Is McCain really a hero for nation?

What is with all these praises by Gov. Sarah Palin for John McCain the "War Hero"?

McCain flew 23 bombing missions over North Vietnam in 1972 before being shot down and allowed to live.

Considering all the horror he unleashed on a third world country of rice farmers for the war profiteers in this country, he should be wearing sackcloth and ashes in repentance. Instead he prostituted his prisoner-of-war status for political gain.

And what is Palin talking about when she says we have almost won the war in Iraq? What war? You mean the "turkey shoot" by the world's largest military colossus that resulted in the illegal invasion and occupation of a sovereign nation for big oil, Halliburton and all the other war profiteers?

Sean P. Dougherty

Juneau