Do you think POW's deserve "monthly Compensation"

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I agree with Gimpy, no additional benefits for POWs based solely on the fact that they were POWs. There are already laws on the books to compensate them for any and all residual disabilities from their time in enemy hands. There are a lot of us here on this forum that were outnumbered and chose to fight rather than surrender, and got our butts whipped for it. I don't mean to deminish the service of those held captive by our enemies, but how would you distinguish between those that gave their all and then became POWs in spite of all their efforts, and those that became POWs because they chose surrender over standing their ground? And how do you determine who colaborated with our enemies? The POWs from Viet Namare still closed lips over who colaborated and to what extent.

Nope, let the existing compensation pprogram pay them for their residual issues.

Robert Pryor