John McCain is NO WAR HERO!

Posted on: October 6, 2008 1 comment so far

John McCain Not a Hero

A central theme in John McCain’s campaign is that he is a “war hero” because he spent five and a half years in a Vietnamese prison after his plane was shot down. Now I don’t know about you but to me that doesn’t like a hero but rather a victim. Since when did we start calling people who get captured heroes?

Isn’t a hero someone who saves the day? Someone who breaks out of their imprisonment, frees their fellow captives and even takes out a few of their captors on the way. McCain didn’t do any of that. In fact, McCain actually gave away U.S. secrets to the enemy. McCain’s portrayal as a “war hero” is a total fabrication of his own that he has used for political gain.

Moreover, the idea that because McCain fought and was captured in the Vietnam War makes him capable of winning a war is nonsense as well. First of all, the U.S. lost the Vietnam War and it is regarded as one of the largest strategic blunders in U.S. history. How can McCain know how to win a war if the only one he’s fought in has been one of America’s biggest losses? Secondly, McCain wasn’t even a commanding officer during the war and would have had no input into the strategies of the war. Saying McCain knows how to win a war is like saying a chess piece knows how to win a chess game.

But that’s all I have to say about that, what do you think?

Is John McCain a War Hero?

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One Response to “John McCain is NO WAR HERO!”

  1. Cameron Lawson Says:
    November 1st, 2008 at 1:31 am

    John McCain never gave up any intelligence or “secrets” as u say; and while he did make an anti-American statement for propaganda purposes, it probably had something to do with the fact that several of his bones were broken (none of which he received any proper treatment for), he was beat half to death by Vietnamese rogues and was put thru hours of cruel and unusual torture. Not to mention he has always had remorse about the statement ever since. I would only imagine that things senator McCain witnessed while in Vietnam are nothing the likes of you have ever experienced thus far in your life, and probably never will. I think it’s asinine that you would even have the nerve to question the fact whether or not this man is a war hero; all soldiers are heroes. So not only does John McCain know first-hand the pain of war, but he also understands the mistakes of war as well. John McCain cares about the country, obviously, he was willing to put his life on the line for it; and that’s a pretty decent way of showing it to say the least. Saying John McCain knowing how to win a war is like a chess piece knowing how to win a chess game doesn’t ring nearly as true as the thought that supporting McCain is kind of like wearing a seat belt, it’s just not “cool” to do the right thing.

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