McCain wasn’t a war hero, he was a lousy pilot.......
Did McCain blow up the USS Forrestal?
I agree. The real war heroes during the Vietnam War were those POWs in Hanoi Hilton that died not selling out the USA. A war hero McCain is not. There are many people who serve in the military. They leave with Honorable discharges, other than honorable discharges and dishonorable discharges. Then there are some who leave in a casket. McCain put his life over everyone else’s life, country and God. This makes him less than a Hero - a coward. Many braver men died in Hanoi Hilton than McCain.
I do not like McCain and hate to use the source of factcheck.org but here is a quote about John loosing planes. This is in response to his quote overseas of loosing a plane is the sign of a bad mission.
http://www.factcheck.org/2008/09/mccains-plane-crashes/
“McCain did lose two Navy aircraft while piloting them. One crash was found to be be McCain’s fault, the other due to an engine failure of undetermined cause.. A third was destroyed on the deck of the carrier USS Forrestal when a missile fired accidentally from another plane hit either the plane next to McCain’s or, less likely, his own aircraft, triggering a disastrous fire that killed 134 sailors and nearly killed McCain. A fourth plane was lost when he was shot down over North Vietnam on a bombing mission over Hanoi.
A fifth alleged “crash” turns out to be a misinterpretation of a flight accident that did not result in the loss of the aircraft. McCain admitted to causing that incident through “daredevil clowning” but returned safely.”
“McCain wasn’t a war hero, he was a lousy pilot.......”
Ace McCain was the best North Vietnamese fighter pilot in our armed services.