[RetiredTexasVet]

The three references are not inspiring or believable... factcheck.org, wikipedia, & History Channel.

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How reliable are the sources that blame McCain for the fire?

[palmer]

The three references are not inspiring or believable... factcheck.org, wikipedia, & History Channel.

Perhaps not. But the reference to the account above is nonexistent. It is simply crap that has been passed around the internet endlessly. It always comes from "an active duty aviator" or some other seemingly authoritative source. But those are not authoritative sources for this incident. They are simply passing on what that they got from someone else and nobody bothers to verfy it.