tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post3602067919426646829..comments2023-11-06T00:01:30.085+13:00Comments on New Zeal: McCain Shot Down By a Soviet?Trevor Loudonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040453691836232676noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-57195351186420068162008-12-16T10:23:00.000+13:002008-12-16T10:23:00.000+13:00It is apparent that neither one of you (mah 29001 ...It is apparent that neither one of you (mah 29001 or Mr. Loudon) never lived in the US during nor experienced the American Viet Nam Anti-War Movement. Responder mah29001, your comments show an obvious ignorance. You overlook key comments in the story: one being that the protagonist was in a anti-aircraft missle unit not a pilot. And he did not support Obama, but was glad McCain did not win - because of possible Russian-American relations. A subtle difference, but a key one. His issue is with McCain personally, not for any desire to see Obama succeed.<BR/><BR/>Another one of your comments mentions: "...Soviet Russian pilot flying for the Viet Cong...", begs for correction. The Viet Cong never had an air force, let alone an airplane. The VC were a ground insurgency group that operated as a non-regular army, a rebel militia if you will, mainly populated with local Vietnamese. They did work in cooperation of the Regular North Vietnamese Army (RVN), but also functioned and operated with great independence.<BR/><BR/>The US has documented that, yes, many anti-war groups had Soviet infiltrators. But the anti-war movement started as a student movement across the country and then eventually spread in to a true national movement crossing many economic, educational, social and political classes. Which eventually put a great force upon the US Government to seek a way out of Viet Nam and bring back home US troops. A simple Soviet PR game it was not.<BR/><BR/>While we all want a world where oppressive governments are non-existent, it would be nice to argue the point with factual information. Not mere speculation or a skewed historical opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-3837415574837309512008-11-25T08:15:00.000+13:002008-11-25T08:15:00.000+13:00I agree MAH.I agree MAH.Trevor Loudonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040453691836232676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-78757537696765110422008-11-24T18:22:00.000+13:002008-11-24T18:22:00.000+13:00I'm no major fan of John McCain, but it's no major...I'm no major fan of John McCain, but it's no major surprise that the ex-Soviet fighter who shot McCain down was rooting for Obama.<BR/><BR/>I believe these Soviet pilots such as this fighter were always involved in these sort of conflicts. How can the Left have been against imperialism, when you got an open Soviet Russian pilot flying for the Viet Cong?<BR/><BR/>All this would point out is that the anti-Vietnam War movement was just a simple Soviet PR game.mah29001https://www.blogger.com/profile/14534560947847502694noreply@blogger.com