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Colonel Ralph Peters Suggests If The Captured Soldier Deserted, The Taliban Do Away With Him (Video)
hotairpundit ^ | 7/19/09 | talkradio03

Posted on 07/19/2009 6:38:26 PM PDT by Talkradio03

"If he walked away from his post, and from his buddies in wartime, I don't care how hard it sounds, as far as I'm concerned, the Taliban can save us a lot of legal hassles and a lot of legal bills".......It was even a little too much for Foxnews Anchor Julie Banderas...

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He's still an American Soldier no matter what.....
1 posted on 07/19/2009 6:38:26 PM PDT by Talkradio03
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To: Talkradio03

He’s still an American soldier in a hostile country and whatever he may or may not have done is irrelevant. He deserves rescue and prayer.


2 posted on 07/19/2009 6:41:19 PM PDT by benjibrowder (For Neda. May God bless those fighting for freedom.)
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To: Talkradio03

True, but what if he was a traitor American soldier? How does that work itself out?


3 posted on 07/19/2009 6:41:19 PM PDT by hulagirl (Mother Theresa was right)
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This COL Peters fellow needs some education - it's okay to talk that way within the unit, but that kind of talk is never to leave the unit.
4 posted on 07/19/2009 6:41:58 PM PDT by Ken522
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Exactly. H’s still a US son in enemy hands. Maybe Peters would like to explain his position to the Bergdahl’s family. Maybe he feels the same way about the two American females being held in N. Korea.


5 posted on 07/19/2009 6:42:32 PM PDT by LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot ("The rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office". ~Andrew Jackson)
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Ralph needs to pit a cork in it until ALL of the facts are in evidence.

Really bad form, Ralph.


6 posted on 07/19/2009 6:43:16 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR...Monthly Donors Wanted...I Upped My Monthly. Now, Up Yours.)
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To: Ken522

Dittos Ken.


7 posted on 07/19/2009 6:43:19 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (WWTHD - What Would The Hondurans Do?)
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To: hulagirl

What if? Nobody knows at this point. All we know is that he is in enemy hands.


8 posted on 07/19/2009 6:43:50 PM PDT by LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot ("The rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office". ~Andrew Jackson)
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True, but what if he was a traitor American soldier? How does that work itself out?

We should do everything we can to bring him home safely. Then, if there is cause, we can court martial him. And if the decision were that he needed to be shot, then we would shoot him.

But we cannot ask the terrorists to kill our soldiers on our behalf. That's madness.

9 posted on 07/19/2009 6:44:05 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I don't believe anything anyone says about anything anymore.)
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Peters: “Nobody in the military is defending this guy, he is an apparent deserter, reports are indeed that he abandoned his buddies, abandoned his post and walked off...On that video he is collaborating with the enemy...He’s lying about how he was captured saying he lagged behind a patrol, Julie I’ll tell you, any 11 bravo infantryman will tell you, that’s not how it works, in a war zone any soldier is aware here of where his buddies are, if it’s a night patrol, you’re sure of where the guy in front of and behind you is, so we know that private is a liar....

“But if he walked away from his post and his buddies in wartime, I don’t care how hard it sounds, as far as I’m concerned the Taliban can save us a lot of legal hassles and a lot of legal bills”

Julie Banderas Responds: “Regardless of what the situation is, we do not want to see any U.S. soldier in harms way, and we hope that this guy gets out of there safely, he’s an American, he’s one of ours”


10 posted on 07/19/2009 6:44:59 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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Agreed...and let’s all remember, he is just a boy. Nobody knows how they will react in wartime. God be with him.


11 posted on 07/19/2009 6:45:19 PM PDT by Blue Turtle
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If Bergdahl were my son I would personally seek to kick Peters’ ass.


12 posted on 07/19/2009 6:45:44 PM PDT by LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot ("The rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office". ~Andrew Jackson)
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You bet!

We don’t throw our own to the animals!

Who the hell is thei Colonel Ralph Peters?


13 posted on 07/19/2009 6:46:09 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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If this man deserted, he needs to be rescued. No-one deserves the fate he now faces.


14 posted on 07/19/2009 6:48:01 PM PDT by chris37
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If he deserted (which I’m not willing to accept until it is officially determined) it is still not the enemy’s place to make that judgment or issue punishment.


15 posted on 07/19/2009 6:49:58 PM PDT by mnehring
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We are the United States. We don't live under sharia law and we do not need Muslim fanatics from another country to punish US soldiers for their misdeeds. This soldier needs to be rescued and then tried by a US military court if he deserted.

I've been reading Ralph Peters' columns since 9/11 and usually find his views to be interesting and intelligent. This is an obvious exception.
16 posted on 07/19/2009 6:51:12 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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He decided to sign up for the military and went to Afghanistan...thats a big +, also, he might have to say whatever the H*** he has to, to stay alive, this guys could end up like most others that were captured,-dead


17 posted on 07/19/2009 6:52:05 PM PDT by Talkradio03 (Talkradio03)
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No he isn’t....he;s a TRAITOR, if he walked into the arms of the enemy.


18 posted on 07/19/2009 6:52:51 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Does anyone know if Barack Obama has uttered a word about this guy?


19 posted on 07/19/2009 6:53:06 PM PDT by Talkradio03 (Talkradio03)
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To: LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot

Those two females are not in the military, and they were in territory they shouldn’t have been in.


20 posted on 07/19/2009 6:54:22 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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