McCain

[Xenomorgue]

On CNN I saw McCain's acceptance speech at the Republican convention as presidential candidate.

McCain spoke a lot about his Vietnam experience.

Now this could have been very interesting. Because in those days McCain was a navy officer, a pilot who flew bombing missions over North Vietnam. In this role he was simply an agent, executing the orders from his military superiors and (ultimately) the politicians and president in Washington DC. He was a pawn in the game. As president of the USA he will be the one directing soldiers to the battlefield.

So this was a great opportunity to tell the audience that war is hell, that military action should be the very last option, that the Vietnam war was morally questionable (the faked Bay of Tomkin incident), that he -McCain- personally regrets that his bombing missions caused the loss of innocent lives, and that he understands the fury of his North-Vietnamese captors.

He could have said these things, yet he chose not to.

[tami flu]

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[Xenomorgue]

No, it is just another thread where we, European posters, can comment on the specifics and peculiarities of the American elections. It is in the same vein as the thread started by Sbando about VP candidate Palin.

[hopless3]

So this was a great opportunity to tell the audience that war is hell, that military action should be the very last option, that the Vietnam war was morally questionable (the faked Bay of Tomkin incident), that he -McCain- personally regrets that his bombing missions caused the loss of innocent lives, and that he understands the fury of his North-Vietnamese captors.

He could have said these things, yet he chose not to.

Has it not occured to you that he may have not said these things because he doesn't beleive in them?

[tami flu]

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[sbando]

You've convinced me. I'm going to vote for McCain, even if I'm not American and I don't even vote in the country I live.

[hopless3]

You've convinced me. I'm going to vote for McCain, even if I'm not American and I don't even vote in the country I live.

Thats perfect vote in someone elses country for the worst candidate.

[sbando]

Huh?

[hardware]

Well, McCain certainly could have said things that nobody else who has any influence in the Republican party believes, but then he'd have had to bend over and kiss his ass goodbye, because his chances of being elected would have gone out the window.

Besides, McCain is a Navy man from a Navy family. Do you really think he sees the world from any other perspective than nationalism? The extent to which he thinks about world affairs probably goes to how other countries should stop acting like fools and emulate all things American.

Really, I'm sure he is sorry for all the innocent people killed in the Vietnam war, but I'm just as certain that he blames the war on the Russians.