Posted on 10/05/2008 7:07:26 AM PDT by John W
HANOI - The lake into which John McCain parachuted after his Navy plane was shot down is now surrounded by chic restaurants, cellphone stores and motorcycle dealerships. The prison camp where he confessed to being a "black criminal" has been turned into a multiplex cinema showing garish American movies. A five-star hotel occupies the site of the "Hanoi Hilton" jail, where he spent more than three years. The surface-to-air missile sites that once circled Hanoi have been replaced by sprawling industrial parks churning out sneakers and television sets for the U.S. market.
Hanoi and Vietnam have changed dramatically since the war with the United States ended 33 years ago. But for the Republican presidential nominee, the 5 1/2 years he spent as a prisoner of war had an indelible impact, not just because of the terrible injuries he suffered but because of how the ordeal shaped his worldview.
In hushed conversations with his fellow POWs four decades ago, he developed firm beliefs about how the United States should use its military power, lessons that he has sought to apply to the more recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. His resistance of his captors -- especially his refusal to accept an offer that would have freed him before his comrades -- forged his character, taught him the meaning of honor and, eventually, launched him on a meteoric political career.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
Barry associated himself with communists, terrorists, and Marxist and is attempting to move from the theoretical to the practical.
McCain = HERO, Obama - ZERO
I thought this was a good time to post this given the sudden avalanche of anti-McCain posts on all kinds of threads this morning. You’ve illustrated a key distinction between the two candidates from the article. Thank you.
There’s the line. McCain nearly died fighting Communists. Obamas, been hanging out with that crowd for 25 years.
Today’s Vietnam is very concerned with the Islamic Radicals in Malaysia and in the southern tip of Thailand where they behead the infidels. They are also concerned about China. It’s very unlikely they would want to see Obama in the White House. A shame that the MSN ignores Islamic terrorist attacks in places where the US has absolutely no involvement.
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/index.html#Attacks
A heartfelt thank you to Captain McCain and all of the other Americans that served.
BTW, this caught my eye...
“The fact that Reagan was regularly denounced by English-language Radio Vietnam, which was piped into the prisoners’ cells, only increased his appeal.”
Even then the bad guy’s new Reagan was going to be a problem for them!
“A heartfelt thank you to Captain McCain and all of the other Americans that served.”
Amen to that.
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