Along these lines, if Kim Jong Un had taken Dennis Rodman hostage, I would happily have told them to keep him.
Thankfully, we don’t take accusations and alleged notes into account when we decide how much we value our servicemembers who have been captured. Like General Dempsey (Chairman of the JCoS) says: “the questions about this particular soldier’s conduct are separate from our effort to recover ANY U.S. service member in enemy captivity”.
Well, duh. Of course they’re not going to say “We’re clearing Bergdalhl of all wrongdoing because Obama will look like a moron if Bergdalh gets court-marshalled for desertion.” They’ll say they’re looking into it, but either nothing will come of it, or they’ll clear him (with the decision to clear him being predetermined).
Or they’ll actually charge and prosecute him.
not a chance in hell. They’ll declare PTSD and it’s swept under the rug in 5 seconds or he’ll pardon him outright for all the pain and suffering the Taliban put him through.
Your certainty is amusing to me. I guess we’ll see. Perhaps I have more faith in our military leadership’s integrity than you do. I think they’ll do the right thing, which may or may not be prosecuting him.
Eh, I don’t know military law to guess at all the angles but I could see him not serving any time but getting a less than honorable discharge.
What universe do you live in? There is no way anybody in the military is going to make their CIC look any more stupid than he does now on this at the expense of their career. It was a done deal before he was released. He was shunted away from the public and billed as unable to speak English anymore.
All it takes is a doctor to sign off on PTSD and he’s riding in a parade the next day. It’s that simple. The nano second he gets billed as traumatized the people defending Obama will have their excuse.
Most here seems to be ignoring the fact that he was NOT being held by the Taliban but by Haqqanis. Which is listed as a terrorist group by the US Government.
Secondly Bergdahl has never been classify as a POW.
This doesn’t change the fact we put him there and have a responsibility to bring him home.
Now for the real question: With all the resources available to the US Government this is the best they could come up with?
I doubt it! The timing points to this being a political move rather than a military one. His health was failing my *** he seem to have no problem getting to and into the chopper! This was designed as an olive branch to the military men and women by the current administration to try and make amends for the VA as well as other missteps with our military personnel.
All it takes is a doctor to sign off on PTSD and he’s riding in a parade the next day. It’s that simple. The nano second he gets billed as traumatized the people defending Obama will have their excuse.
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You have no way of knowing any of this. But okay, you’re certain. You’ve got the certainty, I don’t. Your certainty is unpersuasive to me.
Doesn’t matter. We’ve been negotiating with terrorists since Carter’s administration.
Doesn’t matter. He was a prisoner of the enemy.
I don’t know. There have certainly been much more costly hostage deals before – I think I’d rather give them 5 dudes then a whole bunch of missiles, like Reagan did.
I’m sure Hannity thinks this, but I don’t think Hannity’s got all the facts here.
For sure but that has lead to people defending Obama no matter what he does. He has made a mistake here. It seems he either ignored his security team’s advice and/or he rushed the decision.
Releasing five serious terrorists for what appears to be, at best, a deluded slacker, was a poor decision. I really don’t see anything more sinister then that but sometimes you have to admit mistakes and one of Obama’s legitimate faults is that he doesn’t appear to be ever willing to do that.
What’s the evidence that he ignored his team’s advice?
I’m not nearly ready to conclude anything about Bergdahl based on allegations and supposed notes. You shouldn’t either.
The Time article I linked to earlier.
There are a significant number of allegations, with some corresponding evidence, surrounding Bergdhal and his motives. I am quite comfortable in concluding that he isn’t what he was initially portrayed to be.
The army investigated right after he disappeared. Thats the appropriate time to interview the other people. Get the answers when memories are fresh and gather any evidence. I’d speculate the army has copies of the email he sent from the computers soldiers use to talk with family & friends. They still need to get Bergdahl’s answers to questions. But his lawyers probably won’t let him say much. It could take a court martial to get his side of the story. Unless the case is too weak to pursue. Then we may never know.
If so, then we’ll find out in the court-martial.
I can’t read that link with the browser I’m using. What does it say that leads to the statement that he ignored his security team’s advice?
If you’re comfortable concluding he had less value than any other captured soldier, then I’m glad you weren’t in charge when I was in the Navy. Like General Dempsey says, “the questions about this particular soldier’s conduct are separate from our effort to recover ANY U.S. service member in enemy captivity.”