[vannrox]

Kerry and McCain, the Democrats strongest military experienced candidates.

[BenLurkin]

>Kerry and McCain both served honorably and we thank them for that service.
> Nevertheless, something about how they have personally reponsded to their experiences has damaged their psyches.
> Neither are fit for positions of responsibilty in Government.

[river rat]

McCain and Kerry - being leftists at best - are more comfortable with having "normal" relations with the communists in Vietnam than non-leftists.

But I've always thought there was was deeper explanation behind McCain's rude conduct toward the families of MIAs, and his VERY polite and friendly conduct toward his former communist captor.

Do the Vietnamese have "something" on McCain?....on Kerry? Or, is it that their private ghosts and nightmares still haunt them...

I haven't made my peace with the communists of the regime in Vietnam - and don't suspect I will before my death... In my mind - there are still too many unresolved issues that have been swept from view and discussion.
Semper Fi

[Sonny M]

One of the things that always bothers me is how the media always refers to McCain and Kerry as vietnam war vets, yet they never ever seem to give that reference to Senator Chuck Hagel. Hagel is just referred to as "conservative or right wing".

[Polybius]

A ''Cuba working group'' on Capitol Hill has undertaken something similar for the dictator in Havana. But Castro never invaded a US ally or excruciated American POWs.

Cuban Communist interrogators were quite active in Hanoi during the Vietnam War.

War Crimes: The Cuban-Vietnam Connection
February 10, 1997 National Alliance of Families

[jigsaw]

Bump for an oldie but goodie.