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To: Dale Baker who wrote (24475)7/19/2006 12:57:06 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 541326
 
The cold war wasn't really a war. It was a period of heightened tensions and preparedness for war, that included at least a couple of mid level wars (Vietnam and Korea) and a number of minor wars.

However if the captured Soviets where committed to killing Americans and we believe that they would do so if we released them than it would make sense not to release them.



To: Dale Baker who wrote (24475)7/19/2006 1:48:17 PM
From: Lane3  Respond to of 541326
 
If there was an ongoing Cold War that amounted to a tantamount struggle between the US and the Soviet Union and its allies, prisoners should have been held until the "war" was over, i.e. 1990.

One of the differences between then and now is that both sides caught and kept prisoners so you could do prisoner exchanges. Now we have only one side holding prisoners so we don't have that path out available to us.


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