alt Hacker NewsPrisoner of war, not hostage.
edit: I'm baffled by the amount of downvotes pointing out the objectively correct terminology can get. Its not a matter of opinion, military personnel captured by the enemy are pow no matter their treatment. A hostage, by definition, has been abducted.
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I don't know what definition of "hostage" you're using, but practically speaking, a hostage is what you make of them.
I guess the down goes is because war has not been declared? Therefore they captured a what, war criminal, foreign terrorist?
> He was kidnapped from his warplane
That is assuming Iran holds itself to the Geneva conventions, which ... seems like an extremely risky bet to make.
...but we aren't at war, according to the President and his secretary of Defense (war).
what a fucking mess.
It’s a “well, actually” and counter to the HN guidelines
Not a Prisoner of War - a Prisoner of a limited military excursion.