Huck Loc: The Midwest

What is a hero? We hear that word tossed around quite frequently here lately, but do most American really understand what a hero is? The word has been applied to someone on just about every newsworthy situation that hits the headlines. It is being used so much that its real definition is being cheapened. One definition of hero in my Webster says a Hero is someone who is admired for courage or exploits, especially in war.

We know that during battle in any war there will be thousands of brave and sacrificial heroic acts that would earn medals for bravery if they were but known not only to God.

Donald Trump’s brevity of words while speaking does not serve him well. In the case of Senator McCain he should have spent a little more time in defining exactly why he felt that McCain was not a hero. I too do not believe that the fact that McCain served in the armed forces and was shot down and captured by the Vietnamese and spent many years in a prison camp fits the real definition of hero. I do believe however that while he was a prisoner he made a great personal sacrifice that was heroic and therefore has earned the right to be called a Hero. Having said that, he long ago lost my respect as a politician and do not consider him one of our Republican Hero’s
Huck

4430 Loc: Little Egypt ** Southern Illinory

A hero to me would be a person that saved the life of another fellow human being !
There's been some talk about McCain's activity he may have done while in captivity and at one time he was offered to be released but refused !

Agree he is no hero and a RINO to boot !

Ve'hoe

I know many many kids under my command with better war records than mccain.

As far as POW camp,,,, what they teach us now is "Just Survive"....

Hero??? I dont know,,,, perhaps once or twice,,,, now,,,, he seems like a creepy old man, calling everyone names he doesnt like, and relishing the power of his position,,, plus his best friend is Lindsey Graham,,,,,

I have a war record, and a lot of slimey liberal pussies on this site get very angry about my "Hero" status,,,, however I have never claimed that,,,,, What I have claimed is that no invertebrate liberal, is going to define how I can or cannot converse about what I did, nor diminish what I did.

I have heard a lot of these ingrateful pricks on this site whining through their shoddily repaired hairlips, in that whiny nasal liberal tone.... "Waal,,,,, weel men, nva twalk about dere exploits in war,,,," As if they had ever been in the company of real men,,, and or women, who actually did serve. I refuse to allow the leftist cowards, who huddle here at home, profiteering off the wars they start by their policies, and then hypocritically critiquing how the wars were executed, or whether the actions of very young men and women were justified or legal....to dictate how I speak of my service, nor have I ever claimed "hero" status....."hero" is the strawman slimey libs create to try to embarrass and ridicule a serviceman into shutting up.... and I wont be cowered, nor allow someone who didnt serve to tell me, what happened, or how I can talk about it.

Fine he can be a hero, but he started a fight with trump.... then trump punched mccain in the nose,,,, whats wrong with that???

This country is turning into a bunch of pussies, run by geeks from the bandcamp. The snottiest and most vile and vitriolic hate spewed on this site is from leftists, against my military service,,, and of course racist a-sholes like khh1, Alicia, 3jack,, who talk crap about indians...... but as leftists, and black whiners,,,, "Their" brand of racism is Okie Dokey,,Alicia is just a run of the mill leftist racist hypocrite,,,,, who feels no guilt about here racist statements, and spends inordinate time consulting her liberal friends to justify her racist statements....

JONDO

It sure isnt a p.o.w coming out of a prison camp and selling out our country. And welcoming in another country to take our place. Got to draw the line some where between Patriotic and traitors.

MarvinSussman

One should have sympathy for Cain's imprisonment as for any other person who drops napalm on children, dumps his wife for a prettier one, is guilty of quid pro quo corruption as one of the "Keating Five", and pushes the invasion of Iraq.

Some hero!

JONDO

I am glad Trump is not my republican Hero Because i vote for the man not the party. Both parties are as crooked as the other. Trump talks about the real issues THats the reason all the others hate him so much. Including McCain If they have to talk about the real issues, it will probably hurt thr chances of winning because what they think is more of the same, that's why they call them a do nothing congress. Trump might not know every, thing but he is smart enough to learn what he needs to know. that's more than i can say about the Welfare Genius thats in thr now. THats all he knows and thats as good as it gets, More welfare and illegal immigrants, Thats Obamas solution, Make the United States look like Mexico, and he is doing a good job. No law and order and all the dope you can carry, If your an illegal that's fine If your an American your under arrest.

Ve'hoe

He was following the orders, of the Army Silver Star winner,, LBJ,,,,,,

Get over your naplam obsession,,,, do you have a "favorable" and more fun way to die????

Agree on the keating five and gang of 8,,, whatever Mcain was,,,, he isnt any longer..

DamnYANKEE

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DamnYANKEE

Don't bother asking a LIB . They haven't a Clue :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

MarvinSussman

I spent almost a year in combat and many more afterwards wondering how the German people could support the murder of innocent children. Then came Vietnam and I wonder no longer. Now I know.

Ve'hoe

Sure they do,,,,, their heros are Dr. Deborah Nucatola and Planned Parenthood President and CEO Cecile Richards,,,,, who disect live babies,,,,, and sell body parts,,,

Arent they the epitome of motherhood???? What wunnerful people,,,, I wish I could determine who was human,,, and then abort people like this....

Ve'hoe

Really??? With over a million abortions a year,,,,,, it makes the Vietnam bombings pale in comparison.

It does suck,,,,,, but like I have said many times.."I have saved many thousands more lives with my rifle than I have taken"

As long as humans are around,,,, they will kill each other,,,,, one thing in particular I learned is that the american concept of children isnt shared by others, and the best way to conduct a war, is usually the fastest means to the end.

The vietnamese, used their children for propaganda, and the North killed then as much or more than we did.... if we wanted to save any lives, we should have won the war, and defeated the north..... perhaps then the killing fields would have been avoided..

Even my tribe,,,,, would kill the children of warring tribes,,,, it is nothing new in "human evolution" or the lack thereof,,, and there will likely be more,,,,,, if Islam gets a toehold here,,,, this time it will be "ours"

eagleye13 Loc: Fl

Think about this Huck;
You consider McCain a Hero for enduring his capture in Viet Nam.
You do not consider McCain a Hero for his tenure in politics as a Republican.
Do you think McCain had better character as a prisoner, than as a politician?
Character is the mark of a Hero.
IMO - McCain's character is what it is.

Ve'hoe

I think we should find the 4 ft 8 inch Vietnamese Guard, who beat McCain,,,, and install him in the senate,,,, in case John Boy gets out of line,,,,,, he can beat him into sense again.....

MarvinSussman

You share the Nazi obsession about winning an unjust war. But maybe any war under our flag is automatically a just war because it's our flag - as it was for most Germans.

Your opinion is outweighed by that of former Secretary of Defense Robert MacNamara who ran the war for seven years and knew more about it than anyone else and who, after much looking into his soul, wrote a confession of guilt: "In Retrospect", in which he admitted that it was "...all wrong, terribly wrong."

A war to aid a puppet government set up by an invading French Foreign Legion against the will of 80% of its inhabitants according to the memoir of Pres. Eisenhower reporting the findings of the CIA cannot possibly be a just war.

Except in you stupid eyes.