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Exclusive: A first-hand account from a soldier who served with Bowe Bergdahl
Tavern Keepers ^ | 6/4/2014 | Unidentified soldier

Posted on 06/04/2014 8:11:41 PM PDT by LibertyGirl14

Eventually, the search grew larger, and we were searching in places we hadn’t been before. We went all over Paktika, and even into Ghazni and Paktia provinces. The exact sequence is a blur for me now. When you constantly move from one emergency to the next, and spend five years not really thinking too much on it, it becomes hard to remember, even more so with my old age. We began operating out of Sharana again, and slowly began to do missions that were not directly related to the search for Bergdahl. But the search still continued, albeit at a lessened pace.

At about this time, was when I received information that took some time for me to fully internalize, because it shocked me so much. I’m not going into the details, and probably never will, unless the evidence turns up. An officer who I highly respected pulled me aside and informed me that our intelligence cell had found evidence that Bergdahl was an enemy combatant. He had joined the other side. It was not long after this that the search eventually ground to a halt. We moved on to other operations. During the whole search effort, our emotions changed. At first, we were concerned for the welfare of a fellow soldier. When we discovered the nature of his disappearance, it was incredulity. Why would he do that, we wondered. Very soon, it turned to anger. Not just because of the things we had to endure, but because of the knowledge that he had no intention of being one of us. In fact, it was so apparent, that some of us were given ‘shoot on sight’ orders.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; afghanistanwar; bergdahl; bowebergdhal

1 posted on 06/04/2014 8:11:41 PM PDT by LibertyGirl14
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2 posted on 06/04/2014 8:14:18 PM PDT by QT3.14
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Compelling story.

Meaningless though; if he doesn’t identify himself, or at least is vetted by someone we know and trust. Anyone could make it up and post it on some blog I never heard of.


3 posted on 06/04/2014 8:26:01 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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Six people who served with Bergdahl in Afghanistan scheduled to be on Megyn Kelly’s show on Fox tomorrow night - should be good.....


4 posted on 06/04/2014 8:45:41 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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BUMP so it doesn’t get deep-sixed. BUMP it.


5 posted on 06/04/2014 9:02:03 PM PDT by golux
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You heard of it now :-) Here is the companion story - I can vouch for Renee (as I am Renee). I found the source to be quite credible.

http://www.examiner.com/article/soldier-who-served-with-bowe-bergdahl-truth-was-deliberately-suppressed


6 posted on 06/04/2014 9:28:00 PM PDT by LibertyGirl14
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About Barry... Progressives have no problem with purging “useful idiots”.. Whether Bergdal goes free or is prosecuted means nothing to the White Hut..


7 posted on 06/04/2014 11:31:02 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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B F L


8 posted on 06/05/2014 5:51:52 AM PDT by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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