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[Privateer]

Well the US is signatory to the Fourth Geneva Convention which, among other things, states that...

http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/92.htm

[The Bobster]

[bucheon bum]

Have to agree with you there Bob. Well-put.

[kotakji]

[ReeseDog]

[spliff]

McCain/wife and VP are rock solid...The Obammessiah reminds me of the straw man blubbering a lot of nonsense.

[ReeseDog]

[bacasper]

If he is not already, he will become one once elected.

[RJjr]

John McCain is definitely a war hero.

Most French soldiers in 1940 put in more than 20 combat hours before surrendering themselves to German soldiers, and most didn't get any awards.

John McCain put in 20 combat hours before surrendering to Vietnamese civilians. For that he got 28 medals.

McCain = 28
Most French soldiers = 0

Who's the hero? John McCain.

[kotakji]

[RJjr]

Why compare Maverick McCain to soldiers who won only a few medals? McCain won 28 medals in 20 hours. It took Audie Murphy 1943, 1944, and 1945 to win 33 medals despite superhuman bravery and combat skill. Yet, hour for hour, Maverick McCain is probably the most decorated soldier in military history.

Here's how Audie Murphy won his 33 medals:

Audie Murphy's combat initiation finally came when he took part in the liberation of Sicily on July 10, 1943. Shortly after arriving, Murphy was promoted to corporal after killing two Italian officers as they tried to escape on horseback. He contracted malaria while in Sicily, an illness which put him in the hospital several times during his Army years.

After Sicily was secured from the Germans, the 3rd Division invaded the Italian mainland, landing near Salerno in September 1943. While leading a night patrol, Murphy and his men ran into German soldiers but fought their way out of an ambush, taking cover in a rock quarry. The German command sent a squad of soldiers in but they were stopped by intense machine-gun and rifle fire: Three German soldiers were killed and several others captured. As a result of his actions at Salerno, Murphy was promoted to sergeant.

Murphy distinguished himself in combat on many occasions while in Italy, fighting at the Volturno River, at the Anzio beachhead, and in the cold, wet Italian mountains. While in Italy, his skills as a combat infantryman earned him promotions and decorations for valor.

Following its participation in the Italian campaign, the 3rd Division invaded Southern France on August 15, 1944 (Operation Anvil-Dragoon). Shortly thereafter, Murphy's best friend, Lattie Tipton was killed by a German soldier in a machine gun nest who was feigning surrender. Murphy went into a rage, and single-handedly wiped out the German machine gun crew which had just killed his friend. He then used the German machine gun and grenades to destroy several other nearby enemy positions. For this act, Murphy received the Distinguished Service Cross. During seven weeks of fighting in that campaign in France, Murphy's division suffered 4,500 casualties.

Just weeks later, he received two Silver Stars for further heroic actions. Murphy, by now a staff sergeant and holding the position of Platoon Sergeant, was eventually awarded a battlefield commission to second lieutenant, which elevated him to the Platoon Leader position. He was wounded in the hip by a sniper's ricocheting bullet 12 days after the promotion and spent ten weeks recuperating. Within days of returning to his unit, and still bandaged, he became company commander (January 25, 1945), and suffered further wounds from a mortar round which killed two others nearby.

The next day, January 26 (the temperature was 14 �F (−10 �C) with 24 inches (61 cm) of snow on the ground), the battle at Holtzwihr (France) began with Murphy's unit at an effective strength of 19 out of 128. Murphy sent all of his men to the rear while he took pot-shots at the Germans until out of ammunition. He then proceeded to use an abandoned, burning tank destroyer's .50 caliber machine gun to cut into the German infantry at a distance, including one full squad of German infantry that had crawled in a ditch to within 100 feet of his position. Wounded in the leg during heavy fire, he continued this nearly single-handed battle for almost an hour. His focus on the battle before him stopped only when his telephone line to the artillery fire direction center was cut by either U.S. or German artillery. As his remaining men came forward, he quickly organized them to conduct a counter attack, which ultimately drove the enemy away from Holtzwihr. These actions earned Murphy the Medal of Honor.