We have all heard the stories about Senator John McCain’s exemplary military service. We have all been treated to the endless references to his wounds from the war that were inflicted through his agonizing years of torture at the hands of the North Vietnamese.
We are all, by now, through one term as a US Representative, five terms as a US Senator (and counting), and three presidential primary runs where he was expected in the early going in 1999 to be able to defeat Al Gore, familiar with his excellence in service to America. Of course, in that race, he ultimately bowed to the superiority of the Bush family when George W. came on the scene to wrap up the primary race in a big way and ultimately embarrass the senator with a win of 47 states.
McCain tried again in 2004 to a worse jumping-off point, but rebounded in 2008, winning the primary, only to be completely consumed by the massive and corrupt political activist machine powered by the cult of personality that was Barack Obama. You could almost call John McCain the slightly less feminine version of Hillary Clinton.
This is not to mention all the completely fawning press coverage that he has enjoyed over the decades since his return from captivity in 1973 (with the notable exception of his run against the hallowed personage of Obama…even the press is not going to cut their throats that deeply for a dirty Republican).
We now know that all of the lies that were told about his captivity were the first chapter in a mythology for the purposes of a long and lucrative political career. We know about how he and John Kerry paired to bury information about POW/MIA personnel to hide their own shameful past in the “prisons” of Indochina.
Allegations have been made by many that the hellish inferno aboard the USS Forrestal in 1967 that caused 134 sailors and airmen to lose their lives…all due to a PRANK by then airmen John McCain!
Bob Zahn what about Clinton? By the way Trump’s lottery # was too high. Yes, in 68/69 a lottery was input as Military didn’t need that many men as war was winding down. When my husband enter all those that came in when he did lottery #s were low and my husband was in his higher school of education from a top college in the mental health studies he was drafted but ended up enlisting. He worked with so many very young men who came back totally broken. Most of those drafted in his unit were all mental health counselors. Not one law student was drafted from his college.
No not done, and$#%&!@*YOU, TRUMP IS A DAMN GREAT PRESIDENT
It’s all true.
Helping the enemy.
I dislike McCain as much as anyone, but these stories are not true. I served aboard the Forrestal. I’ve read every book I can find on the tragedy. McCain’s plane is the plane that was struck by the errant rocket. Shortcuts made by the ordnance handlers in the arming sequence caused stray electricity to accidentally fire a Zuni rocket, igniting the fuel tanks on McCain’s plane. He exited the plane and cleared the flight deck. There is no record of where he went after that.
Yes he did …wet started his plane causing a backfire on the USS FORRESTALL
I have watch a training flick in the early 70’s called trial by fire, that flick is about the Forrestal fire and shows mccain jumping from his burning jet to the flight deck. He is no hero by any stretch of the imagination!
Thomas, that film is included in this article. It’s about 19:00 long and while the camera catches the beginning of the fire, it doesn’t not catch the initial explosion. The camera was facing the stern and swung around after the initial explosion occurred. From watching it several times, I wasn’t able to see anyone jumping from the burning jets, but there was a lot going on in that moment; I guess I could have missed it. But thanks for mentioning that.
John McCain wrote in his own book how he had wished he hadn’t done those tapes for Vietnam as he was very fearful of his own Father’s reaction. His dad and grandfather were both admirals. And McCain’s sick desire to be President was to out do them both. 3 times he tried and people don’t think his envy and jealousy of President Trump isn’t eating at his soul.
Yup! Believe it.
Trump was right again! He is no hero.