Thread: Do other POWs see McCain as a hero in the POW camps?

John Dramesi, who went on to serve as chief war planner for U.S. Air Forces in Europe and commander of a wing of the Strategic Air Command, says today, "McCain says his life changed while he was in Vietnam, and he is now a different man.. But he's still the undisciplined, spoiled brat that he was when he went in."

McCain broke down under torture and offered a "confession" to his North Vietnamese captors. Dramesi, in contrast, attempted two daring escapes. For the second he was brutalized for a month with daily torture sessions that nearly killed him. His partner in the escape, Lt. Col. Ed Atterberry, didn't survive the mistreatment. But Dramesi never said a disloyal word, and for his heroism was awarded two Air Force Crosses, one of the service's highest distinctions. McCain would later hail him as "one of the toughest guys I've ever met."

Dramesi says he has no desire to dishonor McCain's service, but he believes that celebrating the downed pilot's behavior as heroic — "he wasn't exceptional one way or the other" — has a corrosive effect on military discipline. "This business of my country before my life?" Dramesi says. "Well, he had that opportunity and failed miserably. If it really were country first, John McCain would probably be walking around without one or two arms or legs — or he'd be dead."

http://www.truthout.org/100508A

I can tell you a lot of Veterans aren't impressed with John McCain...

McCain voted AGAINST funding $360 Million for armored vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan.

McCain voted AGAINST $360.8 million for armored tactical wheeled vehicles for units deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan and $5 million to establish ballistics engineering research centers at two major research institutions.

McCain voted twice AGAINST repealing the capital gains tax cut and applying the savings to replace equipment used by the Army and Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Obama voted FOR and McCain voted AGAINST a measure to “insist that conference report include funding to strengthen America’s military, as contained in Senate-passed amendment.

McCain voted AGAINST providing an additional $322 million for troop equipment and body armor.

McCain also voted AGAINST $1 billion in new equipment for the National Guard.

McCain also has numerous votes AGAINST increased funding for veterans’ health care.

McCain did vote FOR tripling veterans’ health care fees, while he opposed increased funding for veterans’ health care.


McCain doesn't care about his fellow Veterans. It's more than apparent with his own voting record.