Talk:US POWs in Vietnam

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This may be true (about the POW VS Abu Ghraib comparison), but I fail to see how: 1. This factoid deserves an encyclopedia entry. 2. There is any real relationship between the two: Because the Vietnamese did some horrible things to American servicemen in the past, we should bear that in mind when American soldiers do less-horrible things to suspected Iraqi insurgents 35 years later? Moral relativism, anyone? War crimes/ violations against the spirit of the Geneva conventions/ human rights violations are not mitigated because something worse happened a while back at the other end of the Asian land mass. AliceBG 12:05, 5 March 2008 (EST)

Thank you AliceBG, you took the words from my mouth. Welshman

I am humbled by McCain's approach to the subject - which I believe is the correct one - that rather than compare and contrast the different levels of abuse meted out, he has called for the immediate cessation of exceptional interrogation techniques at Guantanamo Bay and the banning of the use of "cruel, inhumane and degrading" treatment for all prisoners held by the United States. And after all, if anyone is qualified to speak on the subject, he is. 10px Fox (talk|contribs) 13:33, 5 March 2008 (EST)

What she said. The subject deserves a section within the POW article, maybe even its own article eventually, but it definitely deserves better to used solely for political hay-making. To be honest, I find the current article rather disturbing and off-putting.--Frey 23:02, 19 April 2008 (EDT)