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Bergdahl's Attorney Wants Him to Receive POW Medal
Military.com ^ | 11/3/17 | Richard Sisk

Posted on 11/04/2017 12:18:44 PM PDT by Godebert

The lead defense attorney for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl said he wants him to receive the Prisoner of War medal.

His civilian lawyer, Eugene Fidell, on Friday said his client should be recognized for the five years he spent in Taliban captivity after deserting his post in Afghanistan, according to an article by USA Today.

"We have long felt he was entitled to the POW medal," Fidell said, the newspaper reported.

It wasn't immediately clear whether Bergdahl's defense team plans to push for the award as part of the process to appeal his dishonorable discharge.

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To: jospehm20

Making so much noise, he’s begging for it. Should have just faded into the background. Constantly reminding people of your misdeeds then asking for a medal for them? Amazing lack of awareness. Someone’s gonna snap on him.


21 posted on 11/04/2017 12:31:33 PM PDT by 1_Inch_Group (Country Before Party)
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To: Godebert

Adding insult to injury.


22 posted on 11/04/2017 12:31:51 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: Bryanw92

Some body might have an old rusty M1 bayonet, they would donate to pin any medal on this traitor!


23 posted on 11/04/2017 12:33:08 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (What, we have here, is a failure to communicate!)
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To: Godebert

Lawyer’s married to a reporter and their daughter’s an actress...


24 posted on 11/04/2017 12:33:48 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: lodi90

what makes you think Mattis wouldn’t want death?


25 posted on 11/04/2017 12:33:48 PM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: Godebert

The Great Escape POWs would beat the stuff out of Bow Wow the Dog Boy....

and then theres our American soldiers who were guests in the Hanoi Hilton...

not to mention the six American soldiers who died and the others wounded so terribly while out looking for his worthless butt...

Note: Why didn’t Obama award Bow Wow this medal ???

Eh ???


26 posted on 11/04/2017 12:33:56 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Godebert
Pardon me...Lawyer's married to a reporter and their daughter's an actress film maker...
27 posted on 11/04/2017 12:35:25 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Godebert
Just gve him a Traitors 'Я' Us bumper sticker.


28 posted on 11/04/2017 12:35:47 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Libtards wish anarchy and death for others, but exempt themselves.)
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To: Godebert

I want to be 24 again. Neither of us are getting what we want.


29 posted on 11/04/2017 12:35:52 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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To: bagster

Sadly, not gonna happen.


Why not? Bergdahl “served with honor & distinction”. Seems no careerist in the DOD chain of command has the balls to stop this PC nonsense.


30 posted on 11/04/2017 12:36:36 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: Godebert
...he wants him to receive the Prisoner of War medal.

"medal" = metal... copper jacketed lead.

7.62, .50 cal or 9mm?

31 posted on 11/04/2017 12:37:39 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

While I agree with Max on this one, I am pretty sure he is a good example of what happens when things get just a little out of control.


32 posted on 11/04/2017 12:37:48 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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To: Godebert

Can’t have it.

Public Law Title 32, 578.22 states under section 4 that any person convicted of misconduct or a criminal charge by a U.S, military tribunal, or who has received less than an honorable discharge based upon actions while a prisoner of war, or whose conduct was not in accordance with the Code of Conduct, and whose actions are documented by U.S, military records, is ineligible for the Prisoner of War Medal.

He was lucky not to get jail time. They should have taken the prize and walked. He may have to get a new name just to keep his teeth where ever he goes for the rest of his life. (No matter how short it may be)

rwood


33 posted on 11/04/2017 12:38:32 PM PDT by Redwood71
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To: Godebert
His lawyer thinks Bergdahl deserves a medal. Image and video hosting by TinyPic From the "You can't make this **** up" dept.
34 posted on 11/04/2017 12:40:28 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Grampa Dave

I thought a DD meant the person was discharged right then..

hes staying in for at least 10 months for that the American taxpayer families of the men who died and were wounded have to contribute to paying his $10,000 fine..

meanwhile he gets promotions and pay raises ???


35 posted on 11/04/2017 12:41:23 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: donozark

Get a load of the douchebag lawyer’s wife- a regular bleedingheart :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Greenhouse

She reports on the Supreme Court so I’m sure that had something to do with the judge’s screwy descision.


36 posted on 11/04/2017 12:41:48 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Godebert
The lead defense attorney for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl said he wants him to receive the Prisoner of War medal.

The very definition of Hubris...

37 posted on 11/04/2017 12:42:26 PM PDT by Popman (My sin was great, Your love was greater  What could separate us now…)
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To: tumblindice

I also have to wonder if this isn’t **a deliberate insult** to the US military-at-large by the “civilian lawyer”.

And people wonder why lawyers are held is such low regard.


38 posted on 11/04/2017 12:43:20 PM PDT by ASOC (Forced to give a man a fish, he eats one day. Deport him and you'll never have to feed him again.)
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To: piasa

How could this doucebag afford her husband as a private lawyer?

Who is paying for a high price lawyer/s.


39 posted on 11/04/2017 12:43:51 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (What, we have here, is a failure to communicate!)
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To: tumblindice

Another waste product of Yale.


40 posted on 11/04/2017 12:43:52 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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