John McCain’s psychic damage
from acts he perceives as weakness
and treachery while a POW,
threatens the lives of millions. 

When I was in the army during the most terrible days of the Viet Nam War, we were instructed in Basic Training–soon after arriving in South Carolina–that we were not expected to remain silent, if captured, and suffer torture and death.

Our major duty was to try to escape, in order to fight again. I’ll never forget that talk, because I, like the other recruits, had grown up watching war movies, wherein Americans refused to give more than their name and serial number.

John McCain showed bad judgment after being captured. He imagined himself to be very important and also resistant to torture. Anyone who thinks about it, realizes that no one can hold out. It was a crushing, shameful act, to John McCain, when he finally capitulated, signed a document and condemned America. Psychologically he was a broken and disgraced man. His two suicide attempts prove my point.

In many respects, John McCain has been trying to do penance for those acts of weakness and treachery, which an inflated ego and a disturbed father/son relationship created. Along the way, of course, unresolved issues have surfaced in rageful emotions.

I think we have a right to know what kind of psychiatric help he received and over what period of time. Damaged personalities, in control of countries, have caused the death of millions.

– Raphael O’Suna, Haiku