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October 23rd, 2008, 08:53 AM
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| French archive releases footage of McCain POW interview
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Description from another article on the same with some transcript. Quote: The video shows McCain shirtless and unshaven, smoking a cigarette. Answering questions from Chalais, he spoke about being shot down over Hanoi on Oct. 25, 1967, and parachuting into a lake.
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Mei Chen Chalais, the reporter's 56-year-old widow who holds the legal rights to the footage, told The Associated Press that some excerpts of the black-and-white footage are widely available _ mostly unauthorized _ in cyberspace, and have been used by television networks in France and the United States.
Her lawyers are seeking payment from at least seven broadcasters in France and the United States that used the footage without authorization, said one of her attorneys, Jacques-Georges Bitoun on Wednesday.
Even McCain's campaign Web site features a few seconds of the footage, which Chalais said was done without her approval. Chalais' lawyers have sent a letter on the rights issue to McCain's campaign team.
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October 23rd, 2008, 10:18 AM
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Not looking at the website...what is there to see that is important? | |
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October 23rd, 2008, 11:03 PM
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The title of the thread will lend you a clue. | |
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October 24th, 2008, 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by outlaw2001it  Not looking at the website...what is there to see that is important? | Nothing.
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October 24th, 2008, 12:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster Nothing. | As usual......
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October 24th, 2008, 07:40 AM
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So you think McCain giving an on video interview from his hospital bed back when he was a POW is nothing?
An idiot quoting and idiot is what I see in the post above.  | |
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October 24th, 2008, 07:44 AM
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There's a video and links to people that disagree with the hero label, due to the fact he was dropping bombs on Hanoi when shot down and showed no remorse that innocent civilians could be killed. Such is war.
I suppose it depends on your point of view.
But this quote is typical. Quote: |
Does being a POW make you a war hero? I think not - obviously it is hella-bad times, but that does not in itself make you a "hero."
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October 24th, 2008, 08:34 AM
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The reason the quote is "typical" is because that's how our soldiers are trained. They are not out there for the glory and fame, they are there to do a mission and they did/do them well.
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October 24th, 2008, 10:21 AM
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You know, all this illustrates is the horror that Vietnam was and what suffrage soldiers had to endure to survive it. What I see is a broken man, soldier, clearly in pain. IMO, while this does not flatter McCain it also does not empower him in the manner of being more qualified. Quite frankly, I question the merits of those who released the video and their motivations. I personally believe that it is distasteful and is not relevant to who McCain is today, whether you see him in a positive or negative light.
This thread should be dropped - we don't need this kind of crap.
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October 24th, 2008, 12:32 PM
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EVERY SINGLE POW FROM WWII TO KOREA TO VIETNAM HAS BEEN BROKEN.
EVERY SINGLE FEMALE PRISONER OF WAR HAS BEEN RAPED REPEATEDLY.
EVERYONE WEARING A US MILITARY UNIFORM HAS ENDURED THE FOULEST TREATMENT.
Only a sick ass son of a bitch delights in posting a thread like this.
BTW British, Australian and Canadian troops have endured the same from our common enemies.
ALL WERE BROKEN.
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