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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Richnorth who wrote (2529)8/24/2004 3:13:29 PM
From: cirrus  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 27181
 
It's been pretty much known that the North Vietnamese used physical abuse and news of anti-war protests in an attempt to persuade POWs to admit to war crimes.

However, it is not known how the North Vietnamese would have treated POWs had there been no protests. Some would claim that the significant anti-war movement increased the the propaganda value of prisoners... otherwise it is possible more pilots might have been summarily executed upon capture.