Do these people think that the captivity is so bad that it altered their psychological state to be permanently sympathetic in a span of a few weeks?

Like abuse victims will try to justify their abuse and their abuser, but that often takes many years to develop. And even victims of kidnappers and serial killers who suffer within a comparable timeframe aren’t permanently sympathetic to the killer lol, they drop that shit as soon as they’re free.

I can’t even recall any abused or tortured POWs who weren’t immediately traumatized after they’re released. They don’t wave and hug anyone unless they weren’t tortured in captivity. This is crazy.