[Middle Man]

"The treatment of our POW's is disgusting. Washington puts politics before the troops!"

I'm amazed anyone would volunteer to defend this country. Not just 'Nam and the Korean War, but FDR's inciting the Japanese to bomb Pearl Harbor, then leaving the base's commanding officer -- who was totally in the dark about the impending attack -- to take the blame.

Another disgrace and scandal was the treatment of American POW's by the Japanese in WWII. Washington never asked for an official accounting or reparations for those atrocities, because our politicos were already looking ahead to renewing trade with Japan after the war.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Not completely true. The US Army tried, convicted and executed several Japanese officers within months of taking back the Philippines.
Our history is rife with examples of mistreatment of American fighting men by our own government. An example would be my dad, who flew C-46's and C-47's over the Hump in the China-Burma-India Campaign, but recieved no veterans status.