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Mon Jun-23-08 09:31 PM Original message |
| Get this! Former head of the Hanoi Hilton endorses ... John McCain for president of the US. |
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Mon Jun-23-08 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
| 1. Imagine he was endorsing a Democrat. Sigh. |
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| Ian David
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Mon Jun-23-08 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
| 2. You have a link? n/t |
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| Bozita
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Mon Jun-23-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
| 4. yup, ... |
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Mon Jun-23-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
| 5. "But I can confirm to you that we never tortured him. We never tortured any prisoners." |
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Edited on Mon Jun-23-08 09:53 PM by IanDB1
"When John McCain was my captive'
Tran Trong Duyet - a sprightly retiree and amateur ballroom dancer - must rank as one of John McCain's By Andrew Harding BBC News in Haiphong, Vietnam <snip> McCain has since described enduring months of solitary confinement and systematic torture which drove him to try to kill himself. "I don't know how he'd react if he met me again," said Mr Duyet, flicking through old black and white photographs of himself and his American prisoners at Hua Lo. "But I can confirm to you that we never tortured him. We never tortured any prisoners." <snip> "He did not tell the truth," he says. "But I can somehow sympathise with him. He lies to American voters in order to get their support for his presidential election."  The "Hanoi Hilton" is now a museum - containing McCain's air force suit More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7459946.stm |
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Mon Jun-23-08 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
| 3. Hmmmm |
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Mon Jun-23-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
| 6. "I did not have torture relations with that man...Mr. McCain!" n/t |
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Tue Jun-24-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
| 7. kick |
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