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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 2527601" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>I don't know why they did or didn't do what they did or didn't do at the time, but it seems to me that the way the military handles POWs has been deferential toward the POW, at least since WWII. Without intent, you can't charge someone with desertion, and if you have video evidence that they've been captured by the enemy, it's pretty hard to show intent--and it's not like it's politically feasible to charge a POW with being AWOL while he's still a POW, either. You can't charge him with desertion, and you can't charge him with being AWOL, so what do you do? It's not like you actually <em>have</em> to do anything, so you take the path of least resistance: treat him like every other POW and wait.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 2527601, member: 26737"] I don't know why they did or didn't do what they did or didn't do at the time, but it seems to me that the way the military handles POWs has been deferential toward the POW, at least since WWII. Without intent, you can't charge someone with desertion, and if you have video evidence that they've been captured by the enemy, it's pretty hard to show intent--and it's not like it's politically feasible to charge a POW with being AWOL while he's still a POW, either. You can't charge him with desertion, and you can't charge him with being AWOL, so what do you do? It's not like you actually [I]have[/I] to do anything, so you take the path of least resistance: treat him like every other POW and wait. [/QUOTE]
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