DONALD TRUMP IS RIGHT
ABOUT JOHN McCAIN
By Chuck Baldwin
July 23, 2015
NewsWithViews.com
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Republican, Donald Trump, has been under intense pressure from the
GOP establishment for his off-the-cuff remark about Senator John McCain
(R-Arizona). In a televised interview, Trump said, “[John McCain]
is a hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t
captured.”
Predictably,
establishment Republicans immediately called Trump just about every
dirty name in the book. Lindsey Graham called him a “jackass.”
Rick Perry said the comment made him “unfit” to be President.
Mitt Romney said Trump “shot himself down.” (Not hardly!
Trump is the clear front runner of all the GOP presidential candidates
in most polls.) But, clearly, the Republican establishment is frustrated
with Trump’s popularity--and for good reason.
Donald
Trump is scorching the GOP for its support of illegal immigration,
and he is scorching it for its support of incessant foreign wars.
Trump said, "We spent $2 trillion in Iraq, $2 trillion. We lost
thousands of lives, thousands in Iraq. We have wounded soldiers all
over the place, thousands and thousands of wounded soldiers. And we
have nothing. We can't even go there. We have nothing. And every time
we give Iraq equipment, the first time a bullet goes off in the air,
they leave it." Amen!
And
he is scorching them BIG TIME by calling into question the GOP’s
2008 standard bearer. Specifically, he has dared to tell the truth
about the miserable record of John McCain’s treatment of America’s
veterans.
In
refusing to apologize for his remarks about Senator McCain, Trump
righty said, “The reality is that John McCain the politician
has made America less safe, sent our brave soldiers into wrong-headed
foreign adventures, covered up for President Obama with the VA scandal
and has spent most of his time in the Senate pushing amnesty. He would
rather protect the Iraqi border than Arizona’s.”
While
most everyone has criticized the second part of Trump’s statement
(“I like people who weren’t captured”), hardly anyone
has dared to broach the first part of the statement: “[John
McCain] is a hero because he was captured.” That statement is
an absolute fact.
John
McCain rose to become one of America’s most powerful senators
and became the Republican Party’s nominee for President in 2008
mostly on his Prisoner of War (POW) status. Absent his POW history,
McCain would no doubt have lived his entire life in relative obscurity.
It usually takes more than simply being a veteran or being the son
of a Navy admiral or even being a POW to make one obtain famous hero
status. How many other POWs do you know that have achieved McCain’s
political power and influence?
Alabama’s
Jeremiah Denton was a POW who truly endured intense torture at the
hands of the enemy and who became one of our finest U.S. senators.
And there was never the first hint of dishonorable conduct or scandal
or accusations that Denton used his war record for personal profit.
I had the privilege of meeting Senator Denton a couple of times, and
the thing that struck me most about the man was his deep and genuine
humility. The same cannot be said of John McCain.
John
McCain’s POW record has been shrouded in controversy from the
very beginning. Many independent journalists and military veterans
have accused McCain of being America’s version of “Tokyo
Rose.” They offer convincing evidence (or at least credible
postulations) that McCain was NEVER tortured, that he received special
treatment by his captors, and that he actually willingly participated
in anti-America propaganda, in much the same way that Tokyo Rose did
in the Pacific during World War II.
One
Vietnam veteran who was publicly critical of John McCain was my friend
Jack McLamb. McLamb served nine years in secret operations in Cambodia
and other nations before going on to become one of the most highly
decorated police officers in Phoenix, Arizona history, winning Police
Officer of the Year twice before taking a role as a hostage negotiator
for the FBI.
McLamb
said of McCain, "I know a lot of Vietnam veterans and a few POW's
and all the POW's that I've talked to over the years say that John
McCain is a lying skunk.
"He
never was tortured--they were there in the camp with him and then
when he came in....he immediately started spilling his guts about
everything because he didn't want to get tortured," said McLamb,
contradicting the official story that McCain only offered his name,
rank, serial number, and date of birth.
"The
Vietnamese Communists called him the Songbird, that's his code name,
Songbird McCain, because he just came into the camp singing and telling
them everything they wanted to know.”
McLamb
also said, “The POW's said that McCain made 32 propaganda videos
for the communist North Vietnamese in which he denounced America for
what they were doing in Vietnam.
"They
have these sealed now, our government has these sealed, we can't get
to it, they have it classified. In truth the POW's hate John McCain."
There
are many similar reports about John McCain. I suspect that Donald
Trump is familiar with these reports. Here are a few of them:
1
- Report
one.
2 - Report two.
3 - Report three.
2 - Report two.
3 - Report three.
Reports
note that former American POWs such as Col. Ted Guy and Gordon “Swede”
Larson, who were held in the same communist prison as McCain, have
gone on record saying that they are very skeptical about McCain’s
claims of torture.
Another
former POW, Philip Butler, a man who was also imprisoned with McCain,
is more sympathetic to the man, saying that he had probably been tortured
early on in his captivity and made no reference to McCain’s
alleged anti-America propaganda charges--but was emphatic that McCain
was unqualified to be President. Butler firmly said that he would
NOT vote for McCain because McCain was a hot-tempered man who had
become a Bush-like warmonger and who had used his POW status for personal
and political gain. Remember, this is from a fellow POW who actually
likes McCain.
Regardless
of McCain’s real war record (the U.S. government has sealed
the record, so we will likely never know the truth about the matter),
it is a fact that, as one of the most powerful senators in Washington,
D.C., John McCain has done little to assist America’s veterans.
In fact, McCain is commonly regarded as being one of the strongest
opponents to the investigation and rescue of POWs left behind in Indochina
following the Vietnam War.
While
a member of the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (1991-1993),
McCain referred to POW/MIA family members and activists as “whiners,”
“vultures,” and “the lunatic fringe.” Although
the committee concluded that there were indeed American POWs left
behind in Indochina, McCain voted to normalize relations with Vietnam
without any accountability for America’s missing servicemen.
In so doing, McCain ignored a letter written by fellow POW Captain
Eugene “Red” McDaniel and co-signed by 50 former POWs
which asked him to not support normalized relations with Vietnam until
the POW issue had been resolved.
In
1996, McCain opposed the Missing Service Personnel Act (MSPA) as being
“unnecessary” and “burdensome.” He also helped
to amend the MSPA to remove criminal liability, which POW/MIA families
knew was a serious blow to obtaining meaningful accountability on
behalf their loved ones still languishing in Southeast Asia.
John
McCain has spent most of his senatorial career promoting an open border
with Mexico, a path to citizenship for illegal aliens, and incessant
foreign wars; facilitating the miserable performance of the Department
of Veteran’s Affairs (VA); and covering up evidence of Americans
left behind in Indochina. No wonder so many people have referred to
McCain as “The Manchurian Candidate.”
By
telling the truth about John McCain, Donald Trump has hit the rawest
of nerves within the Washington establishment (and New World Order
globalist elite). Without a doubt, John McCain is one of the globalist
elite’s political darlings. A favored son of globalist puppet-masters
such as Henry Kissinger, John McCain has been a water boy for the
New World Order from the time he entered politics. Guilty of corruption
as one of the infamous “Keating Five,” John McCain was
given a mere “slap-on-the-wrist” and allowed to continue
his pernicious ways.
And
McCain’s “war hero” status has made him virtually
untouchable--until now.
My
mind is far from made up in regards to supporting Donald Trump’s
presidential candidacy. But, so far, Donald Trump has been willing
to courageously confront the Washington establishment in an in-your-face,
no-holds-barred manner that we have not seen in a long, long time.
And if Trump accomplishes nothing else in his presidential bid except
exposing establishment sycophants like John McCain, I, for one, am
excited that he has entered the race.
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