs today, or even 20 years ago; I’d be kind of surprised if any were still alive, unless they were collaborators or defectors.
But I will say this; While I was never directly involved with the POW-MIA operations, I had Buds that were; a few Son-Tay Raiders, and other similar sorts: 33 years ago, they all told me: “Don’t ever trust that damned Admiral’s Son”.
Now, this was before anyone but perhaps himself ever expected John McCain to run for high office, much less the highest office. He was the Naval Liaison to the Senate at the time; still in uniform. And of course the Senate’s ‘go-to-guy’ on POW matters.
Fortunately, I never had to be in a position to trust him as the ops that I was involved in were far from his purview. But I never forgot, and I have followed his career. Since then, there has been nothing that would change the consensus opinion of my ‘beanie wearing buddies’.
Now, unfortunately the entire world is on the verge of having to “trust that damned Admiral’s Son”.
>>>I have no idea what is happening with the POW - MIAs today, or even 20 years ago; I’d be kind of surprised if any were still alive, unless they were collaborators or defectors.
I’ll stop reading your post right here since you obviously didn’t read the posts we made. Your question of ‘have no idea...’ would have been answered.
D"ont Trust That Damned Admiral's Son"
Thanks for the ping.
I first heard about McCain from my Master Chief (E-9). He was on his twilight tour and I was a newly-minted Ensign young enough to be his daughter, and he took me under his wing. Crusty as they come, and the finest man with whom I ever served. This was shortly after Vietnam, and he was active in POW/MIA issues. “Don’t ever trust that Admiral’s son” would be the nicest thing he had to say about McCain.
Master Chief’s no longer with us, but I’ll be d@mned if I’ll sully his memory by voting for the likes of John McCain. I’m thinking of writing in Master Chief’s name instead.
We’ve got a choice this year between a petty, self-serving, not particularly bright, headstrong, irrational, lying, traitorous, leftist, sonafab*tch and a tru-believing, dyed-in-the wool, elitist Marxist.
The hell with McCain, my prayers are for the country!
Good advice then...better advice now!
before anyone but perhaps himself
IMMHO, he KNEW what his future plans were. He entered the House in 1983. Jon Fn Carry entered the SINate in 1985 and was joined there by his "good friend" in 1987. By 1988 the 2 cretins were in full blown sell out mode to betray all those left behind.
To hasten normalization, Kerry's committee conspired with debunkers of POW reports by coaching witnesses, failing to subpoena files, and shredding documents. Early into Kerry's investigation, the head of the Pentagon's POW/MIA office, Colonel Millard Peck, resigned in disgust, complaining, "The mind-set to 'debunk' is alive and well. It is held at all levels. . .Practically all analysis is directed to finding fault with the source. Rarely has there been any effective, active follow-through on any of the sightings. . .The sad fact is that. . .a cover-up may be in progress. The entire charade does not appear to be an honest effort and may never have been." In the aftermath of Kerry's report, relations with Vietnam were normalized, but none of the promised information on POWs or MIAs was ever delivered.
Meanwhile as Kerry's committee was finalizing its report in late 1992, in anticipation of normalization of US-Vietnamese relations, a $905 million port development deal was signed between Vietnam and a Boston-based company which had been awarded a contract to be the exclusive real estate agent representing Vietnam, Colliers International. Colliers International was headed by former Boston Redevelopment Authority executive C. Stewart Forbes, cousin of John Forbes Kerry. A Colliers partner, Spauding and Slye Colliers, donated $100,000 to pay for holding the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Kerry's hometown of Boston. Colliers was the "exclusive real estate agent representing Vietnam."
As a part of an aggressive campaign to enhance its international standing in the beer market, Anheuser-Busch has been signing contracts and investing hundreds of millions building brewery operations in China and Vietnam. (The McCain family owns several million dollars in Anheuser-Busch stock.)
After effectively selling our POW/MIAs to the highest bidder, follow the dirty duo as they then proceed to Kosovo.