Hey everybody, AM's a liar.

Here's the only thing I ever said about the USS Forrestal:
"By the way, do some research on the USS Forrestal."
Even in your rhetorical hyperbolic delusion, how do you come up with the conclusion that I stated he was responsible from that one sentence? Aren't you the one that just recently made a directed comment about ASSumptions?

I never once used the word "war crime" or even "treason" for that matter towards McCain. I simply stated the fact that he violated Article V of the Code of Conduct. And it's no smear campaign because he admits he did it:
After being periodically slapped around for "three or four days" by his captors who wanted military information from him, McCain called for an officer on his fourth day of captivity. He told the officer, "O.K., I'll give you military information if you will take me to the hospital." -U.S. News and World Report, May 14, 1973 article written by former POW John McCain

McCain was taken to Gai Lam military hospital normally unavailable to American POWS. (U.S. government documents)

"Demands for military information were accompanied by threats to terminate my medical treatment if I [McCain] did not cooperate. Eventually, I gave them my ship's name and squadron number, and confirmed that my target had been the power plant." Page 193-194, Faith of My Fathers by John McCain.

Nov. 9, 1967 (U.S. government documents) Hanoi press began quoting him giving specific military information.

One report dated read, "To a question of the correspondent, McCain answered: 'My assignment to the Oriskany, I told myself, was due to serious losses in pilots, which were sustained by this aircraft carrier (due to its raids on the North Vietnam territory - VNA) and which necessitated replacements. From 10 to 12 pilots were transferred like me from the Forrestal to the Oriskany. Before I was shot down, we had made several sorties. Altogether, I made about 23 flights over North Vietnam.'"

In that report, McCain was quoted describing the number of aircraft in his flight, information about rescue ships, and the order of which his attack was supposed to take place.

That last fact is why I opined that what he did was worse than Fonda. She may have sympathized with the enemy, but she never gave away sensitive information to the enemy.

I, too, find it questionable why he's considered a hero after all things considered concerning his time in captivity and actions upon returning home.