Uniform Code of Military Justice

"If you feel so strongly about your views of Mr. McCain's service to our country, perhaps you should get a sandwich board and protest outside your local VFW and see what they think about your opinion."

I say even money that muffyjr may not be out in front of the VFW for long. 45 seconds tops. Have you seen the size of some of these guys that frequent VFW halls?

All kidding aside, I agree with the rest of the folks about the ignorant post by muffyjr. My father was a B-52 pilot during Vietnam and watching the flashback scenes with McCain and his dad reminded me of some of the conversations we used to have. Now that I have a 3 year old daughter, I wish to pass on those same lessons that I learned from my father to her.

The movie was very apolitical and was more of a lesson in character and values that we seemed to have forgotten in this country. Outside of the occassional college or pro football game, I rarely watch much TV because it has gotten too sleazy and it tends to celebrate the worst of humanity. However I was glad I watched this movie from beginning to end and was very moved. I wish we would have more movies or TV shows like this that celebrate people with values and character.

The black child of which is spoken is a child that McCain adopted. It was his wife, Cindy's, idea because the girl needed a home. What a wonderful and unselfish thing to do in adopting a child that doesn't have to be of your same race. Again, I salute this man.

Hey Slydur51

McCain was Navy. The Air Force didn't just sit behind desk like you claim. There were men called Forward Air Controllers that called in the guns from the field. They were as valuable as the Rangers.

Evidently this dude has not seen a map of Vietnam. If he looked at a map of North Vietnam and saw where Hanoi was located, he would see that Hanoi would not have been near any US soldiers or base. McCain and his other POWs were in downtown Hanoi for Heaven's sake. Even without his multiple injuries, he wouldn't have made it out.

Well muffyjr, you've been pretty quiet since your brilliant post.

I hope the postings from the other people here were able to show you how utterly stupid your comment was.

It actually made me a little sad to see that a poster like you would seek out an area like this to lash out at someone like Senator McCain.

I participated in Rolling Thunder yesterday, to show my respect for people like Mr. McCain, and in particular....the ones that never made it back.

If you feel so strongly about your views of Mr. McCain's service to our country, perhaps you should get a sandwich board and protest outside your local VFW and see what they think about your opinion.

The U.C.M.J. is a set of criminal statutes. What I think you are attempting to discuss is the Code of Conduct, which sets standards for POWs. However, no objective review of the conduct of John McCain, Bud Day and the others there could conclude that they just sat around and waited for help. Please remember that your rights to free speech have been maintained by better individuals than yourself.

You are honoring the wrong people, the UCMJ states that if capture you do everything possible to affect an escape, not sit around waiting for help. The men who died serving their country and living up to the Code should be the one's honored not the cowards who sat around waiting for help.