Rockefeller: Fighter pilots are like war criminals
But hey…they “support the troops”, right? From Hot Air:
In the Charleston Gazette Sunday, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-WV, who has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said that Sen. John McCain “has a temper” and, according to the story, “believes McCain has become insensitive to many human issues.
“McCain was a fighter pilot, who dropped laser-guided missiles from 35,000 feet. He was long gone when they hit. What happened when they [the missiles] get to the ground? He doesn’t know. You have to care about the lives of people. McCain never gets into those issues.”
If this sounds familiar to you, it should; it’s basically what the North Vietnamese said about McCain while they tortured him in the POW camps. It indicts everyone in the Air Force and the Navy whose job it is to fire laser-guided missiles now in places like Afghanistan and Iraq. Rockefeller also sounds an awful lot like Barack Obama, who claimed that the entire strategy in Afghanistan consisted of “just air raiding villages and killing civilians”.
Besides, fighter pilots don’t drop a lot of bombs; they protect bombers. They generally engage other aircraft and most of their targets are air-to-air.
So, note to our pilots and aviators: you obviously have anger issues if you enlisted in the Air Force or Navy. Senator Rockefeller and his fellow Democrats apparently believe that you hate humanity as evidenced by volunteering to conduct air campaigns against America’s enemies. In fact, Senator Rockefeller (D-WV) comes close to considering you war criminals. Of course, this would be much more offensive if Rockefeller had a single foggy clue as to what a fighter pilot actually does.
Oh, and one more note to Rockefeller: Laser-guided missiles and bombs actually reduce collateral civilian casualties. Just thought you should know.
Addendum: What was Rockefeller’s stance on Bill Clinton’s Bosnian intervention, which consisted solely of Air Force strikes?
Update: Added the Navy, which was McCain’s branch, after all … Also, Michael Goldfarb reminds Rockefeller that McCain got shot down on a low-level attack that was designed to minimize collateral casualties.
Rockefeller has since apologized, but all he did was say what most Democrats are already thinking…they just have the political good sense to keep that kind of crap to themselves.
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I’m pretty sure that laser guided missiles were just getting on the drawing board during the Vietnam War. McCain was flying an A-4, an attack aircraft used mainly for support of ground troops and he was dropping dumb bombs on a power plant in Hanoi when he was shot down by a SAM.
Ol’ Rocky is one of those folks born with a silver spoon up his ass and with precious little knowledge of how and what happens in the real world. West Virginia should be ashamed of him but, after all it is West Virginia. (Robert Byrd ring any bells?)
Comment by Lee | April 9, 2008
As a former Weapons Loader… air to ground munitions are typically called bombs. So it would be a laser guided bomb. Missiles are normally fired at air targets. The main difference between a rocket and a missile is that a rocket is unguided.
According to Wiki, laser guided bombs didn’t enter Vietnam until 1968 and McCain was shot down late in 1967. So, Mr. Rockefeller has his ‘facts’ wrong. If you can’t get the facts right, how are we supposed to believe what you’re saying?
Comment by frznagn | April 10, 2008
If you can’t get the facts right, how are we supposed to believe what you’re saying?
Facts have never been a requirement for a Democrat to spew idiocy.
What happened when they [the missiles] get to the ground? He doesn’t know. You have to care about the lives of people.
Gee, I hope McCain gets elected so he can show Rockefeller how much he “cares” about the terrorists we’re dropping bombs on.
Comment by Kanaka Girl | April 10, 2008
Typical leftard comment. Meh.
Comment by Submariner | April 10, 2008