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America's Last Prisoner of War (soldier walked off his base and into the hands of the Taliban)
TheRollingStone.com ^ | JUNE 7, 2012 | MICHAEL HASTINGS

Posted on 06/01/2014 9:23:20 AM PDT by TexasCajun

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The Rolling Stone article from 2012 that is the source of the "I am ashamed to even be American" quote by Bowe Bergdahl.
1 posted on 06/01/2014 9:23:20 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: TexasCajun
Several web-pages long.

Go to print mode to read whole article from one page.

2 posted on 06/01/2014 9:25:26 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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His dad appears to be a barking moonbat as well.


3 posted on 06/01/2014 9:29:05 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: a fool in paradise

Older Rolling Stone article (from ‘12)


4 posted on 06/01/2014 9:31:33 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: TexasCajun

It’s a scam.

Bergdahl willingly became a Taliban pawn, but they came up with a ruse that he was a POW in order to get terrorists released for him.

And Obama and Hegel fell for it, hook, line and sinker.


5 posted on 06/01/2014 9:32:59 AM PDT by dfwgator
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well now thet the obamites set loose 5 murderous psychopaths in exchange for his loser self, maybe for the first time in his life he can be proud of his country, just like mooch.

Or maybe not.

One can only hope that he opts for extended tourism travels in Syria or Somalia and finds a country he can be proud of


6 posted on 06/01/2014 9:33:07 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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And what was Obama thinking as far back as 2012?

"It could be a huge win if Obama could bring him home," says a senior administration official familiar with the negotiations. "Especially in an election year, if it's handled properly."

7 posted on 06/01/2014 9:33:10 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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“Fell for it”???

Remember, Obama told us years ago he would side with the muslims. One promise he has kept.


8 posted on 06/01/2014 9:33:50 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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Can we swap him for Baraq?


9 posted on 06/01/2014 9:35:01 AM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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It’s a scam. Bergdahl willingly became a Taliban pawn, but they came up with a ruse that he was a POW in order to get terrorists released for him. And Obama and Hegel fell for it, hook, line and sinker.

Fell for it? They were probably in on it.

10 posted on 06/01/2014 9:37:00 AM PDT by CrosscutSaw
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They were probably in on it.

Distinct possibility. They may have treated it as their 'ace in the hole.'

11 posted on 06/01/2014 9:38:28 AM PDT by dfwgator
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Hailey, ID is in the only county in Idaho that voted owebama in 2008 and again in 2012. It is full of radical libtards and hippies. It is the county of Sun Valley where the rich and famous of hollyweird have their winter “cabins”.

When I saw his father yesterday with the bamster it appeared he was trying to look the part of a talibunny. Then he started speaking Pushtun? What patriotic American father would try to look like his son’s “captors” and learn their language?

There were American soldiers killed while searching for this guy. The whole thing sucks but hey, at least it gets the VA scandal off the front pages, right? Cynical b@stards.


12 posted on 06/01/2014 9:38:45 AM PDT by 43north (BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED.)
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This man is a traitor and should be arrested tried and hung.


13 posted on 06/01/2014 9:41:35 AM PDT by SADMILLIE
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Returning to Alaska after Christmas, Bowe said something that would stick with Fry months later, long after they arrived in Afghanistan. "Before we deployed, when we were on Rear D, him and I were talking about what it would be like," Fry recalls. Bowe looked at his friend and made no bones about his plans. "If this deployment is lame," Bowe said, "I'm just going to walk off into the mountains of Pakistan."
14 posted on 06/01/2014 9:41:48 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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I think he's a Mus-lame convert. What's interesting here is the possibility that a sitting US President not only broke the law by releasing 5 terrorists without the approval of Congress, but that this "prisoner exchange" could all be a ruse. How do we know this guy didn't desert to join the Taliban?


15 posted on 06/01/2014 9:41:55 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: TexasCajun

“His favorite was Beetle Bailey, the comic-strip antihero who shambles through life in the Army as a permanent f***-up.”

That’s promising. /s


16 posted on 06/01/2014 9:42:37 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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WHAT ELSE DOES THIS GUY HAVE TO DO??


17 posted on 06/01/2014 9:44:42 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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The French Foreign Legion wouldn't take him but Obama' army did.

The prolonged aspect of the war was also forcing the Pentagon to send more and more recruits who were unprepared and undisciplined, like Bowe's unit. To meet its recruiting goals, the Army had lowered its standards for intellectual aptitude, and allowed more waivers for recruits with felony convictions and drug problems. "One of every five recruits required a waiver to join the service, leading military analysts to conclude that the Army has lowered its standards," Col. Jeffrey McClain wrote in a definitive study for the Army War College in 2008, the year many in Bowe's unit joined up.

That's 20% of Obama's Army that is unfit for duty, or was until the standards were lowered & waivers granted.

18 posted on 06/01/2014 9:47:05 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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Obama’s strategy to close Gitmo is now obvious. He will let the prisoners go.


19 posted on 06/01/2014 9:51:24 AM PDT by ryan71 (The Partisans)
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Daddy Dearest's twitter feed:

Robert Bergdahl

Here's a sample:

Robert Bergdahl @bobbergdahl
· May 24 I am still working to free captives on all sides of this conflict
http://shahamat-movie.com/index.php?option=com_webplayer&view=video&wid=81 …

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From Col Allen West:

Bergdahl’s father’s deleted tweet a smoking gun?


20 posted on 06/01/2014 9:52:02 AM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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