McCain's unlikely supporters: the Vietnamese

[MyNameIsGreat]

John McCain apparently has strong support in Vietnam, including support from military leaders directly responsible for his torture and captivity. The former warden of the "Hanoi Hilton", the prison where McCain was tortured, supports John McCain because of his open-trade attitudes towards Vietnam.

These are the people that stabbed him in the balls when they captured him...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20...rg/aetfa73am7a

They say that if he is president, he is welcome to visit their country.

[Oswald von Wolkenstein]

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[Admiral Piett]

Well he spent most of the war there. This is why it's ridiculous for him to claim that his war experience makes him most capable of leading the USA in a time of war -- the man spent most of the war isolated in a one room cell in Vietnam -- there are few people who were alive during the period who had less of an experience of the war and what it meant for America than John McCain. As poignant, tragic, heroic et cetera his experience may have been, it in no way qualifies him to be an expert on anything but Vietnamese sadists and pain.

but it's doesn't surprise me that they support him -- the reckless economic policies of the Bush administration made America weak while making Communist Southeast Asia rich and McCain would continue that trend.

Here here.

[Cluny the Scourge]

Here here.

You mean "Hear, hear". It's short for "Hear him, hear him."

[Mikelus Trento]

Well he spent most of the war there. This is why it's ridiculous for him to claim that his war experience makes him most capable of leading the USA in a time of war -- the man spent most of the war isolated in a one room cell in Vietnam -- there are few people who were alive during the period who had less of an experience of the war and what it meant for America than John McCain. As poignant, tragic, heroic et cetera his experience may have been, it in no way qualifies him to be an expert on anything but Vietnamese sadists and pain.

but it's doesn't surprise me that they support him -- the reckless economic policies of the Bush administration made America weak while making Communist Southeast Asia rich and McCain would continue that trend.

That is so true. I bought some SE Asia mutual fund stock through Fidelity in the summer and it went up like 100% in a very short time.

Of course, now it's in the sewers ahahahaha

[whhyy]

Yeah thats right, suck up to the guy you tortured now that he may be President.

[Captain Arrrgh!]

Nothing unlikely about this at all.

[God-Emperor of Mankind]

Nah nothing really special here.

[humvee2800]

quite astonishing even after all these years for mccain not to hold a grudge for what they did to him.

[Admiral Piett]

quite astonishing even after all these years for mccain not to hold a grudge for what they did to him.

What one does politically and how one feels personally are often two completely different things.

[removeduser_487563287433]

John McCain apparently has strong support in Vietnam, including support from military leaders directly responsible for his torture and captivity. The former warden of the "Hanoi Hilton", the prison where McCain was tortured, supports John McCain because of his open-trade attitudes towards Vietnam.

These are the people that stabbed him in the balls when they captured him...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20...rg/aetfa73am7a

They say that if he is president, he is welcome to visit their country.

I don't see why this is unlikely or surprising. McCain was among the first to urge American recognition and investment in Vietnam in the decades following America's defeat.

[Farnan]

It would also suprise some of you that Hal Moore, the commander of the 1/7 Cav on LZ X-Ray during the battle of Ia Drang and Nguyen Huu An, the commander of NVA forces there, were good friends in the 90s before Nguyen Huu An's death.

Decades after wars its not too uncommon for former enemies to forgive one another and become friends.

[attilavolciak07]

The Hanoi Hilton warden probably hasn't remembered him until now.

[Behruz]

I think the warden would remember him--they have a museum with McCain's flight suit and other equipment.

[Chaigidel]

its because mccain is a brainwashed sleeper agent working for the vietcong

[Kanaric]

Its no surprise, the Vietnamese hold no grudge over the Vietnam war and are friendly to the US.

[s.rwitt]

Well he spent most of the war there. This is why it's ridiculous for him to claim that his war experience makes him most capable of leading the USA in a time of war -- the man spent most of the war isolated in a one room cell in Vietnam

It's hardly ridiculous to say that his experience in Vietnam make him more qualified than Obama to make wartime decisions. He went through one of the worst parts of war, being a POW in a country with no regard for the Geneva Convention. Not to mention he went to one of the most prestigious service academies in the world.

[Chaigidel]

I know some people who have been through alot of too; even some in war; hell im sure there are people who spent longer in the torture prisons; are they qualified to be president?

and mccain is an elite; an aristocrat who was given all the bonuses and benefits of being an aristocrat.

[s.rwitt]

I know some people who have been through alot of too; even some in war; hell im sure there are people who spent longer in the torture prisons; are they qualified to be president?

Did I ever say that's what makes him "qualified to be president"? I said it makes him more qualified to make war related decisions than Obama. Because he's seen war. How about you read a little bit more ****ing carefully next time and don't put words in my mouth?

[Kanaric]

I said it makes him more qualified to make war related decisions than Obama. Because he's seen war.

So McCain was a Admiral with vast war experience?

Seriously, they ask their advisors and go for the best policy. They dont make decisions on their own. McCain is no more qualified than Obama, its like saying the average soldier coming home from Iraq has the experience required to be president.