Guest Author - Gary King

We owe a debt that cannot be paid until EVERYONE admits that we owe this debt and a debt that will continue to mount until someone, somewhere begins to act like responsible adults and honorable Americans.

The debt I am speaking of is the debt to our POWs and MIAs, wherever they are and from whatever conflict they served in. We need to do something about this and we need to keep reminding those in office that we cannot keep doing what we are doing.

I want everyone reading this to put yourself in the shoes of ANY POW or MIA from any era and learn to comprehend what it is like to have the nation you grew up in and the nation you honored and upheld with your service ABANDON you and simply ignore the debt they owe you.

I am a Korean, Vietnam Veteran and I am proud of that service, but I am not proud of those in the Senate Chambers, House of Representatives, and wherever in Washington who are looking the other way and hoping the POW and MIA issue will simply go away. It will NEVER go away and the one thing ALL of you can never have is the kind of integrity it takes to stand up and be counted to do what is right, what is just, and what is required to be called an American.

You go ahead and serve in your LITTLE office and you pretend that you are an American who puts the interests of the American people at heart. But know this: you serve your OWN interests, not the interests of the American people or the Veterans. You always have and you always will be motivated to serve self!

Message to the House of Representatives, United States Congress and the President from all the POWs and MIAs: What kind of honor is there in sweeping dirt under the rug, hiding the truth, and putting anything and everything ahead of honoring those of us who served to honor a country who refuses to honor us? If you cannot or will not bring us home and turn every page to find us, then go back in and get us! We deserve that much!