Posted on 03/25/2015 2:11:07 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
New York Times writer Helene Cooper must be posting her articles from an alternate reality. It is the only conclusion that one can reach when reading her reaction to the announcement today that Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who was swapped last year for five Guantanamo prisoners, will be charged with desertion.
So what is a major concern for Cooper? It is her speculation as to whether Bergdahl can still get an honorable discharge if found guilty and if not, how that will affect his job opportunities. I kid you not. Try not to slap your head too hard in exasperation while reading Cooper's bizarre concern:
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Bill Clinton was impeached but was not removed from off. Impeachment (voted on by the House) is the rough equivalent of being accused. The vote for removal (voted on by the Senate) is the rough equivalent of conviction and is what removes the pension.
Total ignorant about the military at the NY Times.
I should be shocked, but I’m not shocked. OF COURSE, the NYT is totally ignorant about the military.
According to FOX news this afternoon, Bergdahl has been charged with desertion. The finding was announced today.
Thanks.
I think the question I should have asked is what will be his sentence?
Another question is from what other action/story are they attempting to divert our attention?
If that mutt gets a pardon.
He will be looking over his shoulder the rest of his days.
May they be short!,,!!
If there is justice, he will get the honorable discharge from six rifles.
To a liberal desertion is like quitting a job without giving notice.
Only if a rope or a firing squad figures in an “honorable discharge”.
Short sentence.
That would certainly be a short life. I heard Judge Napolitano say he did not think there would be a court martial until the Obungler is out of office. That will give him plenty of time to pardon Bergdahl. Somehow, I feel this is exactly what the Obungler will do. Otherwise, the whole thing makes him look bad, swapping the Taliban dream team, for a scum bag deserter. It does not look good for him.
https://twitter.com/helenecooper/status/580817038144327680
Drew McCoy @DrewMTips 3h3 hours ago
@helenecooper How in the world do you think it’s an open question that Bergdahl could be convicted of desertion and be honorably discharged?
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@DrewMTips @helenecooper because he may not go to court martial. that’s still hasn’t been determined. he could go the article 10 route
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Stephen Sheiko ;@stephensheiko 3h3 hours ago
@helenecooper Article 10? Article 10 deals with “restraint of persons charged with offenses.” http://www.ucmj.us/sub-chapter-2-apprehension-and-restraint/810-article-10-restraint-of-persons-charged-with-offenses … @DrewMTips
Stephen Sheiko @stephensheiko 3h3 hours ago
@helenecooper Did you perhaps mean Article 15 non-judicial punishment? @DrewMTips
To the NYT: No, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will not get an honorable discharge for deserting his post in a combat zone. He will get prison time and a dishonorable discharge. Since he deserted in a war zone, he will be lucky not to get the death penalty.
UPDATE!!! As expected, the Times tossed that paragraph down the Memory Hole.
I find it imminently fascinating that these liberal writers... who have spent years painting veterans as creeps, psychos and junkies... completely disregard the likelihood that Bergdahl is a creep, psycho and heroin junkie.
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