Comments on: The Troubling Story Of John McCain & The Vietnam Prisoners of War Cover-Up http://themoderatevoice.com/22800/the-troubling-story-of-john-mccain-the-vietnam-prisoners-of-war-cover-up/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:28:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: timr http://themoderatevoice.com/22800/the-troubling-story-of-john-mccain-the-vietnam-prisoners-of-war-cover-up/comment-page-1/#comment-153060 timr Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:53:51 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/veterans/22800/the-troubling-story-of-john-mccain-the-vietnam-prisoners-of-war-cover-up/#comment-153060 The people lost over Laos and Cambodia were for the most part AF pilots and crewmen who were shot down and died. As cfar as secrecy goes. Air America-the CIA run airline has had several books written and at least 1 movie made about the "secret missions". There are no POWs still in Asia 30 years after the war has ended. Neither are their hundreds of deserters running around. While it makes very little in the way of news coverrage there have been and still are military teams in Vietnam, Loas and Cambodia who are still looking for crash sites and digging up the remains and shipping them to Hawaii. All other stories remain just that. Stories and Urban legends. I hold no brief for McCain, indeed I am a very strong supporter of Obama, but while McCain was against the new GI bill and has voted-when present-against bill that the various veteran groups feel are important-he has a D- grade from the DAV and the VFW-it has never been more than rumor that he acted dishonorably while in North Vietnam. Nor has the contention that all the MIA are deserters. The people lost over Laos and Cambodia were for the most part AF pilots and crewmen who were shot down and died. As cfar as secrecy goes. Air America-the CIA run airline has had several books written and at least 1 movie made about the “secret missions”. There are no POWs still in Asia 30 years after the war has ended. Neither are their hundreds of deserters running around. While it makes very little in the way of news coverrage there have been and still are military teams in Vietnam, Loas and Cambodia who are still looking for crash sites and digging up the remains and shipping them to Hawaii. All other stories remain just that. Stories and Urban legends. I hold no brief for McCain, indeed I am a very strong supporter of Obama, but while McCain was against the new GI bill and has voted-when present-against bill that the various veteran groups feel are important-he has a D- grade from the DAV and the VFW-it has never been more than rumor that he acted dishonorably while in North Vietnam. Nor has the contention that all the MIA are deserters.

]]> By: JSpencer http://themoderatevoice.com/22800/the-troubling-story-of-john-mccain-the-vietnam-prisoners-of-war-cover-up/comment-page-1/#comment-153043 JSpencer Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:11:24 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/veterans/22800/the-troubling-story-of-john-mccain-the-vietnam-prisoners-of-war-cover-up/#comment-153043 George, maybe your complaint needs to be leveled at Sydney Schanberg. I don't claim to know a lot about the part McCain has played with regard to MIAs and POWs post Vietnam war, but neither to I see anything wrong with seeking transparency over how it's been handled. Should the passage of 3 decades reduce it to irrelevancy? George, maybe your complaint needs to be leveled at Sydney Schanberg. I don't claim to know a lot about the part McCain has played with regard to MIAs and POWs post Vietnam war, but neither to I see anything wrong with seeking transparency over how it's been handled. Should the passage of 3 decades reduce it to irrelevancy?

]]> By: GeorgeSorwell http://themoderatevoice.com/22800/the-troubling-story-of-john-mccain-the-vietnam-prisoners-of-war-cover-up/comment-page-1/#comment-153022 GeorgeSorwell Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:25:01 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/veterans/22800/the-troubling-story-of-john-mccain-the-vietnam-prisoners-of-war-cover-up/#comment-153022 No! <br><br><em>No, no, no!!!</em><br><br>Posts like this--full of dumb innuendo and boiled-over rhetoric--are exactly why people complain about Shaun Mullen. No!

No, no, no!!!

Posts like this–full of dumb innuendo and boiled-over rhetoric–are exactly why people complain about Shaun Mullen.

]]> By: greenschemes http://themoderatevoice.com/22800/the-troubling-story-of-john-mccain-the-vietnam-prisoners-of-war-cover-up/comment-page-1/#comment-153008 greenschemes Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:35:27 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/veterans/22800/the-troubling-story-of-john-mccain-the-vietnam-prisoners-of-war-cover-up/#comment-153008 What most people do not realize is that while yes there are perhaps some soldiers truly MIA from the war a vast majority of those who are MIA are actually deserters who have fled the military and have either been killed, or are living in lands far away.<br><br>The reason for the cover up is not some sinister plot but rather the pentagon not wishing to impugn the integrity of those service men who are truly missing by lumping them all into the deserter category. What most people do not realize is that while yes there are perhaps some soldiers truly MIA from the war a vast majority of those who are MIA are actually deserters who have fled the military and have either been killed, or are living in lands far away.

The reason for the cover up is not some sinister plot but rather the pentagon not wishing to impugn the integrity of those service men who are truly missing by lumping them all into the deserter category.

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