U.S. concluded in 2010 that Bergdahl walked away

[mrclose]

Oh My .. Front page of Yahoo

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A Pentagon investigation concluded in 2010 that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl walked away from his unit, and after an initial flurry of searching the military decided not to exert extraordinary efforts to rescue him, according to a former senior defense official who was involved in the matter.

U.S. concluded in 2010 that Bergdahl walked away

....   decided not to exert extraordinary efforts to rescue him ...

And yet they reward him with a rank increase to Sgt.

[DefiantSix]

And yet they reward him with a rank increase to Sgt.

Replace "they" with "The Regime", and I think you'll find it makes a whole lot more sense.

[Dori]

Col. Hunt on O'Reilly said that he left during the night, crawled under a fence and only took some water, food, a compass, knife and change of clothes.

He also said that Bowe called his commander the next day and told him that he had deserted.

Who in their right mind would do that? 

[DefiantSix]

Who in their right mind would do that?

A DUmbshit. 

[Revolution]

Don't really know what to say except that this whole thing makes me furious!! The guy is ashamed to be an American, and yet, the Oministration WILLINGLY trades 5 HIGH RANK, HIGH RISK to our country Taliban officials for the POS. Should THIS not be something to impeach Obama over. ESPICIALLY if another 9/11 happens (God forbid...) before 2016?!?!

[Gina]

A White House insider said Obama administration officials didn't anticipate how controversial Bergdahl's rescue would be, and compared it to the 1981 release of 52 US hostages in Iran

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   His dumbass thought he would pull this shit and everyone would think he was so pro-military during the VA scandal.  I hope this is the straw.  Please let this be the straw!

[JohnnyReb]

  His dumbass thought he would pull this shit and everyone would think he was so pro-military during the VA scandal.  I hope this is the straw.  Please let this be the straw!

Better pray for a giant redwood tree.

[Chris_]

From 2010:

Taliban claim captured U.S. solider has converted to Islam and is teaching its fighters bomb-making skills

A captured American soldier is training Taliban fighters bomb-making and ambush skills, according to one of his captors and Afghan intelligence officials.

Afghan intelligence officials also believe that Bergdahl is 'cooperating with the Taliban' and is acting as adviser to fighters at a base in the tribal area of Pakistan.

The 24-year-old has converted to Islam and now has the Muslim name Abdullah, one of his captors told The Sunday Times.

Daily Mail

[Gina]

So when he gets home.  What do you think the reaction will be? 

Will he get a ticker tape parade?

[Dori]

From 2010:Daily Mail

Dang....this story gets more bizarre by the day.

I've heard that the 2010 investigation documentation has gone missing and that it's been sealed and can't be opened until 2030???  FOX just reported that Bergdahl left a note saying he was going to start a new life.  Now they are saying  that he's refusing to speak English.

I can't believe how stupid the O'Bungler Administration is.  And they just seem to get dumber by the day.  Did they really think doing this now was going to make them look better with the VA scandal in full bloom?   

[Gina]

I actually got into it with someone I know that voted for Obama.  They say it's a fake scandal like Benghazi.   

[JohnnyReb]

Dang....this story gets more bizarre by the day.

I've heard that the 2010 investigation documentation has gone missing and that it's been sealed and can't be opened until 2030???  FOX just reported that Bergdahl left a note saying he was going to start a new life.  Now they are saying  that he's refusing to speak English.

I can't believe how stupid the O'Bungler Administration is.  And they just seem to get dumber by the day.  Did they really think doing this now was going to make them look better with the VA scandal in full bloom?

According to some reports, he called his unit the next day to tell them he was a deserter.

jihadwatch.org/

.....has several stories up about him and video of a FOX NEWS interview with a colonel saying he was a deserter and pushing the number killed looking for him to 14.

[J P Sousa]

Replace "they" with "The Regime", and I think you'll find it makes a whole lot more sense.

You are correct. Obama, the first "Taliban" president.

SIX American soldiers were killed looking for this deserter. 

.

[Gina]

This comes just days after Susan Rice, Obama's national security adviser said he served with 'honor and distinction'.

Bowe Bergdahl left a note saying he had gone to start a 'new life' and a former comrade broke his military gagging order today to tell MailOnline of the jaw-dropping moment he discovered the Taliban POW had walked off from their Afghanistan base.

The soldier, who requested anonymity as he is still in the military, said: ‘Everyone looked at me like I was crazy but I was right, he had walked off.’

The New York Times reported Bergdahl also left behind a note in which he said he did not want to fight for America any more, did not believe in the war - and was leaving to start a new life.

There are a variety of offenses related to an absence without proper approval, and a number of potential actions could be taken by the military.

He could be tried by court martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for desertion; he could be given a non-judicial punishment for a lesser charge, such as being away without leave. And he could be given credit for time already served while he was a prisoner.

Bergdahl was serving with the 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment in Paktika province near the Pakistani border with Afghanistan when he went missing in the early hours of 30 June 2009.

He had been at part of an Observation Post with 28 colleagues men and a few trucks set up in a defensive position to protect themselves.

Some of the men were sleeping in the trucks they had driven in on and others were camped out with their sleeping bags in the open. It was not until the 9am roll call that they realized he was gone.

Up until this point Bergdahl had been seen as a strange loner who wouldn't socialize with the other men. Instead, he would stick to his bunk, learning Pashto and Arabic with Rosetta Stone.

A week earlier he had sent his belongings and computer home to his parents after setting out in an email to his father that he was 'ashamed to be an American' after what he had seen in Afghanistan - including soldiers laughing at running over an Afghan boy with an armored vehicle.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2647397/Revealed-Bowe-Bergdahl-left-note-comrades-telling-leaving-start-new-life-Army-general-says-faces-desertion-charges.html#ixzz33bG3blNq
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Captain Sorenson, 36, who has now left the military, told MailOnline: ‘The operation to try and find Bergdahl must have cost millions.

‘We had F-15s flying constant missions for 48 hours and had 52 planes doing search runs. There were A-10s, Apache helicopters, British Tornadoes, British Navy Harriers and German Tornadoes.

‘When we found out that he had walked off the base we were all extremely angry and could not understand why he did it. We spent a couple of days looking for him when other soldiers were getting bombed, we couldn’t support Navy SEALs and other people.

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The five men will be under strict supervision in Qatar. Their movements and interactions with others will be restricted and monitored.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2646222/Taliban-leaders-given-heros-welcome-footage-claiming-prisoners-arriving-Qatar-Guantanamo-release-no-American-presence-sight.html#ixzz33bJYKpOY
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[Dori]

This guy sounds like he was a real liability for his unit.

Are there any mental tests done on these men before they are sent to someplace like an Afghanistan outpost? 

 

[DLR Pyro]

Don't really know what to say except that this whole thing makes me furious!! The guy is ashamed to be an American, and yet, the Oministration WILLINGLY trades 5 HIGH RANK, HIGH RISK to our country Taliban officials for the POS. Should THIS not be something to impeach Obama over. ESPICIALLY if another 9/11 happens (God forbid...) before 2016?!?!

Obama is looking like the guy who is so proud of the "killer deal" he negotiated when he paid 5 times the going price to get a used Yugo but got undercoating thrown at no charge.

[Gina]

Did he actually say this?

President Barack Obama defended his decision to release five detainees from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl today, saying the country had an obligation to not leave its military personnel behind.

'Is there a possibility of some of them trying to return to activities that are detrimental to us? Absolutely,' Obama said during today's press conference of the recently released detainees.'That's been true of all the prisoners that were released from Guantanamo. There's a certain recidivism rate that takes place.'

But the president added, 'I wouldn't be doing it if I thought that it was contrary to American national security.'

[Dori]

'I wouldn't be doing it if I thought that it was contrary to American national security.'

 

He releases the Taliban dream team who have been in Gitmo for 10 years and he doesn't think they aren't going to be a threat to national security?

If he really believes that, he belongs in Gitmo.

[Mr Mannn]

Is this debacle actually getting news time?
The DUmmies are discussing it, that means liberal news outlets are running the story.

What are y'all seeing? is this really truly getting national press?

[mrclose]

Extremist Right Wing CNN reports ... 

Full title:

Bergdahl's team leader: Intercepted radio chatter said he sought talks with the Taliban

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Former Army Sgt. Evan Buetow was the team leader with Bowe Bergdahl the night Bergdahl disappeared.

"Bergdahl is a deserter, and he's not a hero," says Buetow. "He needs to answer for what he did."

Within days of his disappearance, says Buetow, teams monitoring radio chatter and cell phone communications intercepted an alarming message: The American is in Yahya Khel (a village two miles away). He's looking for someone who speaks English so he can talk to the Taliban.

"I heard it straight from the interpreter's lips as he heard it over the radio," said Buetow. "There's a lot more to this story than a soldier walking away."

 The Army will review the case of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "in a comprehensive, coordinated effort," Secretary of the Army John McHugh said Tuesday.

http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2014/06/03/team-leader-bowe-bergdahl-wanted-to-talk-to-taliban/

[NHSparky]

As far as the promotions go, under current regs if he's in a POW status he will be promoted along with his peers.  That's nothing new.

However, if the 15-6 investigation shows some wrongdoing on his part, stand by for the hammer to come down on him, HARD.  His daddy also needs to shut his piehole if he wants to have any chance of keeping his little boy out of Leavenworth.  Damming statements, indeed.

[mrclose]

Since then .. Bergdahl has 'forgotten' how to speak English.

[thundley4]

It's going to take a huge white washing effort by the Regime to cover up all the dirt in this case.  That is why the military is already being blamed for the deal with the Taliban.

[NHSparky]

Oh, they'll try to cover this kid's ass, for a while at least.  But when the midterms are over, and he's no longer needed, under the bus he goes.

[J P Sousa]

It's going to take a huge white washing effort by the Regime to cover up all the dirt in this case.  That is why the military is already being blamed for the deal with the Taliban.

Will Hagel take the fall and suddenly retire with full benefits ?

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