McCain’s entire political career, of course, stems from the
mind-bending heroism of his time as a POW during the Vietnam War.
As mentioned, everyone knows the story. Shot down over Hanoi, he
was immediately captured. For the next five-plus years McCain,
badly injured right off the bat, was repeatedly and viciously
tortured. To this day his awkward movements of his right arm are a
literal daily reminder that this is a man who cannot perform some
of the most routine of human functions because of the injuries
suffered as a Navy pilot.
No one is questioning that John McCain isn’t a man of indelible courage and bravery.
And while the role of Secretary of State John Kerry as a young Navy Swift Boat officer in Vietnam carries with it much more controversy — as evidenced when he was the Democrats’ 2004 presidential nominee — Kerry famously never hesitates to play the “I served in Vietnam” card. As he did just the other day in an appearance before a House committee discussing the Syria situation.
Not to be left out of this is Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel — he too a Vietnam Vet.
http://spectator.org/archives/2013/09/10/lyndon-mccain-meets-woodrow-ob
No one is questioning that John McCain isn’t a man of indelible courage and bravery.
And while the role of Secretary of State John Kerry as a young Navy Swift Boat officer in Vietnam carries with it much more controversy — as evidenced when he was the Democrats’ 2004 presidential nominee — Kerry famously never hesitates to play the “I served in Vietnam” card. As he did just the other day in an appearance before a House committee discussing the Syria situation.
Not to be left out of this is Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel — he too a Vietnam Vet.
http://spectator.org/archives/2013/09/10/lyndon-mccain-meets-woodrow-ob
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