-Caveat Lector- Check out www.miafacts.org...for an excellent overview of the conspiracy that IS the MIA lobby... MIA Facts Site by Joe Schlatter This site is published to provide facts about the issue of Americans who remain "missing in action" (MIA) from the Vietnam War. At the conclusion of the Vietnam War, 2,583 Americans did not return. A vast mythology has built up around what really happened to these individuals. Mis-information, pseudo-history, deliberate fabrication are all rampant. As a result, there is a belief that: Not all US POWs were released by their captors at the end of the Vietnam War; The U.S. government knew that all POWs were not released; U.S. POWs remain in captivity today (September 1998); There is a conspiracy within the U. S. government to hide the continued imprisonment of Americans and, whenever the truth emerges, it is debunked. The facts are entirely different. The facts are: All US POWs captured during the Vienam War were released, either at Operation Homecoming (spring, 1973) or earlier. No U. S. prisoners of war have been abandoned by the U. S. government. No U.S POWs remained in captivity after the conclusion of Operation Homecoming. There is no conspiracy within the U. S. government to conceal the abandonment of prisoners of war (who were not abandoned in the first place). No US POWs from Indochina were taken to the Soviet Union, China, or any other third country. Those who promulgate and promote these claims have produced a vast array of half-truth, untruth, hearsay, unsubstantiated claims, personal attacks, and mythology. The accumulated effect of years of nonsense has been exactly what one would expect: >>>And this from a veteran of 'Nam who's sick of the lies.... Bill DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
