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How quickly these folks have forgotten the Hainan Island incident in April 2001 -- in which the crew of a U.S. E-3 surveillance aircraft was detained for ten freakin' days by the Chinese government over something that involved far less hostility than this. It's also worth noting that those U.S. military personnel were released only after the U.S. government apologized profusely for violating Chinese airspace.

Which we hadn't done, and the President knew it. Just another blot on the Bush record. These Commies seize our plane and our people illegally and we apologize to them for it! It makes NO sense.

But it's a good indication of why nobody is doign anythign for these soldiers. Can you say Embassy hostages? How about USS Pueblo?

Two good reasons why we can't keep appeasing these tyrannical terrorists.

Which we hadn't done, and the President knew it. Just another blot on the Bush record.

Actually, you're wrong on this one. The U.S. did not apologize for violating Chinese airspace during the collision between the two aircraft -- we apologized for violating Chinese airspace when the E-3 made an emergency landing on Chinese soil.

The whole thing was just a fabricated resolution to the situation that allowed all parties involved to cover their @sses politically without ever admitting to any serious wrongdoing in the first place.