Have you not seen the video of the parents of one of the dead solders, holding up a picture of his son, saying this is what bush is doing to your children.
Even you are smarter than this, Charlie. Ever hear of Special Ops Teams? They are not in constant contact with HQ and therefore, the US would not know that they had been captured right away. Given the Iraqi propensity of prevarication, it is easy to understand their first denial of the charge.
As already stated, it is a volunteer military so the mans son went willingly. Unfortunately, war does involve death. Thankfully, some of us believe that putting your life on the line is worthy of even people like yourself.
What speaks loads to me is your outrage at the initial denial of the Iraqis having them, but total silence about their violating Geneva Conventions and parading these people publicly, as well as the ones on the floor with bullet holes to their head. Let one Iraqi POW stub his toe and watch you and your cronies come out of the woodwork crying about how horrible conditions are for them at the hands of the horrible, war mongering, Imperialistic, American military.
When I hear spoiled rotten pampered babies whining about their rights to disrupt downtown areas and turn over police motorcycles and throw acid on businesses and destroying private property, it could make me regret ever placing my own life on the line to ensure they had freedoms. What prevents it is knowing they are in the distinct minority.