[Vision2020] Say What?

[Paul Rumelhart]

That's a pretty sweeping generalization. She's saying that training 
helps, or at least it helped Mr. McCain. That's good, or all those 
resources spent training were wasted. Besides, there are different types 
of stress. The stress of being a POW is probably different than the 
stress of being in combat. Specific types of training might help 
mitigate some types of stress in some situations more than others. Not 
to mention that people don't react the same in all situations, anyway.

I've never been a POW, and I've never been in combat. So what do I 
really know? I have, fwiw, gone through some of the training McCain went 
through at the Naval Academy.

Paul

Tom Hansen wrote:
> Extracted from an interview of Cindy McCain in "Marie Claire", a monthly 
> womens' magazine at:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5yxmre
>
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>  
> Q: You met your husband after his POW days. To what extent is that still 
> with you - or is it a part of history?
>
> CINDY McCAIN: My husband will be the first one to tell you that that’s in 
> the past. Certainly it’s a part of who he is, but he doesn’t dwell on it. 
> It’s not part of a daily experience that we experience or anything like 
> that. But it has shaped him. It has made him the leader that he is.
>
> Q: But no cold sweats in the middle of the night?
>
> CINDY McCAIN: Oh, no, no, no, no, no. My husband, he’d be the first one to 
> tell you that he was trained to do what he was doing. The guys who had the 
> trouble were the 18-year-olds who were drafted. He was trained, he went to 
> the Naval Academy, he was a trained United States naval officer, and so he 
> knew what he was doing.
>
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>
> So, the only people susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 
> are young "untrained" service members?
>
> Is this how a potential first lady supports our troops?
>
> Seeya at farmers' Market, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>  
> "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college 
> students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
>
> - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
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