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Originally Posted by sindey
Getting captured and possibly tortured does NOT mean it was due to incompetence. These are our brave men & woman that protect the rest of us and it angers me terribly to hear then candidate Trump say what he did.
ALL of our soldiers are American heroes. People who get deferments for heel spurs while playing football are the cowards.
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Read the accounts about his actions during the mission. There were standing orders to break off a bombing run at a specific altitude if audible sam warnings were gping off. He continued another 1000ft in violation of these orders which is why he was shot down. And he missed his target anyway.
He destroyed a multimillion dollar plane and his capture allowed the enemy to use his admirals son status for propaganda.
All because he couldnt follow orders.
Merely serving in the military does not make one a hero. I served fout years in the navy in an active fighter squadron onboard USS Coral Sea. I worked on the flight deck st night during ops. I spent time at NAS Miramars GSE pool fueling, parking and starting the same type aircraft McCain flew.
The day I allow myself to be cslled a hero well any draft dodger can smack me for that nonsense.
Its interesting to note that Trump is criticized for being a child of privilidge, and that helped him out of the draft.
John McCain destroyed 3 aircraft during his training cycle in incidents determined to be his fault.
He would never gotten his wings, let alone command of a squadron, without his father being an admiral.
I have no hate for McCain and his actions aboard USS Forrestal WERE in fact heroic. But getting captured because he couldnt follow orders was not.
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