Reply #44: I saw that garbage in 2004

[karynnj]

What's said is that Schanberg had an excellent reputation as a reporter from his Cambodia coverage. This shows what a minefield that whole investigation was. That the goal was to prove a negative is the first clue.

The only thing I can think of is that Schanberg was able to give credence to the idea that Nixon was evil enough to leave POWs behind. The descrepancy between the POW/MIA numbers and those returned was expectable - and it may be that some bodies will never be found and returned.

Kerry would have absolutely no motive to hiding it. If the men were alive, he and any decent American would have done everything in their power to bring them back. Doing this would have made Kerry a hero again and completely destroyed Nixon, Kissinger et al forever. If they could prove they were there and killed years after the war, again - it reflects badly on the people who put Kerry on their enemies' list.

What's sick is that people were willing to prey on these men's survivors emotions - I can't blame them from holding out hope.