Breaking: Bowe Bergdahl to be charged with Desertion

[flatlander]

This probably should be politicized. Barry took grief, from the right, for NOT doing anything to get Bergdahl back, and now he's getting grief for getting him back. Let's not be hypocrites.

From the time it was known he walked away from the base, I always said **** him. He wasn't worth the sweat off anybody's ummmm BACK to get him back. Now we have 5 terrorist free because of this POS.

Bob

 

[daddyusmaximus]

Gee, took them long enough. Let's hope obama stonewalling the Army not to release this since October gets mentioned. I'd like to see obama tried for giving aid and comfort to the enemy, but he won't be... and he'll pardon his muslim buddy after the court martial.

 

[funeralweb]

Interesting that, as of this post, the two random MSM sites I checked mention nothing of Doucheberg. There seems to be a preoccupation with snow falling in Boston in January and a certain NFL team's locker room attendant is being looked over low-pressure footballs.

 

[pudly]

I didn't like the trade terms but bringing him back was the right thing to do. IF found guilty of desertion and even one life was lost because of his actions then I support hanging the sob.

Desertion in time of war is already punishable by up to the death penalty. Five soldiers died searching for him in 2009.

 

[chipbennett]

This probably should be politicized. Barry took grief, from the right, for NOT doing anything to get Bergdahl back, and now he's getting grief for getting him back. Let's not be hypocrites.

"Doing something" to get him back does not mean that the only option is to free 5 of the most dangerous terrorists we held captive at the time.

 

[T.Lex]

Well, it will be interesting to see what the evidence shows.

This.

Things are rarely as clear cut as they appear in the media - any media.

 

[HoughMade]

Obama leaves American POW Sgt. Bowe Robert Bergdahl to Rot in Afghanistan ? Provides Only Excuses - Freedom Outpost

Obama Releases Terrorists but Leaves POW Bowe Bergdahl Behind

There are plenty more....

Cranks blathering on about their own opinions are not fairly characterized as "the right", implying there was a unified chorus for the President to do something ANYTHING. Trying to get him back? Of course. The way that happened? Not wise. The fact that trying to get him back was a good idea does not mean absolutely anything that was done to accomplish that was justifiable.

...but it seems like someone over in the JAG didn't blow in a call to the White House before filing these charges.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Obama leaves American POW Sgt. Bowe Robert Bergdahl to Rot in Afghanistan ? Provides Only Excuses - Freedom Outpost

Obama Releases Terrorists but Leaves POW Bowe Bergdahl Behind

There are plenty more....

Releasing Terrorists and leaving a POW can be exclusive items that have nothing to do with each other.

Also, I'm rarely one to point at sources... but these two sites do not represent "the right" by any stretch. Show me sources with wider audiences that are considered "right-leaning" that share this opinion. Fox News, Rare, Daily Caller, etc...

It's 100% acceptable for an ideology to contain more than one opinion on any given subject.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

White House apparently trying to fight the charges

Report: Bergdahl to Be Charged With Desertion, WH ?Battling Behind Scenes? to Stop Charges | Washington Free Beacon

 

[Woobie]

He's a deserter. I don't know that we have precedent for trading for deserters. Usually, we only worried about them if we captured them in the process of doing something else. Then they would suffer for their treachery. Trading prisoners for one? Nope. Sounds like something a community organizer would do. It's what happens when someone wholly unqualified to be a mayor winds up in charge of an entire nation, to include its military.

 

[hoosierdoc]

If he deserted, which is a crime, and soldiers died while searching for him, can he be held criminally liable for their deaths?

I care more about those six than the five released

 

[daddyusmaximus]

I don't know that we have precedent for trading for deserters.

We didn't... until someone wholly unqualified to be a mayor wound up in charge of the entire nation.

It's what happens when someone wholly unqualified to be a mayor winds up in charge of an entire nation, to include its military.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Obama leaves American POW Sgt. Bowe Robert Bergdahl to Rot in Afghanistan ? Provides Only Excuses - Freedom Outpost

Obama Releases Terrorists but Leaves POW Bowe Bergdahl Behind

There are plenty more....

Freedom Outpost and Liberty Alliance? Come on, now. I can find a blog that supports whacking yourself in the genitals with a hammer for health benefits. Just because a hand full of people complained doesn't make it widespread.

Desertion is such a kick in the teeth to your fellow soldiers, and then to lose men looking for your sorry backside? Pass. He could have stayed with his buddies in the Taliban forever and you'd never heard a peep from me.

 

[printcraft]

Cranks blathering on about their own opinions are not fairly characterized as "the right", implying there was a unified chorus for the President to do something ANYTHING. Trying to get him back? Of course. The way that happened? Not wise. The fact that trying to get him back was a good idea does not mean absolutely anything that was done to accomplish that was justifiable.

...but it seems like someone over in the JAG didn't blow in a call to the White House before filing these charges.

Releasing Terrorists and leaving a POW can be exclusive items that have nothing to do with each other.

Also, I'm rarely one to point at sources... but these two sites do not represent "the right" by any stretch. Show me sources with wider audiences that are considered "right-leaning" that share this opinion. Fox News, Rare, Daily Caller, etc...

It's 100% acceptable for an ideology to contain more than one opinion on any given subject.

Freedom Outpost and Liberty Alliance? Come on, now. I can find a blog that supports whacking yourself in the genitals with a hammer for health benefits. Just because a hand full of people complained doesn't make it widespread.

Desertion is such a kick in the teeth to your fellow soldiers, and then to lose men looking for your sorry backside? Pass. He could have stayed with his buddies in the Taliban forever and you'd never heard a peep from me.

 

[TiMMaY]

If he deserted, which is a crime, and soldiers died while searching for him, can he be held criminally liable for their deaths?

I care more about those six than the five released

And I can just picture Hillary Clinton banging her fist on the table and yelling, "At this point what difference does it make."

 

[ruger1800]

Well, it will be interesting to see what the evidence shows.

Cant post what needs to be said,will just let a attorney talk for me, so I don't get banned or thrown in jail.

 

[Kutnupe14]

From the time it was known he walked away from the base, I always said **** him. He wasn't worth the sweat off anybody's ummmm BACK to get him back. Now we have 5 terrorist free because of this POS.

Bob

Keep in mind it wasn't originally known that Bergdahl deserted. Puddly points out that 5 soldiers died looking for him. Bergdahl's actions was a major factor in their deaths. Should our govt ignore the sacrifices of those soldiers and let Bergdahl walk, when there's an opportunity to get him back. What do you think those soldier's families would say? We should have brought him back to answer for actions. Releasing 5 Taliban prisoners early (they were scheduled to be released this year, anyways) is a minor cost.

 

[pudly]

It was known from the beginning that he deserted:

According to firsthand accounts from soldiers in his platoon, Bergdahl, while on guard duty, shed his weapons and walked off the observation post with nothing more than a compass, a knife, water, a digital camera and a diary.

The soldiers of his company were forced to sign non-disclosure agreements by the Army, so it has been hard to get the truth out about what happened there from those who served with him. Bergdahl wrote multiple times before his desertion of his disgust with America and desire to leave. There really is no mystery, despite the coverup. Read the article for more info.

 

[Kutnupe14]

It was known from the beginning that he deserted:



The soldiers of his company were forced to sign non-disclosure agreements by the Army, so it has been hard to get the truth out about what happened there from those who served with him. Bergdahl wrote multiple times before his desertion of his disgust with America and desire to leave. There really is no mystery, despite the coverup. Read the CNN article for more info.

I think if was assumed awol, not desertion.

 

[Woobie]

What do you think going AWOL while on guard duty in a combat zone is? If he says he's leaving, and he leaves, and he's got a shift of staring into the desert drinking rip its to stay awake, then it's desertion. I just think it's funny he left the sensitive items behind. I wouldn't want the statement of charges for a m240 either, I guess.