Does he not understand the POS in question was not captured, but in fact deserted to the enemy and likely gave them useful intel?
Makes all the difference in the world to me.
Apparently Phil feels sorry for the traitor.
Well...yeah. "Suggestions".
I respect this man for his service and for his sacrifice, but his statement simply holds no water for me.
Lord I hate hippies, no matter what flavor they are.
He deserted and then went rogue. Big time difference.
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What would he say if he were rather captured, or his squadron-mates killed, on missions to rescue Jane Fonda?
No more need be said-- However, I thank Mr. Butler for his service to our nation in Vietnam... 
but he nowadays is a full fledged blivit, that's an old Navy term for "ten pounds of manure in a five-pound bag."
I can understand how someone who was a POW can empathize with Bergdahl but to do so means he has to overlook the fact that Bergdahl deserted and that is how he got where he was.
Bergdahl is a traitor and he should be treated like one.
This man Butler has broken faith with any person who wears or has worn the uniform. He is an ultra-liberal Democrat, and if that is a fact (and it is) he wishes to surrender this country to those who wish it ill.
The author laments how politicized Bergdahl has become...
While completely forgetting who politicized it. Barry brought his parents into the Rose Garden, to make a spectacle over it.
If the nature of his desertion is really still ‘under investigation’, the manner in which Barry gave his ‘seal of approval’ in the Rose Garden speech is beyond stupid. As commander in chief, he polluted the investigation...and as politician in chief, he took a fairly simple desertion case and made it very clear where liberals should line up.
As to the trade - the author forgets to note how Barry has pushed to release the fab five since he first took office, and put the onus on the military and intelligence agencies to prove why they shouldn’t be released. Then, all of the sudden, a prisoner swap? Its all too obvious that Barry wanted to release these very dangerous men. The only real question is why. But window dressing this release as a prisoner swap doesn’t change how dangerous this release was.
But don’t worry...they promised to stay put until after the mid-term elections...not that Barry politicized the situation, or anything like that.
I won’t be to hard on this pilot and former P.O.W. But he is failing to differentiate between captured and deserted.
Com-on MAN!
All evidence points to Bergdahl walking away from his post, and everyone else in his unit seems to support this narrative.
I'd be curious to know how much the Democommies paid the author to dream up this fiction. Did someone get jammed up with a commodities investment, or is upside down on his McMansion?
How sad. His brains obviously got totally scrambled while in captivity.
If his wingman went north and gave up his plane?
The guy is a full blown nut case.
Here are his writings on everything from Aids Awareness 1992, to why he won’t vote for McCain 2008, to the “Swift Boating” of John Kerry 2004, to “internet myths about Jane Fonda”, etc, etc.
http://phillipbutlerphd.com/writings/
That's all you need to know.......
The North Vietnamese did a number on this guys head...Same as John McCains
Butler’s article is very confusing, as is the man. A brave combat flier who was tortured and held in pretty bad conditions, along with most of the other American fliers who were captured. Probably did his best to resist the No. Vietnamese and for this he should be admired and respected.
However, he rambles in his stories and this shows that he failed to study history.
There weren’t “30 million No. Vietnamese” at the time of the war. Demographic numbers ranged from about 16-18 Million NVN in the mid 1960’s, outnumbering the SVN by about 2-3 Million (whence came their overwhelming manpower pool for their PAVN forces).
ALso, Bergdahl was not a traditional POW, captured on the battlefield, but was a mixed up AWOL, if not deliberate deserter.
While we can commisserate with his reportedly bad treatement by the Haqqani Network (not the Taliban per se), to release 5 top Taliban leaders was insane and will lead to the deaths of more Afghanis, Americans, and coalition soldiers. They live to kill and be killed. In other words, they are pathologically insane, and pose both an imminent and long-range danger to civilized people everywhere.
We were not allowed to “win” in Vietnam (a point about which I agree with him) but he apparently supports the Democrats who destroyed our victory in Iraq by pulling out our troops in such a deliberately reckless fashion, as we are seeing today.
I have friends who are/were (deceased) POWS, most of whom underwent not only torture for long periods of time, but who also saw their co-prisoners (both military and civilian), die in front of them (by execution or medical maltreatment or torture).
They have not turned against their country. If nothing else, they have renewed their devotion to protecting America, even as illness and age work against them. One last fight to wage, till their dying days. No whining, no crying, no quitting.
Just once more into the breach, and proud of being able to do it!