Press Action ::: Palin heaps praise on unrepentant 'terrorist'

Sunday, October 05, 2008

Palin heaps praise on unrepentant 'terrorist'

Sarah Palin continues to closely associate with and praise celebrated “terrorist” John McCain, who terrorized the Vietnamese people in the 1960s by participating in bombing campaigns against that nation.

McCain and his colleagues were members of a military that terrorized the Vietnamese through the criminal Operation Rolling Thunder and other bombing campaigns. The U.S. government brutally murdered millions of Vietnamese and other people in Southeast Asia in the 1960s and 1970s.

The unrepentant “terrorist” McCain, whose military aircraft was shot down over Hanoi during a bombing run, was released by the Vietnamese government in 1973 after more than five years in prison. Today, a member of a foreign military captured in the United States after engaging in numerous bombing missions over the United States would face, at best, life in prison, marked by continuous torture at the hands of his U.S. captors, or more likely the death penalty.

Back in the 1960s, straight talkers would refer to people like John McCain as low-level war criminals. Using the parlance of 21st century America, however, straight talkers today are forced to refer to McCain’s conduct in Vietnam as the actions of a “terrorist.”

Palin’s constant praise of McCain for his role in the U.S. war of terror against Vietnam easily qualifies her as a “terrorist” supporter.