Mr. McCain has most recently been noted for his opposition to President Donald Trump, who has had for some time an axe to grind with Senator McCain. It was McCain who started the "Russian Collusion" canard rolling when he obtained a copy of the infamous Steele dossier and gave it to then FBI director James Comey.
But in our opinion, Trump's decision to disrespect McCain by flying the flag at half-staff for only two days after his death was petty and not worthy of the President of these United States. (President Trump has since come to his senses and ordered the flag to fly at half staff until Senator Mc Cain is buried).
Although we did not often agree with Senator McCain's political positions, he was and remains an American military hero of the first water. He endured savage and brutal torture at the hands of the North Vietnamese government. In the end, he cracked and signed a coerced "confession" of "war crimes".
We are a member of an organization called "Oath Keepers". This is an organization of people who have taken an Oath to defend the Constitution of the United States against 'ALL enemies foreign and domestic". Certain of this group have called McCain a traitor for breaking under severe torture and claim the North Vietnamese call him "Songbird" for revealing military secrets under torture. We seriously doubt these claims. These claims state that McCain gave the enemy information about deployments of American forces and demonstrated how American weaponry could be defeated, etc. These claims were made by the Communist generals themselves. We do not believe them.
Also, McCain was offered release from captivity by the North Vietnamese because he was the son of an American admiral. He refused to be released until all his fellow prisoners were released. Nobody would have blamed him had he accepted. But he stood fast with his fellow warriors. He acquitted himself honorably as a POW.
John McCain served his country all his life. While we do not agree with every position he has held, still we say that he was an American hero and patriot. To his loved ones we offer condolences. and our hope is that his rest is sweet and peaceful.
He has earned it.
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