The Experience of a Leader
Anthony Vultaggio
What does it take to lead this country? What qualities should our president posses? Senator John McCain survived five and a half years in captivity as a POW.
John McCain’s bones were broken but he never lost sight of what was important. He was tried by hard times. His character revealed. His courage, strength and wisdom come from real life experience. He understands what it means to be under fire. In difficult times we need a leader who can lead.
George Bush said, “John McCain’s life is a story of service above self. Forty years ago, in an enemy prison camp, Lieutenant Commander McCain was offered release ahead of others who had been held longer. His wounds were so severe that anyone would have understood if he had accepted. John refused. … When he was released, his arms had been broken, but not his honor.”
“Fellow citizens, if the Hanoi Hilton could not break John McCain’s resolve to do what is best for his country, you can be sure the angry left never will,” George W. Bush went on to say.
Tonight’s guest understands first hand what it means to survive as a hostage. He was captured by Palestinian terrorists while working as a flight engineer on a 747 that made routine flights between France and Athens. Though his imprisonment was shorter than Senator John McCain’s, Antoine shared a bit of insight into what it felt like to live as a tortured captive.
Posted on: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 8:05 pm 
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