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The fact that there's only 20 years separating the Reagan administration from the Obama administration just amazes me.
1 posted on 06/05/2014 5:27:08 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

YES! IT DOES!


2 posted on 06/05/2014 5:28:34 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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Isn’t there meaning in the fact that he was with the enemy for five years, but never categorized as a POW?


3 posted on 06/05/2014 5:29:54 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Ted Cruz and Mike Lee-both of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Comm as Ginsberg's importance fades)
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It certainly matters as to what comes next: an increase in rank & back pay, or a court martial. I’ve heard that it is up to the Defense Dept, but they are all bending over for Obama at the moment.

It’s another outrageous moment in the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama. But there have been so many outrages that I guess it doesn’t make all that much difference any more. :-(


4 posted on 06/05/2014 5:31:26 PM PDT by Twotone (Marte Et Clypeo)
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“Another part of the issue is that there is such little precedent for this scenario—an AWOL soldier-turned POW (reader-historians, feel free to email us when this has happened before).”

Ever hear of Charles Robert Jenkins?


5 posted on 06/05/2014 5:32:11 PM PDT by Insigne123 (It is the soldier, not the community organizer, who gives us freedom of the press)
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You’re not the only one, Vet. I keep thinking I’ll wake up from the nightmare and the Gipper will be in charge once again.

What was this man supposed to say? Of course he said Baby Bowe should have been rescued. He would have been vilified if he said anything different. As it is, the vast left wing media is going to vilify him anyway and probably bring in the IRS to help along the way.

They disgust me.


6 posted on 06/05/2014 5:32:14 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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This is beyond belief. You don’t swap 5 high level enemy commanders for 1 lone deserter when hostilities have not ended. What a pantload.


7 posted on 06/05/2014 5:33:27 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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Am I the only one who sees absolutely no rationale for wanting to return this man home? In the previous centuries of American history, desertion was a capital offense, and that was at a time when virtually all military conflicts involved mandatory drafting.

From what I have heard this guy was a Taliban sympathizer who ran off to be with them, getting at least six guys killed. So what if he changed his mind later. Too late. To trade 5 bloodthirsty war criminals in exchange for the weasel is just unfathomable to me.


8 posted on 06/05/2014 5:34:13 PM PDT by Viennacon
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The WH gave a briefing to Senate last night. They claimed to Senators that the NYT report of Bergdahl leaving a note was “untrue”.

Today I saw a tape of Steve Malzberg show via HotAir.com and a Sp. Forces Officer at 5.30 on tape — disputes that. Worth a look. Totally credible source.


9 posted on 06/05/2014 5:34:56 PM PDT by bunster
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To be entitled to prisoner-of-war status, captured persons must be lawful combatants entitled to combatant's privilege—which gives them immunity from punishment for crimes constituting lawful acts of war such as killing enemy combatants. To qualify under the Third Geneva Convention, a combatant must be part of a chain of command, wear a "fixed distinctive marking, visible from a distance", bear arms openly, and have conducted military operations according to the laws and customs of war.-------per the Geneva convention.

The media is throwing the POW tag around kind of loosely. First he wasn't bearing arms, was not operating under chain of command, and may not have been wearing a uniform.

12 posted on 06/05/2014 5:36:56 PM PDT by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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Bergdahl wasn’t left behind. There are many soldiers still serving honorably in Afghanistan. The war isn’t over yet and the war will continue against the US for many years to come.

This “left behind” argument is all total BS. Frankly, I have no problem leaving trash behind.


13 posted on 06/05/2014 5:38:59 PM PDT by dforest
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Oh, it matters, and it matters a great deal if he had collaborated so far as to help them kill his fellow soldiers. He isn't a prisoner then. And 0bama has already dealt with at least one American jihadi through drone fire - Samir Khan. So let's not pretend this is any sudden new 0bamanian respect for military honor and the sanctity of American lives. He doesn't know the meaning of the terms.
14 posted on 06/05/2014 5:40:38 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Brian Resnick, Sarah Mimms and Elahe Izadi

O look! Three more people who have earned their death!

16 posted on 06/05/2014 5:52:55 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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“Jake Tapper asked him whether Bergdahl should have been rescued.”

False premise! The question should have been: Should the military/CIA have continued to try to find Bergdahl and bring him back to the United States? The answer to that would have been yes. Bring him back for a courts-martial for desertion or treason depending on the evidence. But he should not have been traded for five of the worst war criminals who have taken numerous American lives.


17 posted on 06/05/2014 5:54:27 PM PDT by ImNotLying (The Right To Bear Arms: Making good people helpless won't make bad people harmless!)
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I remember one of the big George W. Bush "scandals" was his service as part of the Texas Air National Guard.

Huge scandal!!
Huge!!
So much worse than anything Bowe Bergdahl did!!!!!!
Front page news around the country for weeks and weeks!
It involved ... uhhh ... it was ... ummmm ... well ... it was a scandal of some sort.

But it was HUGE!

18 posted on 06/05/2014 5:56:29 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Fegelein! Fegelein! Fegelein!)
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The Booshies and Rove are part of the problem the last 20 years.


19 posted on 06/05/2014 6:02:04 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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The reason you try to return a deserter is because you do not want him giving up information to the enemy. And this is especially true if he deserts in enemy territory. Why do you think 6 men died trying to recover these creep ?
23 posted on 06/05/2014 6:07:57 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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But when CNN's Jake Tapper asked him whether Bergdahl should have been rescued, Gerleve responded. "My opinion is yes; no American needs to be left behind."

Rescued? Of course. Traded for 5 terrorists? Hell no!

24 posted on 06/05/2014 6:09:37 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (Settled science.)
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A year later, there’s still no consensus on the question: Is Snowden a hero or a traitor? Expect a similar path for Bergdahl.

The diffrence being we have Bergdahl.
He can be tried and fiound guilty....


26 posted on 06/05/2014 6:33:45 PM PDT by 48th SPS
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Yes it does,

and that was fast.


27 posted on 06/05/2014 6:34:44 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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He didn’t desert... he defected..

Stamp reject on his ass and send him back to the sand box.


29 posted on 06/05/2014 6:46:33 PM PDT by cableguymn (It's time for a second political party.)
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