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Bergdahl Was In Unit Known For Its Troubles (Here come the smears)
The New York Times ^
| June 7, 2014
| Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Eric Schmitt
Posted on 06/07/2014 7:32:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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I was in more than one unit that was far from STRAC, but I never entertained a notion to wander off. Give me a break!
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Well, no wonder he went AWOL!
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posted on
06/07/2014 7:34:15 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Learn To Search. Ask Me How.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This is a very clear shot across the bow to anyone from the unit who speaks out. We’re going to look at everything you did and didn’t do, and we have no problem with making sh*t up.
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posted on
06/07/2014 7:35:08 PM PDT
by
Ouchthatonehurt
("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Yeah...his unit was "raggedy," so he decided to report them to the Taliban.
That'll show 'em. Harumph!
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posted on
06/07/2014 7:36:51 PM PDT
by
Milton Miteybad
(I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
To: Ouchthatonehurt
Mary Mapes and Dan Rather, please pick up the white courtesy phone.
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posted on
06/07/2014 7:37:02 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Well, where are the OTHER deserters from that unit?
(crickets)
Shut up, NYTs.
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posted on
06/07/2014 7:37:19 PM PDT
by
Bryan24
(When in doubt, move to the right..........)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The spin machine’s working overtime this weekend.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
There’s an old military axiom that says inspection ready units aren’t fit for combat, and combat ready units aren’t fit for inspection...
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posted on
06/07/2014 7:38:34 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Agreed. I doubt that there are more than 5% of troops in the field who shine their shoes, have white sidewalls, use brasso on their beltbuckles and so forth. But are they effective at their job? That’s the question and that’s typically what they are rated on.
And so it should be.
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posted on
06/07/2014 7:40:49 PM PDT
by
Rembrandt
(Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
To: Joe 6-pack
Spot on. If you’re in a combat cycle you’d never pass inspection. Inspections are for REMFs and generals that lead from the safety of the deep rear. Nobody ever won a war sitting on their ditty box.
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posted on
06/07/2014 7:41:34 PM PDT
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Obama admin will keep throwing things until they stick or a new scandal POPS UP
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posted on
06/07/2014 7:41:42 PM PDT
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: 2ndDivisionVet; GeronL
So why doesn’t the media call THIS swiftboating of those who served with Bergdahl?
It meets Chris Matthews (erroneous) definition of swiftboating (which actually means to tell the truth about those you served with).
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posted on
06/07/2014 7:42:58 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
What is with the Mr. this and Mr. that???
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posted on
06/07/2014 7:43:26 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
06/07/2014 7:43:53 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Rembrandt
And most of those are guys trying to get out of guard duty, want to be “soldier of the quarter” or bucking for promotion. I was a notoriously disheveled soldier yet some how made E-6 in less than four years.
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posted on
06/07/2014 7:43:59 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
06/07/2014 7:44:51 PM PDT
by
ConservativeInPA
(We need to fundamentally transform RATs lives for their lies.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Seems like the perfect reason to desert your unit and give aid and comfort to the enemy...
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posted on
06/07/2014 7:45:31 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: a fool in paradise
“Vicious truthing” is my terminology.
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posted on
06/07/2014 7:45:31 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I know I’m a broken record but it’s in no way about Bergdahl.
Obama’s reasons or excuses for what he did are irrelevant. Had it been a decorated soldier it would still have been treason. Sicking five dangerous thugs on our soldiers, on America is treason.
I’ll say what the politically neutered bunch in D.C. won’t say, Bergdahl wasn’t worth it. No one would have been worth it, the price was too high. If Obama really could not have struck a better deal than this, he should have left him. I hate to see how many are going to pay for this but the cost will be prohibitive.
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posted on
06/07/2014 7:45:40 PM PDT
by
Kenny
To: gov_bean_ counter
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posted on
06/07/2014 7:45:53 PM PDT
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2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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