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imax2268 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-08 09:16 PM
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Image of Hanoi Hilton in 73...sand or concrete?
You be the judge...doesn't look like it to me...

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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-08 09:18 PM
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1. The Chirstian faith was so strong he could draw a cross in the concrete.
That is some strong faith.
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-08 09:18 PM
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2. The POW compounds could well have been dirt inside, dirt floors....
Edited on Mon Aug-18-08 09:19 PM by Spazito
That is much more likely than a communist guard drawing the sign of the cross in it, imo.
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Bicoastal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-08 09:19 PM
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3. Let's stop trying to figure out how many angels can dance on a pin, here...
...the important fact is that this anecdote has been around a long time BEFORE McCain used it to describe his own experience. He even told it in anecdote-form back in 2000. That alone should be enough to make most people rightly suspicious...
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Mika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-08 09:55 PM
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4. Maybe the "gook"* captor read Solshenitzen too.
;)

* - as McCone refers to Vietnamese
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