Posted on 10/16/2017 9:23:46 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
President Barack Obama's national security adviser said Friday that her full-throated praise of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was appropriate given the former Taliban prisoner's willingness to go to war for his country -- despite questions about whether or not he deserted his Army colleagues. Susan Rice, who on Sunday said Bergdahl served the United States with "honor and distinction," told CNN in an interview that she was speaking about the fact the Idaho native enlisted and went to Afghanistan in the service of his country.
"I realize there has been lots of discussion and controversy around this," Rice said. "But what I was referring to was the fact that this was a young man who volunteered to serve his country in uniform at a time of war. That, in and of itself, is a very honorable thing."
Rice said Friday that it was essential for the military to hear Bergdahl's side of the story before coming to conclusions about what prompted his capture by the Taliban.
"This is a young man whose circumstances we are still going to learn about," she said. "He is, as all Americans, innocent until proven guilty. He's now being tried in the court of public opinion after having gone through enormously traumatic five years of captivity."
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I suppose to an Obamalackey like Rice, desertion is honorable as a way of leading from behind.
History is going to be brutal to these pathetic leftists..
No, it wont. Theyll the ones to write that history and theyll emerge champions every time.
If you haven’t noticed they are on the decline...
We traded 5 prisoners and cash for this treasonous bastard. Never let them forget this.
so why isn’t Acosata rushing to Susan Rice to get her thoughts on Bergdahl pleading guilty to a death penalty applicable charge of desertion ?
Why isn’t Acosata rushing to Obama to ask his thoughts on this ?
Why isn’t Acosata rushing to Bowe Bergdahl asking for his thoughts on this ?
Why isn’t Acosata... oh never mind!
On the decline? Looked at academe lately? They are as firmly in control as ever. And that’s where history is written. The last few generations of graduates are all steeped in leftism. Nothing’s changed.
Getting leftism out of academe is like making government smaller. We talk about it but never do it. Or haven’t you noticed?
So. You can whine all you want about academia in “higher” education. If universities and colleges want to publish and promote #Fakehistory they do so at their own peril. If movie studios want to finance #Fakehistory they do so at their own peril as well. America is striking back...look at the push back against Obama’s Common Core. Trumps’ victory was partially due to married women presumably because they had children.
Whadddaloddahooey. The leftist historians are the ones who write the books that are used to teach the history. Trump’s presidency has no bearing on that closed loop. It started in the sixties and has never slowed. Your naivete is charming, though.
Only a Leftist/Democrat could call desertion “honorable”.
arg...That should be: asking Robert Bergdahl’s thoughts on this.
Why has this execrable creature not been run out of the country on a rail?
A proven craven, serial liar, yet still gets invited to voice her opinions on talk shows.
You must have missed the past 8 years because the left has suffered historic defeats all across America, and the trend will continue in 2018. I have 2 kids in public schools and here in our district in Georgia we defeated the Obama incursion on education. No one is forcing anyone to attend any particular college, look at the University of Missouri which has suffered dramatically as a result of its leftist activism. Leftist historians can write whatever they want, just as conservative historians can state the facts.
This woman lies so well that it is scary. That business about Benghazi is such a lie and she and everybody else knew from the beginning that it was not a film that caused it. They were the democratic talking points only.
About Bowe Bergdahl, she knew the fact that he had walked away from his post from the beginning, that he was a deserter. She was saving Obama’s behind.
I agree with you in part, the left still holds a lot of university positions but I think parents are slowly waking up.
The left better hope like hell we never get another writer and historian like Shelby Foote.
Those are universities, then students have to go out into the real world...
I don't see the MEDIA chasing him down for a comment. He traded five evil prisoners and CASH for this a$$wipes release..
SO WHERE IS THE FORMER POTUS VOICE NOW????
Exactly. The media won’t dare question his moral authority as the supreme sjw...
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