First Allahpundit posted this amazing footage:

Then he raised by linking to the surreal grief that Matt Welch got from the nutroots for considering the possibility that McCain might have been a little bit heroic. I hereby reraise:

Footage of John McCain being interviewed as a bedridden prisoner during the Vietnam War has been released by the French national archive. The video portrays the Republican as a hero but the message may be tarnished as he is filmed smoking a cigarette. In the footage an emotional and shirtless McCain passes a message to his wife saying he will get well and loves her.

That smoking sentence is the lede. Trivialization of heroism from a country where RAF pilots can't wear their uniforms in public and where hotels banish soldiers to parking lots to sleep in their cars? I couldn't believe it either. (h/t: Anne Lieberman)

References:
* Video: French archive releases footage of McCain POW interview [Hot Air]
* If by "Hero" You Mean Traitor [Reason]
* John McCain POW Footage Released [Sky News]
* British University Initiation Stunt: Get Drunk, Take Orders From Nazis [MR]
* Soldier forced to sleep in car after hotel refuses him a room [Times Online]

Previously:
* Dutch Publisher's London Home Firebombed As Part Of Global Tolerance Campaign
* Terrorist Loving British Tool: Israel Running "Concentration Camp", Gaza Like Darfur
* We're Going To Miss Westminster Abbey - BBC Censoring Material About Islam (Plus: Surreal Legal And Cultural Surrender Across Britain)

[Cross-posted to Boker Tov Boulder]