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No jail for Bergdahl upsets platoon members
GOP USA/AP ^ | 10/12/2015 | AP Staff

Posted on 10/12/2015 8:03:42 AM PDT by HomerBohn

HOUSTON (AP) — A former member of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's platoon said Sunday he's angered by an Army officer's recommendation that Bergdahl face a lower-level court martial and be spared the possibility of jail time for leaving his post in Afghanistan.

Josh Korder, an ex-U.S. Army sergeant, said Bergdahl should face life imprisonment because he holds him responsible for several deaths that occurred after Bergdahl abandoned his post in 2009, leaving his platoon in Blackfoot Company.

"Was it during the search for Bergdahl that we lost men in Blackfoot company? No. But was it as a result of that search and as a result of him leaving that we lost members of Blackfoot company? Yes," Korder said in a telephone interview.

The Pentagon has said there's no evidence anyone died searching for Bergdahl. But his commanding officers in Afghanistan testified last month at an Article 32 hearing — which reviewed evidence against Bergdahl — that a 45-day search for him put soldiers in danger.

Bergdahl was captured by the Taliban after leaving his post in June 2009, and held until last year, when he was exchanged for five Taliban commanders. Bergdahl was charged in March with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, a charge that carries up to life in prison.

Eugene Fidell, Bergdahl's attorney, said Saturday Lt. Col. Mark Visger has recommended that Bergdahl's case be referred to a special court martial, which is a misdemeanor-level forum. It limits the maximum punishment to reduction in rank, a bad-conduct discharge and a term of up to a year in prison.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events
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Birddog violated the UCMJ and abandoned his post, and his fellow soldiers. As a veteran who took an oath upon my enlistment I would expect a prison term, or worse, had I left my post thereby deserting my squad.
1 posted on 10/12/2015 8:03:42 AM PDT by HomerBohn
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To: All

The fix is in.


2 posted on 10/12/2015 8:04:41 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: HomerBohn

“The Pentagon has said there’s no evidence anyone died searching for Bergdahl.”

Huh? I thought there were deaths. Is this another Sandy Hook wag the dog production?


3 posted on 10/12/2015 8:08:20 AM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: HomerBohn

Obama has even RUINED OUR MILITARY!!! He has CORRUPTED IT and EVERYTHING HE’S TOUCHED!!


4 posted on 10/12/2015 8:09:11 AM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: HomerBohn

Visger is DIRTY!!


5 posted on 10/12/2015 8:09:54 AM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: HomerBohn

Firing squad is the only appropriate punishment.


6 posted on 10/12/2015 8:11:22 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Ann Archy

I believe the phrase is “fundamentally transformed”...and let’s be clear— the right has tolerated every single one of these moves.


7 posted on 10/12/2015 8:11:36 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: HomerBohn

Obama said he was a Hero


8 posted on 10/12/2015 8:11:36 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: HomerBohn
Obama has placed into command only those that will do his bidding. The Next CIC (pray that it is a Conservative) will have his hands full just trying to resurrect competency at the higher levels of our Military.
9 posted on 10/12/2015 8:12:35 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: butlerweave

Birddog is Obama’s version of a hero.


10 posted on 10/12/2015 8:13:25 AM PDT by HomerBohn (Liberals and slinkies: they're good for nothing, but you smile as you shove them down the stairs.)
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To: originalbuckeye

Impeach Obama!!! He is the true “traitor” to the USA!!!


11 posted on 10/12/2015 8:13:49 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party!!!)
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To: HomerBohn

And you probably wouldnt expect a 300,000.00 dollar check....


12 posted on 10/12/2015 8:15:34 AM PDT by When do we get liberated? (A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suckle the breast of Capitalism.)
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To: HomerBohn

Tapes show he joined the Taliban
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3346975/posts?page=13


13 posted on 10/12/2015 8:16:04 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: Ann Archy

Obama has even RUINED OUR MILITARY!!! He has CORRUPTED IT and EVERYTHING HE’S TOUCHED!!

you nailed it.


14 posted on 10/12/2015 8:17:37 AM PDT by Big Horn (Rebuild the GOP to a conservative party)
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To: Big Horn

So he gets his back pay?


15 posted on 10/12/2015 8:20:29 AM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: HomerBohn

All over the country, little boys are playing with their GI Beau figures!

“My GI Beau can run away faster than yours!”

“Yeah, but my GI Beau can drop his pants faster!”

Setting an example for America’s youth!


16 posted on 10/12/2015 8:20:55 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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It has been a slow couple of days.
Let's give Jim some great news to post in
today's thread.



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17 posted on 10/12/2015 8:25:01 AM PDT by RedMDer (Support Free Republic and Keep FReedom ALIVE!)
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To: HomerBohn

I agree with no jail time.

Take him straight to the

gallows
firing squad
electric chair
gurney


18 posted on 10/12/2015 8:26:53 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (Rick Chollett for President!)
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To: mmichaels1970

This LTC is looking for his ticket to be punched in the all new army where fags and lesbians are affirmative action untouchables and female EM must breast feed their babes before combat readiness is a priority. This army is a damn disgrace. How any officer could come up with that decision is mind boggling.


19 posted on 10/12/2015 8:31:14 AM PDT by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: mmichaels1970

Indeed, agree. The fix is in. Our military will soon be Obamatized, and we can then put the new progressive symbol on them. What will that symbol look like? See “Nazi”.


20 posted on 10/12/2015 8:35:51 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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