Posted on 06/04/2014 6:20:50 PM PDT by mandaladon
HAILEY Idaho (Reuters) - U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl's hometown, feeling a backlash over allegations that he was a deserter, has canceled a rally planned for later this month celebrating his release from five years of Taliban captivity, city officials said on Wednesday.
In calling off the June 28 event, the officials cited concerns that they lacked the resources to safely manage the thousands of supporters and protesters who were expected to converge on the small mountain community of 8,000 residents.
The decision came as pressure mounted to cancel the rally in the face of rising hostility, expressed in a torrent of emails and phone calls directed at city officials and businesses, over claims by Bergdahl's onetime Army comrades that he deliberately abandoned his post in Afghanistan.
Some have asserted that the search for Bergdahl after he went missing under murky circumstances on June 30, 2009, may have cost the lives of up to six fellow soldiers.
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Backlash. Such an ugly word.
Can burning crosses be far behind?
Good news. It looks like the town is finally waking up o the fact that they have a traitor in their midst.
Good news. It looks like the town is finally waking up o the fact that they have a traitor in their midst.
Doesn’t the state have a bad rep concerning barbed wire?
What’s next? Should we start observing Benedict Arnold’s birthday now? Americans love traitors and cheaters, right? Bergdahl is a deserter and the Democrats know it. Yet, they keep spinning this as if nothing wrong has occurred. The left is quaking in their boots because their actions are hurting our military and that is an absolute no-no in American politics, and a politcal blunder of epic proportions.
Well - the man said he wants to fundamentally transform America. Does anyone doubt he is doing that?
Even the usual leftist suspects have thrown in the towel on the Brokeback Mujahedeen.
Saw this on another site, “I like Idaho taters but not Idaho traitors”
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