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Voltaire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:22 AM Original message |
So tell me how being a POW makes you a Foreign Policy Expert |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. well, McCain does know "gooks" |
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floridablue (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. Perhaps the NVA briefed him while he |
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Avalon6 (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. So being forced to sign a confession under the duress of torture is considered being a traitor? |
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Voltaire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. No one is calling him a traitor |
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Avalon6 (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. The guy I was replying to was |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. Hell I haven't even figured out how it makes you a hero. |
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faithfulcitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. from what I understand, he gave up information? Not that anyone can be blamed, but still. |
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Voltaire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Hero is a QUITE overused word |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I disagree |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. i agree . . . and always have. if anything he's a failure as a pilot |
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faithfulcitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. Wes Clark just did on MSNBC. |
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independentpiney (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
5. It's a very legitimate question |
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Voltaire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I certainly appreciate his service |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. how can he know anything about a ground war? eom |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
10. Well he wasn't "just" a POW - he also wrecked several aircraft |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. Gen Clark has pushed back on this |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
14. Seems to me... |
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Voltaire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I think we take a page from Karl Rove here |
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faithfulcitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. exactly what I hear too. To me, it's as if he war mongers to give meaning to his awful experience. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
15. 47K potential foreign, national security, and military experts died in Viet Nam if |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
17. An excellent question... |
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wmbrew0206 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
19. I think people only look at the POW part of McCain's career |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
22. In McSame's case, being a POW just means he was a lousy pilot. n/t |
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PoliticalAmazon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
23. Unless McCain assisted the Vietcong with their foreign policy and strategy.... |
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