A radio news update on this story a few minutes ago mentioned that the soldier had “walked away from the base” and hadn’t been seen since. Anybody got an idea what this means? It almost sounded like they were saying that he’d deserted or something... but then again could have meant just about anything. Anybody else heard anything like that?
If the reports I read are true and this soldier walked off the base alone, in the company of some Afghans (who apparently were not even Afghan soldiers) then that was an incredibly irresponsible and idiotic thing to do. I don’t want any harm to come to him but when he is safely back in US hands he needs to answer some tough questions and face whatever punishment he deserves. His reckless act has put countless other US soldiers in danger, who now have to worry about saving his a@@ on top of everything else they have to do.
Every caption is misleading. At comcast.net The headline reads US Soldier Kidnapped. Officials confirm blah blah...captured by Taliban. Then when clicking to read the full story, there is a revised headline...”Feared Captured”