american POWs

It is interesting that POW and AWOL are not separate things.
That the GOP and pretty much ALL americans are always in favor of getting AMERICAN POWs returned, as soon as we can. Which is typically something which is negotiated at the end of a war.

Strangely enough, that negotiation is pretty much ALWAYS done with the "BAD GUYS", aka, the people that the war was just fought with.

Strangely enough, the "bad guys" almost ALWAYS want THEIR POWS returned in exchange for OUR POWS.

IF this confuses you ... well .... I guess you dont want OUT POWS back.