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Poor John McCain Bombed Women and Children and "I Was Following Orders" Is Not a Legal Defense

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On 60 Minutes in 1997, there was an uncomfortable, sorrowful and somewhat disturbing moment: (from the text transcript)


Sen. McCain: "I m--made serious, serious mistakes and did things wrong when I was in prison, OK?"

Mike Wallace: "What did you do wrong in prison?"

Sen. McCain: "I wrote a confession. I was guilty of war crimes against the Vietnamese people. I intentionally bombed women and children."

Wallace: "And you did it because you were being tortured""

Sen. McCain: "I""

Wallace: --and you'd reached the end of the line."

Sen. McCain: "Yes. But I should have gone further. I should have--I--I never believed that I would--that I would break, and I did."

This article went on, but we leave it here in order to go quote a CBS report later in 2008

Jul 15, 2008,


McCain: "I Know How To Win Wars" - CBS News

.cbsnews.com/news/mccain-i-know-how-to-win-wars/


Jul 15, 2008, Republican Candidate for President, Sen. John McCain told a town hall meeting, "I know how to win wars. And if I'm elected president, I will turn around the war in Afghanistan, just as we have turned around the war in Iraq."


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