Betrayal of Trust
Supposedly there exists a bond among those who serve in uniform, the government they serve, and the people they risk their lives to protect. Officially, the United States Government professes to hold it’s military men and women in highest regard. But let’s examine that record more closely. Specifically, let’s examine just one issue.
Thousands of US Military personnel are still missing from World War Two. It has long been known by US Government officials that American POW’s held by the Germans in parts of Germany occupied by the Russians were moved to labor camps within the Soviet Union. These prisoners were used for gaining technical information, as political bargaining chips, and as slave labor.
After the Korean War several thousand more Americans were left behind. Many of them were kept in North Korea and China. Others were transferred to the Soviet Union. Those who haven’t died of hunger or abuse may still be held as POW’s. That Americans are still held by the Communists has been documented and is known by Government officials.
In 1954, a New York newspaper ran a story about three Americans who had been held by the Communists and repatriated. Two of the men had been held by the Soviets. The third man was held in China. All three confirmed that the Communists were holding many foreigners, including Americans, in jails and slave labor camps. These prisoners included soldiers, civilians, women and children.
After the United States shamefully abandoned its South Vietnamese Allies, American Military personnel were again left behind. It would be safe to say that many of them were transferred to the Soviet Union and China. The technical expertise to be gained from these experts on American weapons and tactics was a partial payment for the aid the Vietnamese Communists received during the war.
In 1973, the North Vietnamese Communists tried to use American POW’s to blackmail the United States Government out of billions of dollars in so called “war reparations.” To this day, the Vietnamese Communists still use the bones of Americans missing-in-action as a bargaining chip for political and monetary gain in dealing with the United States.
But, faced with the political consequences of live sightings of Americans held in Communist countries becoming fact, the US Government’s primary stance has been to deny the existence of any live American POW’s. Very little effort has been made to pursue these live sightings. They have been written off as dead, abandoned by the country they bravely served.
We could examine other issues of similar broken trusts, like health care and other veterans benefits, but let’s simply ask this: is it any wonder that the majority of Americans are unwilling to serve in the military?
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