Posted on 06/05/2014 9:30:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I have a hankering for some worms this morning, so let's open a can of them and dig in.
There are many Americans who believe that the actions and statements of Bowe Bergdahl's father Robert to be indefensible. Learning Pashto, growing a long beard, and making sympathetic statements about the Taliban and harsh statements about America are, some believe, beyond the pale of understanding and border on treason.
On the other hand, there are those who think we should cut Bergdahl's father some slack. Put yourself in his shoes, goes the argument, and ask yourself; how far would you go to get your son back?
This debate erupted into an angry exchange on Morning Joe, with Scarborough facing off with NBC's Chuck Todd:
“I keep holding up this image where Barack Obama has his arm around a man who is reaching out to pro-Taliban forces, talking about killing Americans,” Scarborough said.
“Joe, Joe, don’t criticize the parents,” Todd replied. “Don’t criticize the parents in here, that are missing a child? Their son is missing for five years. You know what? It is not logical. You cannot handle it. You put yourself in his shoes –”
“I have a 26-year-old son, and if my son is out on the wire and he is out there with fellow troops and he is writes me up and says he hates America and he’s thinking about deserting and he’s thinking about leaving his post, I can tell you as a father of that 26-year-old or 23-year-old son, I’d say, ‘Joey, you stay the hell right there,’” Scarborough said. “I would call his commander, I would say ‘Get my son. He is not well. Get him to a military base in Germany.’(continued)
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““Joe, Joe, don’t criticize the parents,” Todd replied. “Don’t criticize the parents in here, that are missing a child? Their son is missing for five years. You know what? It is not logical. You cannot handle it. You put yourself in his shoes –””
What a total putz F Todd is.
How many other parents who had their sons as POW acted so shamefully when they were released? Can he even name one?
Terrorist
loud applause - yes, yes, yes. This is what a -rational- parent would do. They would not encourage their son to go for a freaking walk.
The father is a side show. Sadly, being a crumby father isn’t illegal.
I could post that above on any of fifty posts here on any given day.
“If you deliberately defect to an unorganized stateless terrorist group with no uniforms, are you really a prisoner of war?”
Of course not, but the point I was making is that F Todd’s excuse is pathetically lame. Your point makes it also shamefully lame.
What those parents should have done is apologize to america and asked for forgiveness of those that died trying to rescue their traitor son.
I just remembered who this dad temporarily pushed off the news, that future congressional candidate who became an instant politician, when the guy who hated blond white women killed his son.
A lot of manpower searched for him and were exposed while so doing their duty. His voluntary desertion and seeking to ally the enemy is adequate evidence for a death sentence in a battle. He’s liable for many friendly deaths.
I saw the event on Fox when it first ran (live?), remembered a little about the walk away and knew that it was a very bad thing for Obama immediately. It was an optic that could even creep out a low information voter.
Chuck Todd was SCREAMING at Joe!!!!
“If you deliberately defect to an unorganized stateless terrorist group with no uniforms, are you really a prisoner of war?”
Yes, Bowe Bergdahl may be detained by the Taliban as a prisoner of war; and Bowe Bergdahl can be detained by the U.S. Army as a Taliban unlawful combatant or a common law prisoner of war outside the protection of the Geneva Convention until such time as the U.S. Army arrests and prosecutes Bowe Bergdhal on criminal charges of desertion and treason.
He was carried as “Missing in Action” (MIA).
There's a big difference.
I’m not sure the point your trying to make wrt my comment.
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