Quote (PlasmaSnake101 @ May 16 2018 11:27am)
I never seriously considered suicide. Had a death wish, Frank heavily, engaged in needless forms of reckless behavior. But I don't mean this to be edgy, John McCain is no hero.
Real heroes save lives in the field, not rot in holes for years. Combat medics are much more heroic, foot soldiers are much more heroic, people who die for their comrades are heroic.
The only thing he did that can qualify him as a hero is refuse early release, which he is required to do in any case. Getting beat badly by the enemy and following basic rules doesn't make you a hero. He's a vet, that's respectable, he didn't break too badly, which is admirable, but not a hero.
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McCain requested a combat assignment,[25] and was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal flying A-4 Skyhawks.[26] His combat duty began when he was 30 years old in mid-1967, when Forrestal was assigned to a bombing campaign, Operation Rolling Thunder, during the Vietnam War.[21][27] Stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin, McCain and his fellow pilots became frustrated by micromanagement from Washington, and he would later write that "In all candor, we thought our civilian commanders were complete idiots who didn't have the least notion of what it took to win the war."[27][28]
On July 29, 1967, McCain was a lieutenant commander when he was near the epicenter of the USS Forrestal fire. He escaped from his burning jet and was trying to help another pilot escape when a bomb exploded;[29] McCain was struck in the legs and chest by fragments.[30] The ensuing fire killed 134 sailors and took 24 hours to control.[31][32] With the Forrestal out of commission, McCain volunteered for assignment with the USS Oriskany, another aircraft carrier employed in Operation Rolling Thunder.[33] Once there, he would be awarded the Navy Commendation Medal and the Bronze Star Medal for missions flown over North Vietnam.[34]
yeah.... what a rank and file nobody who's service amounts to nothing but getting captured....
plenty of people would have taken early release and the court martial, plenty did. plenty cracked after a week under the beatings, he lasted 7 years. you, me, most people would crack in about 10 minutes.
to be quite honest with you i'm done with the conversation. it's starting to look like you're just trolling, only a moron would try to justify mccain not being a war hero. I detest John McCain, i have for 10 years, but he's sure as shit a war hero.
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