Vietnam Veterans Against McCain, Video

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The group Vietnam Veterans Against McCain attacks Senator John McCain's heroism as a POW in the Vietnam conflict; this is making some waves in the news due to McCain's presidential candidacy. The documentary "Missing, Presumed Dead the Search for America's POWs" however focuses more on Senator John McCain successfully blocking the release of classified POW/MIA documents. Here is a DVD extra from that documentary.

Watch the 7 min video before commenting please.

 

[JerichoHill]

http://www.miafacts.org/prankster.htm

There's my comment. Its a well known fact that the people behind the website are kooks

 

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Did you watch the video?

 

[JerichoHill]

Yes.

Alexander, Paul (2002). Man of the People: The Life of John McCain

McCain also branched out and worked with Democratic senators. He was a member of the 1991–1993 Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, chaired by Democrat and fellow Vietnam War veteran John Kerry, convened to investigate the fate of U.S. service personnel listed as missing in action during the Vietnam War. The committee's work included more visits to Vietnam and getting the Department of Defense to declassify over a million pages of relevant documents.[79] The committee's final report, which McCain endorsed, stated that, "While the Committee has some evidence suggesting the possibility a POW may have survived to the present, and while some information remains yet to be investigated, there is, at this time, no compelling evidence that proves that any American remains alive in captivity in Southeast Asia."[80] After many years of disliking Kerry due to his actions with Vietnam Veterans Against the War,[81] McCain developed "unbounded respect and admiration" for Kerry during the hearings.[81][82] The actions of the committee were designed to allow for improved ties between the two countries;[83] McCain pressed for normalization of diplomatic relations with Vietnam, partly because it was "a time to heal ... it's a way of ending the war; it's time to move on,"[84] and partly because he saw it in the U.S. national interest to do so,[84] in particular envisioning Vietnam as a valuable regional counterbalance against China.[85] In 1994 the Senate passed a resolution, sponsored by Kerry and McCain, that called for an end to the existing trade embargo against Vietnam; it was intended to pave the way for normalization.[86] During his time on the committee and afterward, McCain was vilified as a fraud,[84] traitor,[81] or "Manchurian Candidate"[85] by some POW/MIA activists who believed that there were large numbers of American servicemen still being held against their will in Southeast Asia.[84] McCain said that he and Kerry had gotten the Vietnamese to give them full access to their records, and that he had spent thousands of hours trying to find real, not fabricated, evidence of surviving Americans.[79]

 

[.Shane.]

Did you watch the video?

No way. Not gonna do anything to give any credibility to these kinds of idiots.

 

[C~G]

So these people are really really really afraid of McCain?

 

[Amin001]

Yes.

Alexander, Paul (2002). Man of the People: The Life of John McCain

McCain also branched out and worked with Democratic senators. He was a member of the 1991–1993 Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, chaired by Democrat and fellow Vietnam War veteran John Kerry, convened to investigate the fate of U.S. service personnel listed as missing in action during the Vietnam War. The committee's work included more visits to Vietnam and getting the Department of Defense to declassify over a million pages of relevant documents.[79] The committee's final report, which McCain endorsed, stated that, "While the Committee has some evidence suggesting the possibility a POW may have survived to the present, and while some information remains yet to be investigated, there is, at this time, no compelling evidence that proves that any American remains alive in captivity in Southeast Asia."[80] After many years of disliking Kerry due to his actions with Vietnam Veterans Against the War,[81] McCain developed "unbounded respect and admiration" for Kerry during the hearings.[81][82] The actions of the committee were designed to allow for improved ties between the two countries;[83] McCain pressed for normalization of diplomatic relations with Vietnam, partly because it was "a time to heal ... it's a way of ending the war; it's time to move on,"[84] and partly because he saw it in the U.S. national interest to do so,[84] in particular envisioning Vietnam as a valuable regional counterbalance against China.[85] In 1994 the Senate passed a resolution, sponsored by Kerry and McCain, that called for an end to the existing trade embargo against Vietnam; it was intended to pave the way for normalization.[86] During his time on the committee and afterward, McCain was vilified as a fraud,[84] traitor,[81] or "Manchurian Candidate"[85] by some POW/MIA activists who believed that there were large numbers of American servicemen still being held against their will in Southeast Asia.[84] McCain said that he and Kerry had gotten the Vietnamese to give them full access to their records, and that he had spent thousands of hours trying to find real, not fabricated, evidence of surviving Americans.[79]

Ok thanks for replying.

I have heard of this stuff before about John Mccain and I ran into this video about it.

Im going to have to do more research on this before I can make judgment on it.

 

[Shadylookin]

Yes.

Alexander, Paul (2002). Man of the People: The Life of John McCain

McCain also branched out and worked with Democratic senators. He was a member of the 1991–1993 Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, chaired by Democrat and fellow Vietnam War veteran John Kerry, convened to investigate the fate of U.S. service personnel listed as missing in action during the Vietnam War. The committee's work included more visits to Vietnam and getting the Department of Defense to declassify over a million pages of relevant documents.[79] The committee's final report, which McCain endorsed, stated that, "While the Committee has some evidence suggesting the possibility a POW may have survived to the present, and while some information remains yet to be investigated, there is, at this time, no compelling evidence that proves that any American remains alive in captivity in Southeast Asia."[80] After many years of disliking Kerry due to his actions with Vietnam Veterans Against the War,[81] McCain developed "unbounded respect and admiration" for Kerry during the hearings.[81][82] The actions of the committee were designed to allow for improved ties between the two countries;[83] McCain pressed for normalization of diplomatic relations with Vietnam, partly because it was "a time to heal ... it's a way of ending the war; it's time to move on,"[84] and partly because he saw it in the U.S. national interest to do so,[84] in particular envisioning Vietnam as a valuable regional counterbalance against China.[85] In 1994 the Senate passed a resolution, sponsored by Kerry and McCain, that called for an end to the existing trade embargo against Vietnam; it was intended to pave the way for normalization.[86] During his time on the committee and afterward, McCain was vilified as a fraud,[84] traitor,[81] or "Manchurian Candidate"[85] by some POW/MIA activists who believed that there were large numbers of American servicemen still being held against their will in Southeast Asia.[84] McCain said that he and Kerry had gotten the Vietnamese to give them full access to their records, and that he had spent thousands of hours trying to find real, not fabricated, evidence of surviving Americans.[79]

why fight against the declassification of information so hard if there is nothing worth hiding?

 

[JerichoHill]

Because it would tick off the Vietnamese government who we made peace with and maybe hurt diplo relations?

 

[Irish Caesar]

Because there might be plenty worth hiding that doesn't have to do with finding American POW's?

 

[FriendlyFire]

Wasnt McCain tortured so badly that he cannot raise hes hands above hes head ??? It is possible but given that tactics used by the Bush Administration ... with push polling that McCain had an illegitamite black child .... I remain skeptical

 

[Fugitive Sisyphus]

Attacking McCain over Vietnam just blows my mind. It would be like attacking George H.W. Bush over WWII.

 

[IglooDame]

Attacking McCain over Vietnam just blows my mind. It would be like attacking George H.W. Bush over WWII.

Indeed, I don't think you can SwiftBoat someone who spent several years as a POW and actually refused a return to the US because others more deserving of release didn't get the same offer. It's just laughable. Hit him for his Keating Five involvement instead, or his McCain-Feingold bill, or his immigration "amnesty plan" instead.

 

[gallego]

Indeed, I don't think you can SwiftBoat someone who spent several years as a POW and actually refused a return to the US because others more deserving of release didn't get the same offer.

For real; the man went through hell. I love how there's a verb "to swiftboat someone" now...just sad.