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[–] ScreaminMime 2 points 6 points (+8|-2) ago 

Not gonna lie, if they were threatening to shove bamboo in my pee hole I would read that thing out loud publicly too.

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[–] 10601394? 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago 

Doubt they threatened him with a thing. Fellow P.O.W.s called him "Songbird McCain" because as soon as he arrived he just started singin'. Received extra food, medical care for his broken bones, and an early release.

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[–] ApostateAbe 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

"Songbird McCain" seems to be a mere myth. Colonel Bud Day claimed to be McCain's cellmate, and he attested that both of them were tortured.

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[–] Shekelstein6M 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

But how could that be. McCain said that torture doesn't work.

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[–] aria_taint 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Threaten him? I bet he wrote it!

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[–] lanre 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Would you also give the enemy information on flight patterns so they could adjust their anti-aircraft radars and shoot down more of your brothers in arms?

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[–] RightEdge 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

War heroe my ass! Despite the fact(s) that his daddy and granddaddy were both admirals in the navy he finished 894th out of 899 in the naval academy. If his daddy and granddaddy hadn't pulled the strings, he'd have NEVER (hell, from his record) he'd never have gotten in much less graduated. He was and is a "substandard" fucker riding his daddy and grandaddys' acheivments Since his involvement in politics, he has done everything the left would want, Was he brainwashed or just a leftist asshole before that. THE REPUBLICANS ACTAULLY RAN THIS GUY FOR PRESIDENT. IMAGINE THAT.
John MccAin is a petty "Little" man who thinks his suffering somehow exalts him above us all. All this does is prove is he'll say and do anything to get his way.. He is a liar, a petulant child, a petty little figure riding a trail he just didn't belong.

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[–] jervybingly 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Among the troops, the radio broadcasts were known as Hanoi Hannah.

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[–] Thisismyvoatusername 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Yeah, I was a kid during Vietnam (so my sources of,information may have been spotty and I was not,paying the same attention as an adult) but I don't remember ever hearing Tokyo Rose used to refer to anyone other than the WWII Japanese broadcaster. I do however remember hearing about Hanoi Hannah.

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[–] jervybingly 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Yeah, nobody I know ever referred to the North Vietnamese broadcasts as Tokyo Rose. The announcers were all women and they played music that was way out of date. Not really many GIs listened to those broadcasts because they were quite spooky—psychological warfare. They would read off names of GIs who were supposed to have been killed that day, and then say: Who will be the next American to die in Vietnam? For the record, I was drafted, and after a couple of months there, was against the war.

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[–] LiberationArtFront 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I'm not American but I spoke with some vets, these guys would normally be chilled out but I would say they would almost lose their shit on the subject of McCain maybe even hate the guy. I seen a vid on the net that said McCain crashed 5 jets/planes but I'm not sure if the vid was accurate, it says directly responsible for the loss of two aircraft one due to 'daredevil clowning' plus was responsible for the USS Forrestal fire, he fires off an engine or missile at the wrong time caused 70 million in damage almost sinking the ship...however the vid was very political so I'm not sure how accurate it was. The incident led the U.S. Navy to implement a lot of changes and safety reviews for landing, flying and weapons systems on board ships. I don't know if he is responsible or partially responsible but McCain is a strange one. It's like maybe the war changed him for the wrong and he became some insane commie globalist after it. It's weird I suppose you can say the same others like for that horrible Reptile banker Soros, he was a Jew but as a child joined the German fascists hunting down other Jews....grows up to become a globalist rightwing fascist banker...both are kind of the same even though their experiences different. Strange the way the human mind works, its like something dark was left inside these guys when captured I suppose they call it 'Stockholm syndrome' or some name like this??

Oh yeah and I heard rumors about this recording for years, I wonder how long before youtube pulls it and the vid is mysteriously deleted for not appropriate content, copyright violations or some other bullshit excuse.

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[–] jervybingly ago  (edited ago)

Interesting. I was in a discussion group of mostly vets, but never heard anything about McCain. Stockholm Syndrome, or the North Vietnamese version of MK Ultra when he was in prison, could have been possible. At this point, it would take a lot to shock me, but I can't shake the feeling that something big is about to go down,

You might want to see or read the book/movie: The Manchurian Candidate, or just search for it on Wiki for a summary of the script. It's fiction about the Korean War and the scenario is the same as the McCain idea you outlined. If you want to ask the vets themselves, try a discussion group called V-War L . Just do a search on your non-google search engine of choice. There may not be so many of them left.