Hey, Lindsey, Remember your friend? May you rot in hell!

[Joinfortmill]

https://time.com/5377698/john-mccain-prisoner-of-war-vietnam/

'Spiraling down at 550 miles an hour, McCain radioed, “I’m hit.” As he ejected from the plane, his right knee slammed into something and broke, and the force of shooting from the craft and hitting the air snapped his arms. McCain’s chute opened, and he tumbled, unconscious, toward the earth. He landed in Truc Bach Lake in the center of Hanoi and, weighed down with 50 pounds of gear, quickly sank. Jarred awake, he used his good leg to kick up to the surface but couldn’t understand why his arms would not respond. McCain went down again and, with his teeth, pulled the toggle and inflated his vest. Twenty angry North Vietnamese yanked him ashore, stripped him to his underwear, kicked him and spat on him. Someone smashed his shoulder with a rifle butt, and a bayonet was jabbed into his groin and ankle. Soldiers then heaved his body onto a truck.

Guards gave him minimal food and water. After being bandaged, McCain learned he wouldn’t get medical care unless he talked. For days, the 31-year-old pilot drifted in and out of consciousness. When questioned, he just told his captors his name, rank and serial number. In return, jailers beat him.'

[Walleye]

1. Much of the torture was because he refused to disparage the United States the way TFG is doing now

[Irish_Dem]

2. The US military will die before they talk.

Trump talks, gives away classified information for money or attention.

[calimary]

7. Whereas the donald is dying to talk.

In whatever ways he thinks it might profit him.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Military men protect the US, Trump protects himself.

[calimary]

11. True. They put their lives on the line for their country.

He never did, never has, and never will.

[Irish_Dem]

13. It makes my blood boil.

I have an US Navy uncle killed at the WWII Battle of Guadalcanal.
And a career US Air Force dad who flew combat in three wars.

Both understood the risks they were talking and were proud to serve the country they both loved.

Trump puts the national security of the US at risk every day for personal gain.
And he clearly hates this country and Americans.

Trump is so weak and such a coward he couldn't even handle the embarrassment of losing an election.

[calimary]

14. OF COURSE he can't handle a loss.

His brand is all about winning and More winning and MOST winning. This doesn’t further the brand.

[Irish_Dem]

16. Trump would have people go to prison/be killed rather than suffer personal embarrassment.

[Midnight Writer]

3. Today's Republicans are incapable of understanding McCain's sacrifice.

They are no longer loyal to their own country, or its people, or its military.

Prove me wrong.

[republianmushroom]

4. What a gutless piece of dung is lindsey graham.

[calimary]

15. But he's wily enough to avoid having to face any consequences.

Notice how he’s always the “second banana” for some alpha male (like John McCain). He’ll happily stand safely behind the Big Name so that guy takes all the incoming and he can safely lay low til the worst is over. VERY shrewd. Enlightened self-interest of a pirate kind. He’s learned THAT lesson well.

Unfortunately.

[Bobstandard]

5. Contrast with Tommy Tuberville nt

[catbyte]

6. And then there's this golden oldie from 2016:

It's the only thing he's ever been right about.

[Recycle_Guru]

8. they are being destroyed--just not in the limited way Graham was meaning

[calimary]

9. He's nothing more than a sidekick in search of a leading man.

Ever the squire in search of a knight. A ramora eel in search of a whale.

[TSExile]

12. T**** and Graham...

...are the real-life version of Gaston and LeFou.