Re: POW: McCain's Legislative Record in Support of the FullestPossible Acco...

[<DasHaas@aol.com>]

I can think of few better ways to continue this sham than by finding  a "POW 
war hero" to put his name to yet another of the endless committees 
established for this subject.   One more committee, one more layer of 
bureaucracy, one more sham.  And the bottom line?  

"although some POWs may not have returned at the end of the Vietnam war in 
1973, there was no credible evidence to suggest that any were still alive in 
captivity."

    Oh.  

    So what happened to those left behind?  How does the government know that 
no on is still alive?  And if the government does know, why isn't it meeting 
the public standards of truth it proclaims so loudly in these bravo sierra 
committee hearings?  More to the point, why is McCain trumpeting his 
involvement in this sham as part of his political qualifictions  that deserve 
our vote?

Mike

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Col Michael E. Haas, USAF, Ret.
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