Wow, Bergdahl was a real POS

Sal wrote:My reading of this is that he was a gullible, home-schooled, clodhopper, who had some ridiculous notion that the Army was about helping people, so he went to Afghanistan to serve.

When he got there, he was shocked to find that the Army was there to kill people and blow shit up, and he found himself in an undisciplined unit in disarray.

So, he flaked out and got captured by the enemy.

And according to the sadistic wingnutz, this all somehow means he should be left behind to be starved and tortured to death by the Taliban, because we don't negotiate with "terrorists" as we would in any other POW situation, even though we call this the "War on Terror".

If there's evidence he deserted, charge him with desertion.

But that doesn't mean he gets left behind to die at the hands of our enemies.

WTF is wrong with you people?

Markle wrote:

Sal wrote:My reading of this is that he was a gullible, home-schooled, clodhopper, who had some ridiculous notion that the Army was about helping people, so he went to Afghanistan to serve.

When he got there, he was shocked to find that the Army was there to kill people and blow shit up, and he found himself in an undisciplined unit in disarray.

So, he flaked out and got captured by the enemy.

And according to the sadistic wingnutz, this all somehow means he should be left behind to be starved and tortured to death by the Taliban, because we don't negotiate with "terrorists" as we would in any other POW situation, even though we call this the "War on Terror".

If there's evidence he deserted, charge him with desertion.

But that doesn't mean he gets left behind to die at the hands of our enemies.

WTF is wrong with you people?

The question seems more what the heck is wrong with you?

"Once deployed to Afghanistan, he appeared to become disillusioned about the U.S. military mission there. In his final e-mail to his parents before his capture, he wrote, “I am ashamed to even be an American,” Rolling Stone reported."

From the far left Reuters:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/02/us-usa-afghanistan-bergdahl-ordeal-idUSKBN0ED00X20140602

Then there is this....  These men were HAND PICKED by the Taliban.

Sal wrote:

PACEDOG#1 wrote:

He deserted his post in a time of war.

That's your speculation.

There are at least four different versions of how he came to be captured by the Taliban.

That is enough for the death penalty according to the UCMJ, something of which you have no clue about. Nobody drafted this POS. Men DIED trying to find him.

I have confidence that the military will get to the bottom of this, and he will be prosecuted if it's deemed appropriate.

Bob wrote:The whole thing is utterly bizarre.  The father even looks like a muslim,  speaks the Taliban language,  and refers to Allah in the presence of obama.

Bob wrote:The whole thing is utterly bizarre.  The father even looks like a muslim,  speaks the Taliban language,  and refers to Allah in the presence of obama.

Bob wrote:Why did they pick this particular person for this?  Is he the only POW who's been held captive that long or what?

Sal wrote:

Bob wrote:Why did they pick this particular person for this?  Is he the only POW who's been held captive that long or what?

He's the only POW from the Iraq/AfPak conflict period, Bob. 


Leave no man behind. 

Chrissy wrote:You cant help stupid assed people understand anything.

People with normal intelligence understand why you don't negotiate with terrorist. especially for a traitor.

Floridatexan wrote:

Chrissy wrote:You cant help stupid assed people understand anything.

People with normal intelligence understand why you don't negotiate with terrorist. especially for a traitor.

You should know.  You're a dunce.  Please go sit in the corner.

PACEDOG#1 wrote:

Sal wrote:

Chrissy wrote:
Rules of war. Never negotiat with terrorist

As if POW exchanges are not negotiated at the end of every war ever, and this was billed as the "War on Terror", so ....

He deserted and got what was coming to him. Good men lost Thier lives to look for a traitor

However he came to be off-base when he was captured, he was held by our enemies against his will and starved/tortured for the last five years.

It's not like he joined Al-Qaeda or something.

I say give him a day or two before you start screaming for the court-martial.

But, I get it ....

You uber-patriotic wingnutz are suddenly and inexplicably opposed to freeing American POWs for some (Obama) reason (is black).

Wink, wink ....

.... nudge, nudge.

Wrong answer Sal. He knew what he was doing when he left. He got the same Intel briefs I got going into country and some of the same one's I have given myself for new folks. Kid is a traitor to his nation and fellow soldiers he deployed with, but you would not understand that having sat here the entire GWOT pretending to Armchair General.

Markle wrote:

Sal wrote:My reading of this is that he was a gullible, home-schooled, clodhopper, who had some ridiculous notion that the Army was about helping people, so he went to Afghanistan to serve.

When he got there, he was shocked to find that the Army was there to kill people and blow shit up, and he found himself in an undisciplined unit in disarray.

So, he flaked out and got captured by the enemy.

And according to the sadistic wingnutz, this all somehow means he should be left behind to be starved and tortured to death by the Taliban, because we don't negotiate with "terrorists" as we would in any other POW situation, even though we call this the "War on Terror".

If there's evidence he deserted, charge him with desertion.

But that doesn't mean he gets left behind to die at the hands of our enemies.

WTF is wrong with you people?

The question seems more what the heck is wrong with you?

"Once deployed to Afghanistan, he appeared to become disillusioned about the U.S. military mission there. In his final e-mail to his parents before his capture, he wrote, “I am ashamed to even be an American,” Rolling Stone reported."

From the far left Reuters:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/02/us-usa-afghanistan-bergdahl-ordeal-idUSKBN0ED00X20140602

Then there is this....  These men were HAND PICKED by the Taliban.

PACEDOG#1 wrote:by 2seaoat Today at 4:40 pm
I was not aware of men dying because of the prisoner. Do you have a link? I am not sure why he was outside the compound, but he was a sgt. and he must have done something right in his military career. I am curious Pace what is your rank in the reserves? I really have no clue if there are more stages than private, corporal and Sgt. I always thought there were different levels within the Sgt. rank classification.......could you let us know what his rank meant.
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He was a private when we was captured, not a Sergeant. He was given time in grade promotions not because he did anything right, but because he screwed up and deserted his fellow Americans.

TEOTWAWKI wrote:

Markle wrote:

Sal wrote:My reading of this is that he was a gullible, home-schooled, clodhopper, who had some ridiculous notion that the Army was about helping people, so he went to Afghanistan to serve.

When he got there, he was shocked to find that the Army was there to kill people and blow shit up, and he found himself in an undisciplined unit in disarray.

So, he flaked out and got captured by the enemy.

And according to the sadistic wingnutz, this all somehow means he should be left behind to be starved and tortured to death by the Taliban, because we don't negotiate with "terrorists" as we would in any other POW situation, even though we call this the "War on Terror".

If there's evidence he deserted, charge him with desertion.

But that doesn't mean he gets left behind to die at the hands of our enemies.

WTF is wrong with you people?

The question seems more what the heck is wrong with you?

"Once deployed to Afghanistan, he appeared to become disillusioned about the U.S. military mission there. In his final e-mail to his parents before his capture, he wrote, “I am ashamed to even be an American,” Rolling Stone reported."

From the far left Reuters:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/02/us-usa-afghanistan-bergdahl-ordeal-idUSKBN0ED00X20140602

Then there is this....  These men were HAND PICKED by the Taliban.

Maybe Obama was running out of drone targets...