No doubt you were in positon to be getting frequent updates on how things were going in Syria, and still are. Of course those frequent "vacations" there give you insight too.
did you read the quote... I quoted it to show other people faced court martial for aiding the enemy... that song bird tape is proof he is no hero. He broke the military code of justice. Particularly article 5. He was the dead ass opposite of a hero. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_the_United_States_Fighting_Force Article III: If I am captured I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.[3] Article IV: If I become a prisoner of war, I will keep faith with my fellow prisoners. I will give no information or take part in any action which might be harmful to my comrades. If I am senior, I will take command. If not, I will obey the lawful orders of those appointed over me and will back them up in every way.[3] Article V: When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am required to give name, rank, service number and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause.[3]
I'm just surprised at the amount of people who disagree and don't think draft dodgers are that bad. Very liberal.
My thoughts evolved on that. I was at kids baseball game about a decade ago. One of the kids on my sons teams brother was dressed in his uniform. He had just finished boot camp and was being shipped off to one of the war zones... I shook his hand and said thanks because I realize he was doing it for his country. But, I felt really bad for him. Risking his life and his arms and limbs for assholes that would happily put him in a humvee and let him drive around accomplishing nothing.... but profits for their oil or war companies. At that point... I became far more sympathetic to all who question everything our politicians do particularly draft dodgers. Less govt is the best govt because we can't have assholes in position to that to our young men anymore. We we send men off to fight it must be to defend our people and our country... not our profits.
He was honorably discharged with numerous medals from The US Military.Its funny that you think you know better than The US Military.
Once again, look at the timing of all of McCain's medals. Compare that with Monday. McCain wouldn't have gotten all those medals when he got them without Daddy and Gramps. By the way, "military intelligence" is an oxymoron. 'nuf said.
so what... medals on dummies don't mean shit. its the actions of the hero that matter not the medal. your hero... worked for the enemy when he made those tapes. men faced court martial for far less. As I have said... I might have cracked too... but I would not be a hero. McCain was no hero, he may have been a traitor. How can any thinking person... hear that tape and say McCain was a hero. I don't get how you can allow you mind to be so polluted by partisan politics that you can hear a man violating the miiltary code of justice and call him a hero. . .
you and a few of the lefties here are claiming he is a hero. after hearing that tape that got released last year... how can you say he was a hero? Article V: When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am required to give name, rank, service number and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause.[3] === The military may not have been aware of that tape at the time. We don't know what the guy shaking his had knew or when he knew it. Do you realize who is shaking McCains hand? pretty funny photo if you trying to establish that McCain is not a traitor.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/10/mccain_fudges_his_navy_record.html McCain fudges his Navy record By Michael Dobbs Wreckage of McCain plane, Hanoi, October 1967. "I crashed a plane in Corpus Christi Bay one Saturday morning. The engine quit while I was practicing landings...I took a few painkillers and hit the sack to rest my aching back for a few hours....I was out carousing, injured back and all, later that evening. --John McCain, "Faith of My Fathers." Controversy has surrounded a series of crashes involving planes piloted by John McCain while serving in the U.S. Navy. In his autobiography, the Republican presidential candidate maintained that a couple of the accidents were caused by engine failure. But an official investigation by the Naval Aviation Safety Center makes clear that the first accident, in March 1960, was caused exclusively by pilot error. The Facts During the course of his flying career with the U.S. Navy, John McCain was involved in at least five major mishaps or crashes involving his plane. The most dramatic incidents occurred in 1967. He barely escaped with his life after a missile exploded aboard an aircraft carrier, the USS Forrestal, in July of that year, killing 134 of his fellow crew members. In October, McCain was shot down over Vietnam by a surface-to-air missile. U.S. Navy records make clear that no blame can be attached to McCain for either of these incidents. McCain was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on his return from Vietnam and cited for his "superb airmanship" in the abortive raid on the power plant in Hanoi that ended with his capture and imprisonment by the North Vietnamese. Mystery has surrounded the precise circumstances of the three earlier incidents, and particularly an accident on March 12, 1960, while McCain was still in flight school at Corpus Christi in Texas. The McCain campaign has either ignored or failed to respond to requests by The Washington Post and other news organizations for the release of the candidate's full military records, which could shed light on the accidents and the pilot's personal involvement. The official Navy report into the Corpus Christi accident on March 12, 1960, concludes that the AD-6 Skyraider trainer crashed because McCain failed to "maintain an airspeed above the stall speed." It attributed the accident to "the preoccupation of the pilot coupled with a power setting too low to maintain level flight." The single-engine prop plane sank to the bottom of Corpus Christi Bay. McCain was rescued by a helicopter after swimming to the surface. The accident report excluded a series of other possible factors, including engine failure and disorientation of the pilot due to vertigo. It recorded pilot error as "the sole contributing factor" to the accident. A copy of the report was obtained by The Washington Post from the Democratic National Committee, which conducted research at the Naval Historical Center in Washington. McCain's responsibility for the accident was first reported by the Los Angeles Times here. McCain had another accident with a T-2 trainer jet in November 1965, while flying between New York City and Norfolk, Va. The Naval Aviation Safety Center was unable to determine the precise cause of the accident or the degree of pilot error. McCain wrote later that his engine "flamed out" and he had to eject. In his autobiography, McCain recalls another mishap around December 1961 when "I knocked down some power lines while flying too low over southern Spain. My daredevil clowning had cut off electricity to a great many Spanish homes and created a small international incident." He landed his Skyraider back on the USS Intrepid after the incident, which does not appear to have triggered a safety investigation. The Pinocchio Test McCain's claim that he crashed into Corpus Christi Bay in December 1960 after his "engine quit" is a considerable stretch. U.S. Navy Safety records make clear that the plane crashed because his power setting was too low and he was failing to pay sufficient attention to his landing pattern.