Posted on 06/02/2014 3:33:03 PM PDT by kristinn
The deal that got Bowe Bergdahl released in exchange for five high-ranking Taliban detainees doesn't sit right with the family of an Army lieutenant killed in an ambush while searching for the missing sergeant.
"He was killed while looking for this deserter," said Andy Andrews, father of 2nd Lt. Darryn Andrews, who died in eastern Afghanistan in September 2009.
"If this guy [Bergdahl] had not gone off post, our son would not have been killed."
The Defense Department has never said Bergdahl was away without leave and has pointedly described him as a "prisoner of war."
The Andrews family did not know there might be a connection between the lieutenant's death and Bergdahl until this weekend when the White House announced the prisoner swap — which has drawn sharp criticism from some lawmakers and service members.
They said they learned of the reported link from other members of Andrews' platoon, who went public because they were disgusted that Bergdahl, who vanished and was captured under murky circumstances, was being portrayed as a hero.
A medic who was in Bergdahl's platoon told NBC News that he firmly believes the quiet, bookish sergeant willfully sneaked away, putting himself in harm's way and endangering the lives of fellow soldiers.
"He's not a hero," Josh Cornelison said of Bergdahl, who has been promoted twice in captivity.
"He left the Army. He walked away from his post on his own two feet with his own sound mind. He left by himself to do what he wanted to do. He is not a hero. Heroes are the people who sacrificed their lives for your freedom, for my freedom, for everybody's freedom."
Cornelison said that after Bergdahl disappeared, the Army flooded the area with troops to find him. For 90 days, it was their top priority,...
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They’re still using the term “prisoner swap”, I see.
If NBC is covering this, Obama is gonna have a lot of 'splaining to do.
However, NBC was probably shamed into it by the Daily Mail article that was posted earlier.
Dad was just on the evening news saying that we must thank the people who took care of his son for the past five years.
The Defense Department .... has pointedly described him as a “prisoner of war.”
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yeah in a Benedict Arnold sort of way...
Bowe Bergdahl should be court-martialed as a deserter and traitor.
Yes!
I’m watching the evening news. They said he was promoted two times while “in captivity.”
This was discussed on another thread. Apparently, it is standard practice for POW's. They are promoted to the next grade as soon as they have met the minimum time in previous grade.
It includes waving any of the usual prerequisites, like training.
For what ever reason, the MSM is being forced to disclose one of this regimes’s lies.
The tide may be taking a turn.
A part of me wants to know why. After overlooking so many things, what’s different now?
No, they're covering it now so it'll be out of the way and "old news" when the mean-old Republican monsters bring it up.
His actions define the act of treason.
Pay close attention to papa Bergdahl. He only gets emotional or tears up when speaking about the Afghan people.
I think the knee-pad media realized they had to get out in front of this one, or lose what little credibility they have remaining.
Bergdahl's real story has gone viral. Every news story I've seen about this, everywhere, is filled with comments about the circumstances of his disappearance, and the aftermath. The outrage is palpable. It's even making the IRS scandal look mundane, in comparison.
The knee-pad media has tried to make it "political". But, it isn't working. For now, I think the GOP would do well to ask pointed questions, but let the momentum build -- rather than trying to force the issue.
send him back to Afghanistan and his father too. Worthless crap. But we all know Odumbo will give a medal for cowardice traitor. It is the new Benedict Arnold Medal - Rainbow ribbon with a graphic of benedict’s portrait superimposed with a picture of his backside.
I think you’re right.
These five will spend a year pre-release in Qatar where they can be recruited to support the rebel struggle in Syria, killing Shiites and Alewites (Shiite sect). The Taliban has a pension for killing Shiites, one of these guy is proportedly responsible for the death of 7,000 Shiites.
This is what Obama (Sunni Muslim), the Muslim Brotherhood (Sunni), the Suadi’s (Sunni) and Qatari’s (Sunni) all want.
They’ll be on our side now. Hurray! /sarc
The Benedick Arnold Medal? Would that be the “BAM”? As in wham bam thank you——sir? Maybe the private spent five years in the barrel?
Dad’s really making a great case for his son to return to the USA. Dad’s an idiot.
It’s also an easy scandal to understand. Everyone understands 5 filthy, murderous terrorists being released. Everyone understands a deserter.
CBS had it as the lead also.
Covered the desertion angle first.
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