Posted on 09/18/2015 11:00:11 AM PDT by kristinn
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO – FORT SAM HOUSTON, Tex. — The Army general who carried out an investigation last year into the alleged desertion of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl believes that a jail sentence would be “inappropriate,” despite the massive search caused by him walking away from his unit’s outpost in Afghanistan.
Maj. Gen. Kenneth Dahl testified Friday in Bergdahl’s case that he found the soldier “unrealistically idealistic” about other people, and remorseful for the massive search his actions caused. He left his platoon’s outpost, Observation Post Mest in Paktika province, with plans to run 19 miles to the larger Forward Operating Base Sharana, cause a disruption and get the attention of a general.
“I do not believe that there is a jail sentence at the end of this process,” Dahl said.
Bergdahl, 29, faces charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy in what is the military’s most closely watched desertion case in decades. If convicted, he faces life in prison.
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Dahl called Bergdahl “very bright and very well read,”and fascinated by Samurai warrior culture. He knew he would get in trouble for running away from his base, but told Dahl he felt compelled to do so at the time because he was concerned his platoon was in danger due to perceived poor leadership.
Bergdahl was deeply critical of many fellow soldiers, Dahl said. Despite being a low-ranking enlisted soldier, Bergdahl believed that he should have a larger role in targeting the Taliban. He considered taking a fellow soldier’s M9 pistol with him on his run to Sharana, but likely decided against it because he didn’t want to get him in trouble.
“I think he actually believed that if five Taliban rolled up on him, he would have been able to dispose of them,” Dahl said.
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Ken Dahl is a Ken Doll...a simulation of a general and a person.
Bergdahl should have been hung or shot long ago.
In the good old days he would have been shot
It’s unanimous. Should be shot.
He unquestionably does deserve a jail sentence, if not a death sentence. He got men killed unnecessarily and he may have committed acts of treason while in the enemy’s hands.
Her fingerprints, and Obozo’s are ALL OVER THIS............................
I don’t care a wit about his personality quirks, other men died because of his intentional disregard for military code and deserves to pay dearly.
I guess his invite to the WH is being scheduled as we speak............................
The General needs a different job. Like maybe picking up the trash off I-5.
This is the POS type generals that OBASTARD has always wanted.
This piece of SH#T needs to tell the families of the men who died looking for the traitorous, cowardly, piece of excrement called bergdahl why he should not be SHOT, much less go to jail.
Obama must have a LOT of stuff on Gen. Dahl!!!! A LOT OF STUFF!!
You couldn't be more correct or have said it any better.
Good Lord. The General is a Bergdahl groupie.
“unrealistically idealistic”
So, future deserters will have a “get out of jail free card”. All they need do is make this claim.
A general officer should understand more about discipline in the ranks...
No, he deserves prison for lying to an officer, giving false testimony and obstructing an investigation....
Oh, right, the whole trading five taliban soldiers for him, as well as loads of cash, kinda makes the administration want him to walk free. That’s fine, I’ll be satisfied with those in the administration going to jail for obstructing justice in the military.
Lately, I’ve wondered if all the Bergdahl “family” weren’t just paid crisis actors, hired to act their part.
“I think he actually believed that if five Taliban rolled up on him, he would have been able to dispose of them,” Dahl said.”
In other words,he’s nuts.
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General Dahl has a degree in Social Psychology. There is no Social Psychology in the Army.
There are no idealistic cowards.
No he does not deserve a jail sentence.
But he does deserve a firing squad.
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