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17 August 2010 By Jeff Gates The John McCain docked in Danang this week. No, not
THAT John McCain but the USS John S. McCain, a
guided-missile destroyer named for the Arizona
senator’s father and grandfather—both four-star
admirals. One can only imagine the twittering in Hanoi at
this event. I wonder if local media replayed the
broadcasts that POW John S. McCain III provided for
the North Vietnamese in 1967 at the height of the
bombing campaign against targets in Hanoi. It was during his lengthy stay in the “Hanoi
Hilton” that McCain provided the “package routes” for
U.S. attack aircraft. That classified intelligence
enabled anti-aircraft gunners to increase U.S.
casualties by 60 percent, forcing an end to the
bombing. Perhaps Vietnam will name a ship after Jane Fonda.
This American actress was vilified when she was
photographed in Hanoi with the same gunners that
McCain enabled to kill American airmen. Then as now, no one is clear for whom McCain works.
His support for Israel has never wavered. When it
comes to his loyalty to the interests of the U.S., the
jury is still out. Actually, the jury has yet to be convened. John
McCain remains an unindicted co-conspirator in
marketing the phony intelligence that took the U.S. to
war in Iraq. He’s proven himself a remarkably effective Israeli
asset since his election to Congress in 1982. That
conduct continues a family tradition.
The McCain Clan Chronicle At the height of the Vietnam War, McCain’s father,
then senior commander in the Pacific, helped President
Lyndon Johnson cover-up the Israeli murder of 34
Americans aboard the USS Liberty. But for that cover-up, Tel Aviv’s provocative
Six-Day Land Grab may well have failed. Certainly the
Middle East would now be a very different place. Had Israel been held accountable for that assault,
it would have been perceived in a very different
light. Had the truth been revealed, the facts would
have precluded its Zionist leaders from forging a
“special relationship” with the nation whose seamen
they murdered. Rather than concede the truth, Senator John McCain
deployed the perceived credibility of his political
office to endorse a cover-up book written by an
Israeli operative. The USS Liberty suffered more than 200 casualties.
Survivors report how—after Israeli jets strafed and
napalmed the ship—Israeli torpedo boats blew a hole in
its side and then machine-gunned not only rescuers but
also the fire hoses and life rafts. The Israelis concocted a “mistaken identity” cover
story that the McCain espoused. Senior naval officers
familiar with the facts describe this cover-up as
among the most shameful acts in U.S. Navy history. Yet
even now McCain defends the lie. That McCain lie was well before the cover-up of the
real story behind the murderous provocation that took
the U.S. to war in the Middle East. Here’s a simple question: Which nation most
benefitted from the invasion of Iraq? Which foreign
nation most wants to keep John McCain in office? That war was justified with false intelligence
marketed in large part by John McCain as he advicated
a strategy announced years before in Tel Aviv. But for his marketing of phony intelligence, that
operation may well have failed. John McCain may be loyal to the wrong country but
no one can challenge his loyalty.
Producing an Asset His handlers long ago branded McCain a “maverick.”
That ambiguous casting ensured he need be loyal to no
one other than himself. He’s proven himself skilled at
that task. At a recent town hall meeting I attended, McCain
described himself as head of “the party of Abraham
Lincoln and Ronald Reagan.” He meant it. Yet his closest political ally is Joe Lieberman, a
Jewish Zionist Democrat who, when he lost in a party
primary, rebranded himself an independent. McCain’s behavior is not out of the ordinary for
assets. Their loyalty is usually to an internal need
whether for recognition, influence, money, sex or
drugs. No one knows what happened to John McCain while a
POW. Not really. Watch him closely and see if you can
detect anyone at home. An inner emptiness shines
through. What indignities did his North Vietnamese captors
inflict on the fair-haired, blue-eyed son of Admiral
John S. McCain, Jr.? McCain’s seething anger is palpable—as anyone close
to him can attest. While his behavior clearly includes
symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, it’s also
clearly far more than that. He’s emotionally unstable. He should be kept away
heavy weaponry. Even heavy equipment. The idea of John McCain as commander-in-chief is
chilling. During his 2008 presidential campaign,
several of his Senate colleagues warned us about his
mental and emotional instability. The GOP’s party
apparatus shut them up. McCain’s condition continues
to deteriorate. Exposure of the real John McCain would ensure his
resignation. Unless he resigns first. |