(The following is a simplified view, given the need for brevity so I can get to a point, and the lack of time to actually write a full documentary of the events in question. If you would like to read a book about the region’s history, please visit Amazon and browse at your leisure.)

In 1950, the Korean war erupted, which eventually lead to the Vietnam war, as Chinese Communist forces arrived as military advisors in the Province and Vietminh. They officially recognized the Democratic Republic of Vietnam as the ruling government and began a country-wide occupation and reorganization of the government along communist lines. Non-communist countries, including England, France and the United States, recognized the official government and country as the “State of Vietnam”, and began to back anti-insurgence groups in a bid for stability in that region. The battle lasted for over 25 years.

During that time, America began a slow but geometric progression of involvement to stem the tide of Communism (which was actually Socialism) that was flourishing around the world. During the progression of involvement, some 1,947 soldiers were listed missing in action or captured as prisoners of war. The first official American Soldier listed as a captured POW was George F. Fryett, on December 26, 1961. The longest, Floyd James "Jim" Thompson, was held for 9 years. None of the people returned to the US who were POW’s had ANYTHING decent to say about the time they were prisoners. In fact, its quite the opposite. They talk of absolutely mind-bending circumstances including torture and starvation.

When the US government learned of the treatment they reacted in the expected fashion. They held meetings, were outraged, and condemned the actions of the North Vietnamese as outrageous, against the Geneva Convention, and immoral and inhumane.

Today, the US Government is holding an unknown number of persons in EXACTLY THE SAME conditions and referring to it as “Seeking Justice” for the American people. How much longer will we subject ourselves to a government that supports these actions? In our names? And which of the candidates do you think, even though one himself was a prisoner of war in Vietnam, would end the “Military Tribunals”?