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floridablue (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 06:40 PM Original message |
McCain was tortured by the NVA, right ? |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Depends on |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Technically Speaking |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Yeah, honestly I wouldn't hold it against him |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. He refused to be released |
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floridablue (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
31. That is the code I signed |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. torture works -- |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. I thought he was tortured by the Steelers*. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. The bombing of the northern part of Vietnam was a war crime |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Order by the Senior War Criminal |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. As was the invasion and bombing of the southern part of Vietnam, also Cambodia and Laos |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 05:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. President Johnson's war in vietnam was one big war crime. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Not to let Johnson off the hook, but it was also just as much... |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Inasmuch as the first advisers were sent during the Truman |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. And JFK escalated it |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Yeah, I've always wondered why the anti-war left idolized him. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Exactly |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. The question is whether his last orders and findings on Vietnam were serious... |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. My own belief: |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. He raised the troop levels from 900 in 1960 go 16,000 by |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Fine by me (if maybe not by Truman neo-apologist John Stewart) |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. How much napalm did HST drop on Vietnam |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Are we going to play 'nitpick"? HST did not drop anything, nor did |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Goes to my point |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I blame France. nt |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Rightly so. Thanks for the important addition. |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. McCain was tortured to say things against his country which he did. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. wtf? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. This thread is beyond belief. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. A memorial for the two million people the US military killed in Indochina, then. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Don't blame the military, blame the Capitalists who funded it. nt |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. Blame Lyndon Johnson. he was the only man in the world |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Actually, there were many sent prior to LBJ and his buildup |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. You are correct |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I guess with the 900 you mention from Ike, and/or the 16,000 you |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. K&R #2 n/t |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
21. I really didn't like the nasty things said about McCain's POW days on here during the campaign |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Excellent Post! nt |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. I don't like him either, but not for the reasons that most people give. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
36. Yes, the Army of Northern Virginia did terrible things to grampy. |
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ThirdWorldJohn (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
39. Why Would he hug his keepers? Why are so many Veitnam POWs speaking out against him? |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
40. Just college pranks. |
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