To be fair I think people miss part of the story about McCain's time as a POW. He's not a hero because he was captured, he was a hero because he suffered prolonged torture so that other soldiers could be released before him. He did this voluntarily and I'm pretty sure that heroism.
The article has a point though. Soldiers get this big status boost in our culture despite the fact they may have never served any tours of duty. While there are exceptions my experience is that most people that I know who enlisted did so because they weren't smart enough for college. None of them ever left US soil so they don't exactly deserve the heroic status.
You should look into it more. It's pretty well documented. He was a big capture for the north Vietnamese because of who his father was. I have never seen any evidence to support anything different
I can see your point but it makes more sense to me to accept supporting evidence I have. It's just as likely there is no evidence because it does not exists. I'm open to things but you have to support it with something.
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Antima ago
To be fair I think people miss part of the story about McCain's time as a POW. He's not a hero because he was captured, he was a hero because he suffered prolonged torture so that other soldiers could be released before him. He did this voluntarily and I'm pretty sure that heroism.
The article has a point though. Soldiers get this big status boost in our culture despite the fact they may have never served any tours of duty. While there are exceptions my experience is that most people that I know who enlisted did so because they weren't smart enough for college. None of them ever left US soil so they don't exactly deserve the heroic status.
shmegegy ago
just as likely he was living it up on an island and didn't want to go back to his wife. I don't buy it.
Antima ago
You should look into it more. It's pretty well documented. He was a big capture for the north Vietnamese because of who his father was. I have never seen any evidence to support anything different
shmegegy ago
of course it is. war is a racket. his ancestry ought to be the first clue, why would you expect to see any evidence so highly classified?
Antima ago
I can see your point but it makes more sense to me to accept supporting evidence I have. It's just as likely there is no evidence because it does not exists. I'm open to things but you have to support it with something.