McCain deserves our vote
John McCain has earned the vote of every American who ever wore the uniform of our nation.
He earned it with his blood and broken bones in the prison hellholes of Hanoi; his refusal of early release, honoring his commitment to his fellow prisoners despite the certainty of brutal consequences, was an act of indescribable courage and nobility.
His 25-plus years of unflagging support of our veterans as a congressman and senator testify to his continuing loyalty to our troops.
He has championed veterans’ health care reforms, increased pay and benefits, improved survivor benefits, assisted veterans returning to civilian life, supported measures to protect service members against financial loss — the list goes on and on.
Throughout his life John McCain has been a staunch advocate for our servicemen and -women.
He deserves our vote to be America’s next commander-in-chief. He deserves it, because he has earned it.
Carl R. Huebner
Albemarle County
Reader Reactions
I am not a vet therefore he has not earned my vote? Don’t worry, I wouldn’t vote for him anyway.
May I refer you to an article by Michael Moore:
Like Iraq, Vietnam was not a noble cause.
It’s time we stopped letting politicians and the press perpetuate the McCain War Hero myth. McCain’s sacrifice had nothing to do with protecting the United States. He was sent to Vietnam along with hundreds of thousands of others in an attempt to prop up what was essentially an American colony, South Vietnam, which was being run by a dictator whom we installed.
John McCain flew 23 bombing missions over North Vietnam in a campaign called Operation Rolling Thunder. During this bombing campaign, which lasted for almost 44 months, U.S. forces flew 307,000 attack sorties, dropping 643,000 tons of bombs on North Vietnam (roughly the same tonnage dropped in the Pacific during all of World War II). Though the stated targets were factories, bridges, and power plants, thousands of bombs also fell on homes, schools, and hospitals. In the midst of the campaign, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara estimated that we were killing 1,000 civilians a week. That’s more than one 9/11 every single month—for 44 months.
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