Random Thought. Two Answers Requested

I would imagine this has happened already and I'm not sure what the government does. I again, would think they would treat them as a traitor but under scrutiny to see if it was actually so or not. I think it would be kind of hard to tell if they were really traitors or just trying to save their own life. This is a rough question Lil, or rough 2 questions. I guess I feel they should be treated the same, but I personally, would take into consideration all the torture they went through to get them to change.

Hey there Lily, Well i think that the government should lock them up and try to UN-wash their brainwashed minds it might take some time but it should help, like for war veterans that got injured and needs rehabilitation this should be the same thing for those guys who had been flipped by the enemy. I think re-entering them into society will take a while but they should be helped and evaluated closely.

Hey Lily :-)... Once again you've come up with food for thoughts... If a POW turns against the country for material gains, he's traitor. Even under threat of life, I'd not dare it... It is sin! So if a POW claims to have treasoned coz of threat to his life, then it'd not be justified. Let us think of a deeper and graver situation.. A POW is told by his captors that unless he does something, his country would suffer (like bombing a city), then his yielding would not so serious... What I'm trying to say is, it is important to find out for what reasons did the POW give up the cause for which he fought... The Government should do its duty.. Its job is to protect people, and they should do it for any cost... Good Day Missy...

That's a sticky wicket there.... I want to but I can't come up with an answer to either question at all. My mind get stuck at "how do you figure out he/she's been turned BY FORCE? You can talk to the POW, but how do you really discern if the POW is telling the truth or selling more lies because they truly have defected? And if the POW has been brainwashed, how do you begin to prove that? Yeah... you got me here lol

Hmmm, have you been reading the Hunger Games trilogy? Though as far as I know, that kind of technology is not available, but the guy who was brain washed in the books ended up okay, but only after a certain amount of time and lots of work, I am sure. So, yeah, I think it is possible to help one who has been tortured to harden his or her heart towards America, but I wouldn't allow him or she to be in an important position again and it will take years of therapy just to get a life for him or her to continue living.