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U.S. Official: Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Has Declined to Speak to His Family
WSJ ^ | June 8, 2014 | By JULIAN E. BARNES

Posted on 06/08/2014 11:15:42 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has declined to speak to his family after five years in harsh captivity that included being held in a cage after one attempted escape, according to a U.S. official familiar with the Army soldier's recovery.

Doctors treating Sgt. Bergdahl at a U.S. military hospital in Germany are moving slowly because of the swirling controversy over the soldier's release, the U.S. official said.

While he spent five years in captivity after being captured by Afghan insurgents in 2009, Sgt. Bergdahl doesn't yet want to talk to his family on the phone, the official said. Details of Sgt. Bergdahl's captivity were earlier reported over the weekend by the New York Times. NYT -0.13%

Sgt. Bergdahl has likely been shielded from most of the backlash his release has generated in the U.S. Some former platoon soldiers have accused him of deserting his post, and lawmakers from both parties have questioned the decision to trade America's lone prisoner of war in Afghanistan for five Taliban officials held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bergdahl; bergdahlhealth; bergdahlnarrative; bergdahlparents; bergdahltaliban; witnesstampering
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1 posted on 06/08/2014 11:15:42 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; Defender2; ...

Bergdahl ping.


2 posted on 06/08/2014 11:16:21 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Huh?? Bowe doesn’t even want to talk to “Goatboy”??


3 posted on 06/08/2014 11:18:30 AM PDT by CMailBag
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To: Jet Jaguar
No one really knows if he was in a cage. I believe his father staged a little drama...and standing by a cage..was telling the "story" of his son in a cage.

I hope Snowden is working on this. The Gov said his parents were being watched.

4 posted on 06/08/2014 11:18:49 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Jet Jaguar

Uh...”Some former platoon soldiers have accused... “???

I have yet to hear ONE who has not “accused him”

Let the spin begin


5 posted on 06/08/2014 11:22:26 AM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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To: CMailBag

It is just “narrative”. “They” (official u.s. officials speaking on the condition of anonymity from the lamestream) will polish their turd and make it look like he thinks daddy is too extreme, he’s just a good soldier and cannot support his dad’s views even in lieu of “what happened to him” (glossing over he CHOSE it). Later down the line, they will reunite at an obama beer summit or something to “cool things down” or something along those lines.


6 posted on 06/08/2014 11:22:50 AM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: CMailBag

If he did call them, what language would he use, supposedly he forgot his english....bet it is hard to communicate in the hospital


7 posted on 06/08/2014 11:23:20 AM PDT by JoanneSD
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To: Jet Jaguar
Poor Baby! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
NOT. . . .
8 posted on 06/08/2014 11:23:25 AM PDT by DeaconRed (The only person real happy right now is Rabbit Boy. . . JIMMAH. . . . He is now the 2nd worst. . . .)
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To: Jet Jaguar

He’s being programmed and told what to say would be my guess.


9 posted on 06/08/2014 11:24:39 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Jet Jaguar

If it was the other way around I could understand. . . .


10 posted on 06/08/2014 11:24:55 AM PDT by DeaconRed (The only person real happy right now is Rabbit Boy. . . JIMMAH. . . . He is now the 2nd worst. . . .)
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To: JoanneSD

Sign language?

This is pathetic.

The left is losing it.


11 posted on 06/08/2014 11:25:24 AM PDT by x1stcav ("The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.")
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To: Sacajaweau

What’s next. He realized he/she was trangendered after the his/her valiant battle to save their platoon.
And he was abused as a child yet to be played. Tune in next week.


12 posted on 06/08/2014 11:25:33 AM PDT by glyptol
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To: Jet Jaguar

Quoted in the article, the mayor of his hometown uses the claimed death threat against Bergdahl to launch a political tirade against “hate” and “polarization.”

It wouldn’t surprise me in the least if the death threat is a hoax from the left for agitprop purposes.


13 posted on 06/08/2014 11:25:43 AM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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To: CMailBag
Where's my baaaaaby boy? goatboy photo: goatboy goatboyrocks.jpg
14 posted on 06/08/2014 11:25:54 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Jet Jaguar

even Bergdahl is embarrassed of these two dopes


15 posted on 06/08/2014 11:26:41 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has declined to speak to his family after five years in harsh captivity
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I’d have asked for my Mom first thing...

She would have been in Germany to meet me...

I’m sure our govt flew the parents there to where the hospital is...


16 posted on 06/08/2014 11:27:06 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Jet Jaguar

His old man is crazier than he is.


17 posted on 06/08/2014 11:29:13 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: CMailBag

You mean “Ole Bob”?


18 posted on 06/08/2014 11:30:02 AM PDT by bandleader
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To: JoanneSD

He can’t speak to anyone until the writers finish the script.
This is pathetic.


19 posted on 06/08/2014 11:30:26 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Jet Jaguar

His American Family or Jihadi Family?

I’m getting so confused by all this....


20 posted on 06/08/2014 11:30:27 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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