To expand on my previous post which was also not particularly constructive, let me put it this way. The US does not as a matter of routine execute POWs, not especially surprising nor particularly exceptional in a Geneva convention signatoury (sp?). It is simply living up to its moral and legal obligations. That said it would be extremely naive to think that US soldiers did not occasionally take matters into their own hands when dealing with POWs in combat. So the comment that the US does not kill prisoners is not strictly accurate. (Note: This is not US bashing, as I have said elsewhere I doubt any nation's soldiery are ever entirely innocent). Let me ask you this, you say "Why dose America have to be so nice we dont kill prisoners or anything". What would you prefer? A US whose soldiers executed POWs and wounded as a matter of course? As for the casualties issue I am assuming that you are refering to US casualties in Iraq, in which case this has neither any relevance to the issue of bravery awards (The starting topic of this thread), nor US treatment of POWs. Your point here, if there is one, remains obscure.
