On the other hand, I read a bit and I watch people.
McCain is unquestionably a dysfunctional human being and he has deep rooted, long standing personality issues. He is a freaking nut job. .
Almost certainly, none of the Posters on this 2 year old thread were aboard the Forestall when the 131+ died because of an accident.
They were not there, nor were you or I. Regarding half century old images or reading reports which ultimately were funneled through the Chain of Command where McCain had influence and supporters is not exactly cause for dismissing the possibility that the current Senator was the catalyst for this nightmare episode.
Personally, I lean towards that he was absolutely responsible for all of it.
He got out of Dodge rather quick once the flames were dowsed. What innocent person does that?
McCain has demonstrated that he is one seriously treacherous self indulgent POS, but in the interest of fairness, he may be falsely accused.
FR protocol causes me to refrain from colorful language out here, but I say this, I know people, and McCain is a Sociopath.
This impossibly huge Ass has just condemned my children and theirs to a system that will most certainly not serve them well even as he procures care simultaneously that is going to be denied soon to virtually all of us.
I totally believe the testimony of men who saw this asshole up close while he was under stress and even void of stress.
They can talk their Navy expertise for the next several years.
Consider the man himself and the truth will become obvious.
Colorful language here withheld.
Radix, if you buy into it, you don’t know what you are talking about.
Period.
I am curious though, Radix.
Which part of a diagram or report do you think was falsified that if truthful, would have incriminated McCain? (And in what manner do you think it was falsified?)
By the way, we do have a member on Free Republic who sees these threads (though he doesn’t jump in them often that I have seen) who was on the USS Forrestal that day. I can imagine he has his reasons for not jumping in, and I am not going to name him unless he has something to say. He knows more of the truth than any of us do, but suffice to say he doesn’t feel there was a coverup, and he feels it quite strongly.