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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
So you agree that McCain's remarks suggesting this will prevent harm to our own troops is a crock?
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It is a fact that US and British POWs were treated better by the Germans than were Russian POWs during WWII. The general perception was that this was because we treated their POWs humanely, and the Russians did not.
At least I think that William Holden's character said something like that in "Stalag 17." A fine movie, btw.
So, no, I don't think that it is a crock. I think that it is a form of deterrence analogous to the doctrine of "mutual assured destruction."
Does it matter to the insurgents in Iraq or the Taliban? Almost certainly not. Could it matter in the future in, say, Iran? Or the Balkans? Yes.
