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The Army's Bergdahl Problem
American Thinker ^ | August 13, 2014 | Jonathan F. Keiler

Posted on 08/13/2014 11:00:27 AM PDT by jazusamo

Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl recently returned to duty, and was interviewed by Army investigators. This has many people confused and upset. If Bergdahl is a deserter or even a traitor, many Americans wonder why he still in the Army, or feel that if he wears a uniform it should be in a stockade. Other people, mainly on the left, see Bergdahl as a hero. Also, regardless of how Bergdahl ended up with the Taliban, he might have critical intelligence for the United States, making him valuable. Thus, Bergdahl’s case presents a perplexing problem for the Army. In the end, I suspect, the final outcome of this case will not please those who, like the president, think Bergdahl is a hero, or many veterans and other Americans, who see Bergdahl as a deserter and traitor.

President, Obama’s Rose Garden announcement of Bergdahls’ exchange for Taliban terrorists, accompanied by Bergdahl’s bizarre parents, made this case, like much else in America under his administration, more complicated. Obama’s evident glee as Bergdahl pere quoted from the Quran, the pomp surrounding the announcement of the exchange, and his spokespeople’s descriptions of Bergdahl as a “hero” leave little doubt as to where the president stands on the matter.

As the Commander in Chief, Obama is supposed to keep these things to himself. He might have learned that lesson when he stepped over the line in discussing sexual assault cases in the military, but Obama doesn’t seem to learn much. The generals and admirals who eventually have to decide whether to prosecute cases, as political animals themselves, are not immune to the clear preferences of their boss, even though they are supposed to ignore him with respect to judicial decisions.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bergdahl; bergdahlinterview; deserter; obama; traitor
Sadly, Keiler is probably right, they'll save face for 0bama and pathetic show at the WH with Bergdahl's parents.
1 posted on 08/13/2014 11:00:27 AM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

Lying, terrorist-sympathizing POS!

(And I don’t mean Bergdahl!)


2 posted on 08/13/2014 11:03:50 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Amen...My keywords are in the right order.


3 posted on 08/13/2014 11:06:02 AM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

Paint him pink.


4 posted on 08/13/2014 11:08:40 AM PDT by Tugo (Never Forget.)
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To: jazusamo

5 posted on 08/13/2014 11:10:30 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: dead

Ahh! Inadvertent giant picture!


6 posted on 08/13/2014 11:11:41 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: dead

It’s most appropriate for that shot.


7 posted on 08/13/2014 11:12:49 AM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: dead
This hands on stuff is repulsive.

Not a "sound mind" in the place.

And why doesn't the son want to talk to them? Cuz he was very happy where he was.

8 posted on 08/13/2014 11:17:14 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: jazusamo
I love that picture, because it illustrates just how clueless team Obama really is.

They put out that picture because they thought it would make Obama look like a kind and paternal regent, in a glowing shot of an American hero's family that all the nation would embrace.

It was within an hour of the release of that dopey staged shot that it became apparent how much the deal stunk and Bergdahl and his family were creepy suspected Islamic sympathizers at best.

9 posted on 08/13/2014 11:18:41 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: jazusamo

My guess is the army will find him as being AWOL and he will receive an honorable discharge...very sad!!


10 posted on 08/13/2014 11:18:50 AM PDT by Cuttnhorse
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To: jazusamo
One additional difficulty for military justice in this affair is that the Commander In Chief doesn't want a resolution. It's a failed and embarrassing political ploy on his part that he and his handlers want to disappear quietly down the memory hole.
11 posted on 08/13/2014 11:21:33 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: dead; jazusamo

” It was within an hour of the release of that dopey staged shot that it became apparent how much the deal stunk and Bergdahl and his family were creepy suspected Islamic sympathizers at best.”

I suppose this rules out another group “Rose Garden Moment” : )


12 posted on 08/13/2014 11:28:13 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens. KILL THE BILL!)
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To: dead

Exactly!


13 posted on 08/13/2014 11:28:43 AM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

I’ll believe the soldiers who served with him before I’ll believe anything that this corrupt administration says.


14 posted on 08/13/2014 11:30:51 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Why does every totalitarian political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I do?)
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15 posted on 08/13/2014 11:32:35 AM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

They didn’t embrace his homosexuality,so he ran off in a tearful snit!


16 posted on 08/13/2014 11:47:20 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

Agree. When one spends even one or two days in combat with another you know that person damn well. These men in his platoon know him much longer and they damn sure are right.


17 posted on 08/13/2014 1:01:46 PM PDT by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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Wouldn’t hanging the traitor by the neck until dead solve the army’s problem?


18 posted on 08/14/2014 8:41:01 AM PDT by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp)
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To: ogen hal

That is what he deserves or a firing squad. I can think of one traitor from the Vietnam /SE Asia conflict who actually went on combat OPS with the VC. Sadly the SOB is free as a bird. He was a Marine who went AWOL. I can’t think of his name this AM.


19 posted on 08/14/2014 9:06:23 AM PDT by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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