Posted on 02/18/2016 7:08:40 AM PST by MarvinStinson
HAILEY, Idaho -- It was the third text message from the unfamiliar number -- the one that made direct reference to Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl -- that frightened Sherry Horton. It was written in nearly unintelligible gibberish, but its tone was unmistakably menacing.
Ms. Horton had reason to be fearful: Hailey is the hometown of the American soldier who was vilified as a deserter and possibly even a traitor days after his release from Taliban captivity in May 2014 in a prisoner swap.
Here in Hailey, death threats soon followed -- hundreds of calls to the Chamber of Commerce and to businesses owned by people who had most visibly supported Sergeant Bergdahl, including the wine bar that Ms. Horton partly owns. The town canceled plans for a public celebration after a hostile biker gang and angry veterans' groups threatened to disrupt it. A crude bomb filled with black powder was left outside a local business.
"We were put through the worst of it," said Ms. Horton, who taught Sergeant Bergdahl ballet and remains close with the soldier. "And it's not over for us, that's pretty freaking clear."
Such is the transformation of this small town down the road from Sun Valley in the Northern Rockies, where yellow ribbons were once wrapped around trees along Main Street and "Bring Bowe Home" stickers were plastered on car bumpers. The ribbons and stickers are mostly gone, and the five years that Hailey stood behind its hometown kid when he was held by the Taliban have given way to a distrust of outsiders and a bitterness about the hostile tenor of American politics.
There is a "mob mentality that's been created and is being created," said Lawrence Schoen, the commissioner of Blaine County, where Hailey is.
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Sure, let’s give all terrorists luxury accommodations.
Both would be dead within hours : )
But that would be because mean right wingers in the US made the poor muslims angry.
My favorite left wing insanity is State Dept. flunky, Marie
Harf (wit), and her
“Jobs For Jihadi’s “ program.
Their terrorist buddies didn’t kill him before.
He was a useful idiot then. He’s a household name now. Now he’s a liability.
I've said all along that if the Feds got a hold of the dad's computer and cell phone, they would find he had been in contact with his son all those years.
Why else would he learn how to speak the language of the region in Afghanistan where Bowe fled to?
Marie Harf and Jen Psaki—the two Valley Girl spokesmen for the US.
They are objects of ridicule in Armenia, Russia, Poland, Hungary
Is it 'vilification' if it's true?
Afraid you are in error.
The esteemed patriot and military expert Susan Rice said that Bergdahl served with “distinction.”
How did you manage to type that without barfing up yesterday's breakfast?
Exactly!
Susan Rice makes Marie look like a wizard : )
One must be impressed with the esteemed Susan Rice.
She set a WORLD’S RECORD when she went on FIVE TALK SHOWS IN A SINGLE DAY to say that Benghazi was caused by a youtube video.
They’d probably be thrilled to strap on belts for the cause.
Does Guinness have a category for pathological liars? Is her picture featured in it?
Susan Rice was Jarret Obama’s first choice to replace Hillary as Sec. of State.
but sadly the mean rightwingers kept her from that with their Lies
and so second choice John “War Hero” Kerry eagerly took the slot.
Let them die with glee!
At least we get the right end result : )
SUSAN RICE---SERIAL LIAR.
WILL LIE FOR ANY OCCASION.
I don’t see the deaths of a few US soldiers or citizens as the right end result. I think it would be better to try him for treason and execute him.
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