I shot down McCain - Soviet soldier: comments

quoteTriggert531

August 09, 2009, 03:05

It's too bad that this "Soviet" still hates someone he shot down over 40 years ago! I was in Iraq 6 years ago and I can't imagine hating any iraqi people. What good does it do?

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