Ummm...just how is someone paying the price for his involvement concerning Forrestal or being a POW? Was it his fault that 167 crewmen were injured or killed as a result of that? Did he do something in particular as a POW to save his skin while others were not so lucky?
Others have paid the price with the Clintons. They not only come out smelling like a rose, they smell like the whole darn garden of them. We can start with White Water if you like.
The Forrestal...my heating and air condition repairman was aboard that day. He knew of John back then but not a a friend. Just a crewmate. It was the nastiest thing he ever witnessed. The burning flesh was incredible. So much so, when they did get underway and back to port, their first meal was steaks. He did not eat any because the smell was the same as the burnt flesh experienced. As far as John POW experience. No way in would anyone want to go through that. He was lucky he survived.
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