Youse all lack a sense of history
The Bergdahl Affair is as if General Benedict Arnold came back and told George Washington, "It was all a dreadful misunderstanding."
This will be sold to the Wal-Mart shoppers as
O BTW, Bergdahl deserted. It is obvious he prepared his exit quite carefully. Equally obvious: man is now, was then, and will always be a nut case. A solution to please everyone: 5 years in a military hospital for the insane.
The military knows that Obama does not want to be made to look stupid. His Rose Garden appearance with the Bergdahls and his comments have signaled what he thinks. This UCI is from the top, and the system knows this must keep Obama in the best light. Even though this is a clear case of desertion, it will be in Obama’s interest for it to be found as something lesser. We’ll see what happens.
What’s lacking in this picture is a military prosecutor, a criminal investigation, and a grand jury (Article 32) hearing. Instead we have a 15-6, and from it all of this could be swept away by a command decision to pursue non-judicial punishment.
You’re both right.
At the very least he should spend the rest of his life in Leavenworth but due to 0bama’s “look at me” how I got this POW back fiasco he’ll not spend a day in detention in my view.