Uh, Bowe, I don't think that's peculiar to the Army. May apply to other organizations. You ever wonder how the kids in the White House got ahead?
"Dude! Like, shut up!"
Posted on 06/04/2014 9:29:41 PM PDT by kristinn
An Obama administration official has floated the idea that Bowe Bergdahl was justified in deserting his platoon in Afghanistan and joining the Taliban over disagreements with the platoon's leadership.
Brandon Friedman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for the Department of Housing and Urban Development posted a series of tweets Wednesday evening in which he speculated that Bergdahl deserted over bad leadership of his platoon and that is why his fellow soldiers were smearing him.
"Here's the thing about Bergdahl and the Jump-to-Conclusions mats: What if his platoon was long on psychopaths and short on leadership? (1/5)"
" What if he grew disillusioned with what he saw, didn't trust his leadership, and walked off? Legal? No. Worthy of sympathy? Maybe. (2/5)"
" If that were the case, the soldiers in his platoon would have all the more reason to smear him publicly now. (3/5)"
" Given other examples, it's not out of the realm of possibility--and more reason to withhold judgment until after an investigation. (4/5)"
" I'm not a fan of such speculation, but this story could not be more unbalanced--with so many premature calls of "traitor." (5/5)"
Friedman's Wikipedia page says he is a decorated war veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and is a veteran of the Democratic Party front group VoteVets. He joined the Obama administration in 2009 at the Veterans Administration. He left in 2012 and rejoined the administration in 2014 at HUD.
“Dude. That was like, 2 hours ago.”
Never underestimate the low information voters, they’ll believe anything ......
Apparently not anymore. Have you seen the FOX and CNN polls this week ? Obungles isn’t faring too well after the VA scandal started to blossom. And wait for next week’s popularity polls to see what this week’s screw-up (or plans as some would have it) have had on the Marxist bustard.
Some of Obama’s sycophants are approaching the level of mindless loyalty that Hitler’s followers had.
I think we should all be able to defect if we don’t agree with our bosses, teachers, politicians, parents or platoon leaders.
Who needs a chain of command in life?
What ridiculous tripe designed to connect with the lowest of the low information voters (aka mindless Democrats).
Liberalism really is a mental disorder.
Keep in mind just how wholly destructive the Commander-in-Chief’s spokesman’s statements are. If the military is a democracy and soldiers can walk off whenever they’re disillusioned you have, not a civilian controlled military, but an armed anarchy driven by the whim of the moment.
Does this remind anyone, but me of the fall of the Roman republic?
You mean "Chelsea"? I try not to think about 'it'.
Yup. Obscene in every way.
We can do better than this. Our kids deserve better than this. WE deserve better than than this.
Ronald Reagan spoke of a shining city on a hill. I don’t think he would agree that the city should be ruled by an emperor.
I would really like to see that shining city while I’m still alive. See tagline.
Why doesn’t the WH make up a list of 100 excuses of why this private decided to desert his post, hand it too him, and ask him to pick one or two. Scandal solved...all is good.
You know the liberal argument, Chaplain ... "Some say that..." so it must be true, right?
Attacking the dead. A new low, even for the left.
If this is the case then every single military member who disagrees with any policies of SecDef Hagel and the Obama administration should be able to just walk out on their military service… active duty commitments apparently now are meaningless documents that all armed forces personnel can just put through a shredder
I mark this, the 5th of June, 2014, as the day when the Obama administration jumped the shark.
I mark this, the 5th of June, 2014, as the day when the Obama administration jumped the shark.
I can’t believe they actually said this, I’m shocked, actually shocked. I wasn’t expecting them to drop the facade til later.
This guy needs a tree to swing from.
Uh, Bowe, I don't think that's peculiar to the Army. May apply to other organizations. You ever wonder how the kids in the White House got ahead?
Great photo . . . too bad Bogart wasn’t around to play Nixon.
“I’m not a fan of speculation”
Yet every proceeding tweet is unmitigated speculation. Sick fluk, maybe if he makes an appointment with a VA Psychologist he will get in by the end of the year.
This Friedman Clown looks like a young John Kerry, how ironic. Now about those Medals?
This guy has an interesting background. A quick read might indicate that he is the Army’s version of John Kerry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Friedman
Thanks for posting this clarification:
“Mark Levin had a air force vet call in on his radio program today who corrected Mark on the term deserter vs DEFECTOR. A deserter leaves his post and disappears to points unknown. A DEFECTOR leaves his post and goes over to the the enemy’s side by choice.
Bergdahl is a DEFECTOR..the lowest of the low.”
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