[William Terrell]

The American's troops' moral (and opinions) is what mattered, not the moral of ARVNs or anyone else. I wan't in a unit that dealt with prisoners. My unit's moral was high because of the treatment of those prisoners. Stories, rumors and laughter, you know.

Why would you want troops' lives to be in any more danger that they have to be? Your "ethical" consideration are mighty thin. You can bet the other side doesn't worry about prissy rules when lives are in danger. And Congress has every right to worry about ours.

They represent the people and are directly elected by them according to the Constitution. There's a reason for that; soldiers don't renounce the Constitution when they join the service and the UCMJ is made uder autority of the Constitution.

Imagine you're a soldier and you hear that enemy collabarators can't be made to reveal known dangers to your life. You just have to suck it up and get hit by every planned ambush at any time.

[Pukin Dog]

Some of us have made it clear from the beginning that concerns about soldiers being ambushed have been highly exaggerated. It makes for a clean story and excuse, but there is just no evidence to back up that claim.