Posted on 06/02/2014 11:20:49 AM PDT by Starman417
"The horror that is America is disgusting."
There was Obama, proud as a peacock:
Good afternoon, everybody. This morning, I called Bob and Jani Bergdahl and told them that after nearly five years in captivity, their son, Bowe, is coming home.Sergeant Bergdahl has missed birthdays and holidays and the simple moments with family and friends, which all of us take for granted. But while Bowe was gone he was never forgotten. His parents thought about him and prayed for him every single day, as did his sister, Sky, who prayed for his safe return.
He wasn’t forgotten by his community in Idaho, or the military, which rallied to support the Bergdahls through thick and thin. And he wasn’t forgotten by his country, because the United States of America does not ever leave our men and women in uniform behind.
Obama watched proudly as Bowe Bergdahl's father praised Allah:
At the end of brief event, the soldier’s father, Bob Bergdahl, recited the most frequent phrase in the Koran — “Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim” —which means “In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Compassionate.”
Bergdahl's father sported a Taliban beard for the occasion.
Susan Rice was proud:
“It was an extraordinary day for America,” Rice told CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Hagel was proud:
“This is a very happy day for the Bergdahl family,”
There were many who were not happy, among them those who served with Bergdahl.
"I was pissed off then and I am even more so now with everything going on," said former Sgt. Matt Vierkant, a member of Bergdahl's platoon when he went missing on June 30, 2009. "Bowe Bergdahl deserted during a time of war and his fellow Americans lost their lives searching for him."
Bergdahl made it very clear he hated America and its military in emails to his family.
"The future is too good to waste on lies. And life is way too short to care for the damnation of others, as well as to spend it helping fools with their ideas that are wrong," Bergdahl reportedly wrote his father. "I have seen their ideas and I am ashamed to even be american (sic). The horror of the self-righteous arrogance that they thrive in. It is all revolting."He also attacked the army saying it cut down people "for being honest," and rewarded sycophants. "The title of US soldier is just the lie of fools," he wrote. "I am sorry for everything here.
There is contention about how Bergdahl became separated from his unit but there is this:
On the night prior to his capture, Bergdahl pulled guard duty at OP Mest, a small outpost about two hours south of the provincial capitol. The base resembled a wagon circle of armored vehicles with some razor wire strung around them. A guard tower sat high up on a nearby hill, but the outpost itself was no fortress. Besides the tower, the only hard structure that I saw in July 2009 was a plywood shed filled with of bottled water. Soldiers either slept in poncho tents or inside their vehicles.The next morning, Bergdahl failed to show for the morning roll call. The soldiers in 2nd Platoon, Blackfoot Company discovered his rifle, helmet, body armor and web gear in a neat stack. He had, however, taken his compass. His fellow soldiers later mentioned his stated desire to walk from Afghanistan to India.
The Daily Beast’s Christopher Dickey later wrote that "[w]hether Bergdahl…just walked away from his base or was lagging behind on a patrol at the time of his capture remains an open and fiercely debated question." Not to me and the members of my unit. Make no mistake: Bergdahl did not "lag behind on a patrol," as was cited in news reports at the time. There was no patrol that night. Bergdahl was relieved from guard duty, and instead of going to sleep, he fled the outpost on foot. He deserted. I’ve talked to members of Bergdahl’s platoon – including the last Americans to see him before his capture. I’ve reviewed the relevant documents. That’s what happened.
And there's the problem of the Taliban- they don't take prisoners:
The scene cuts and one of the killers stands behind him and shoots him in the head with a pistol, five times. Another man stands off to the side, out of his victim’s view, and fires three bursts from his AK-47 rifle into his torso, which convulses at each round.It was yet another example of a terrible truth, one that has been a commonplace for so long that it is seldom commented upon: insurgents in Afghanistan rarely take any prisoners.
The price to recover Bergdahl has been high:
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
“The horror that is America is disgusting.”
Who said that? bho or the traitor?
I'm shocked. Are you shocked? This is shocking.
FTA:”The horror that is America is disgusting.”
The horror that is the Obama Administration is disgusting.
What kind of person will volunteer to serve under the current Commander in Chief?
A person of upstanding character and resolve who is determined to serve his country, or a person of less than honorable
character, who maybe even is looking to advance himself though violence, bloodshed and guile?
Chapter ten in F.A. Hayek’s book, The Road to Serfdom is titled, Why the Worst Get on Top. That is in a totalitarian
(socialist) government. Hayek’s chapter is not so much a prediction as an explanation of the natural results that flow from the way a such a government operates.
Read it for yourself:
The Road to Serfdom,
Chapter Ten, Why the Worst Get on Top:
http://www.savageleft.com/poli/rts-ten.html
The horror of the self-righteous arrogance that they thrive in.
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2009 he was speaking of Obama...
Afghans say Taliban prisoners freed by U.S. will rejoin battle
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is anyone surprised ???
This story makes me feel the same way as when John Walker Lindh was captured in Afghanistan in Nov. 2001.
What difference does it make who said it? They both think it. They are trying to demoralize us. Anyone want to take bets on how long the lesser known traitor lives?
He needs to be court-martialed!
If Obama flipped a coin he would have a better chance to get things right
Makes sense from his worldview.
Reward the deserter who was helping the enemy with a return trip home while at the same time releasing several other avowed enemies of America (and Christians and Jews).
It’s a win-win for people who think like Obama.
Apparently the negotiation for these Taliban leaders (not Burgdahl) was stalled for years. The outed CIA operative cannot be called to testify before Congress nor can he talk to the media. Burgdahl serves another purpose, and that is/was to counter the negative PR snowballing political casualties (Shinseki, Petzel, Carney,etc.) during VA scandal (not to mention all the veterans deaths resulting from the death panel lists).
I just hope he gets the greeting he deserves from this “disgusting” country.
Maybe like the “welcome home” the hippies had for the returning Vietnam vets.
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Related: Obama's new press secretary is willing to do things even Jay Carney wouldn't...
They are both traitors.
Yeah, but he didn't miss Ramadan, or the 5-times-daily call to prayer, did he, Muslim-In-Chief?
http://www.heritage.org/research/lecture/regurgitating-the-apple-how-modern-liberals-think
Liberals will INVARIABLY side with wrong over right.
You’re right and no one will be more demoralized by this than our men and women in uniform.
Must take a walk.
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