Anyone else have a missing in action who is actually more to be a
Prisoner of War?
This is interesting story.......and where is Sean Flynn - where are all
the other boys who never returned home - the pilots with $50,000 prices
on their heads offered by the Viet Kong who took lesser men and put
their heads on stakes?
What about the tortured Vietnamese who died fighting for what they were
told was Freedom?
Cui Bono? Cui Bono?
Where was Al Gore with his bodyguards - for it is said he took a lot of
pictures.....so we have Manchurian Candidtes alright, but they are in
the White House.
God Bless the Great Eagle Challenger who almost took a big bite out of
Clinton - for a good shepard knows his own flock.
Saba
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REMARKS ON POWs BREAK NEW GROUND
"...and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them,
and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him....but Jesus said unto him, Judas
betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?" Luke 22
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Sun, Sep 17, 2000, 12:29pm Subject: BUSH’S
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In a message dated 09/17/2000 11:26:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Beck
Chip writes:
<< EDITORIAL, OP-ED (850 words)
17 SEPTEMBER 2000
BUSH’S REMARKS ON POW-MIA DAY BREAK NEW GROUND by CDR Chip
Beck, USNR (ret)
Virginia Veterans (and Military Retirees) for Bush
It was no accident that Texas Governor George W.
Bush used the term “prisoners” alongside the word
“missing” in his speech before the Veterans
Museum and Memorial in San Diego on September 15 (National POW/MIA
Recognition Day.)
For eight years, the Clinton-Gore
administration, and its front office appointees at the Defense POW/MIA
Office (DPMO) have virtually eliminated the term “POW”
from the official lexicon, purposefully burying the mystery of
America’s “unrepatriated POWs” under the more
politically advantageous term “MIAs,” or missing in
action.
As a former POW (not MIA) Special Investigator
and retired CIA Clandestine Service officer with insights into the
programs, operations, and modus operandi of the Soviet KGB and its
communist allies counterparts, I have been trying to educate POW and MIA
families, politicians, and concerned veterans about the difference
between combatants who were killed in battle (MIAs) versus those who
were captured alive, secretly held without full knowledge of the U.S.,
and not returned to America after the conflicts ended.
If an adversary nation holds an American
serviceman as a prisoner, then that man is a “Prisoner of
War” or POW, whether we know his true status or not. He is not
technically or literally an MIA, because the “other
side” knows he is not missing. Even if that POW dies in
captivity, and is thus can be accounted for by the enemy, he does not
then become an MIA. He becomes a dead POW. The enemy government can
account for him.
9000 Unrepatriated American POWs from 20th
Century conflicts fall into that category.
The POW versus MIA status is a critical
distinction. Governor Bush and his key aides have listened to recent
input on this matter provided by myself and others for the
Governor’s background and consideration.
The Governor is aware that equal and dedicated
special attention must be given to a competent, professional
investigation leading to a full accounting of our Unrepatriated
POWs, just as was done for remains recovery efforts for MIAs
who fell on the battlefield, not as prisoners, but as combat casualties.
The difference as to why the POWs have been
ignored, and the MIAs attended to, is that our foreign adversaries have
been offered financial incentives to help U.S. teams dig up the remains
of service personnel killed in combat. President Clinton’s
announced trip to Vietnam, after the election, is part of the economic
payoff involved for this “half” of the accounting
equation. This has not been a full accounting under Clinton-Gore. It is
a “half-accounting” at best.
The other side of the coin, the POW side, is far
more embarrassing to the governments and intelligence services of
Russia, China, North Korean, Vietnam, and even former Warsaw Pact
countries. Nearly all of them, to one extent o
r another, were involved in secret exploitation of American and other
foreign POWs. There are still plans on the books of the Russian and
Chinese services to resurface these programs, which the Bolsheviks first
used against American troops in 1918, in future wars against NATO or the
U.S.
What happened to past Unrepatriated POWs is a
matter of national honor. It is a source of concern for the welfare of
our future combatants. In 1997, I and the Executive Director of the
Joint U.S.-Russian Commission Support Directorate, Mr. Norm Kass,
provided Vice President Al Gore with an opportunity to see the
distinction and act on it. We did this through his senior military aide
in a private meeting. Mr. Gore failed the test. The Vice President never
responded, which clearly demonstrated his indifference and lack of
caring regarding the POW issue.
By contrast, Governor Bush responded with a
clear signal that he heard what was said, understands the distinction,
and plans to do something about it once he is in office. He did so in
both public, and private, channels.
As to what needs to be done in the future, he
had an additional message, which was equally intentional and with
purpose as was his use of the term “prisoner.” He stated
“First, should I be elected president, I will direct all
relevant departments and agencies to make it their own priority. Second,
I will work with Congress to provide all the necessary resources to
carry out that mission.”
That is a clear signal, and a reaction to
special background provided to him, that priorities will change in a
Bush administration to make sure that the accounting is indeed
“full,” rather than “half.”
The accounting will include the unaccounted-for POWs, not
just combat fatalities which constitute the MIAs.
Governor Bush’s remarks, and the access
channels that he has allowed to be opened to him and senior advisors,
represent the best opportunity in three decades for competent and
professional investigations to be applied to the mysteries surrounding
an estimated 9000 unrepatriated POWs from the North Russia Expedition
(1918), Depression Era Soviet retention of American agents (1930s), 7000
Americans transferred from the German Stalags to the Soviet Gulag for
permanent holding (1945), 2000 Americans transferred to Siberia from
North Korea and China (1950-1953), Cold War shootdowns (1948-1962), and
the First and Second Indochina Wars (1954-1975).
As in so many other problem areas, one has to
ask, “Where was Al Gore during the last eight years?”
Why are things that never concerned him then, suddenly at the top of his
rhetoric? We know the reasons, and it is time for him to go. Integrity,
honor, dignity, and character counts as much as the issues they affect.
Veterans, military retirees, and people in uniform need to cast their
votes for a new
Commander-in-Chief that does not include the Clinton-Gore team.
CDR Chip Beck, USNR (ret)
Arlington, VA ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
A. Saba
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