Vietnam

Courageous Ron Unz Wonders How John McCain Gets Away With It

John McCain: When “Tokyo Rose” Ran for President

by Ron Unz

What Was John McCain’s True Wartime Record in Vietnam?

With Sen. John McCain so much in the headlines these days due to his harsh criticism of the foreign policy positions of Donald Trump, a few people suggested that I republish my article from a couple of years ago exploring McCain’s own very doubtful military record.

Submitted by Federico Pieraccini via Strategic-Culture.org,

I hated it, when first I heard of it. I hated that they would dig us a trench in the ground; they would erect a black wall. That would be our memorial. “How like the war,” I thought. “How pointless.” And so, I took no interest in the Vietnam Memorial. Later, I heard that they would cast a bronze statue of the soldiers. “At least,” I thought, “people will know what we looked like.”

Submitted by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity,

Last week Defense Secretary Ashton Carter laid a wreath at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington in commemoration of the "50th anniversary" of that war. The date is confusing, as the war started earlier and ended far later than 1966. But the Vietnam War at 50 commemoration presents a good opportunity to reflect on the war and whether we have learned anything from it.

Authored by StraightLineLogic's Robert Gore via The Burning Platform blog,