Army commander approves no prison time for Bergdahl

American Thinker ^ | June 6, 2018 | Rick Moran

[miss marmelstein]

I won’t deign to answer that question!!!

[Deo et patriae]

After reading this I think it is time for potus Trump to start reducing the number of high ranking military officers that were promoted by Obummer and especially Abrams.

[Delta 21]

Older brother served from 1966 to 2002. Retired with 4 stars

Younger brother was 6 years old when older brother was taking fire in Viet Nam.

[Delta 21]

In other words, this guy is the Jeb Bush of the Abrams family.

This decision is a swift kick in the nuts to every honorably serving uniformed sailor, soldier and Marine since forever.

[Bob434]

well now- what a gig- join the military- desert and get paid anyways and keep your job- gee that’s swell of the military-

[Bob434]

i assume he w3as still being paid by military?

[phormer phrog phlyer]

Concur, military-justice were mutually exclusive terms in this case.

Pray for the souls for those who went looking for him, and all those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.

[BBell]

It's not just the Army but the military in general. After the first gulf war I was a platoon sergeant for all the conscientious objectors/deserters etc. in the Marine reserves. A lot of them got excited when the other branches started discharging people without brig time. Not the Corps. We put them all in the brig.

That was during the GHWB years.

[GreyFriar]

You have lost your bet. General John Abrams retired as a 4-star general in 2002. He is 14 years older than Robert, his youngest brother, thus became a BG (approx 1990-91) 8 years after Robert was commissioned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_N._Abrams

General Robert B. Abrams is his younger brother and the youngest of General Creighton Abrams’ children. He was born in 1960 and commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1982.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_B._Abrams

[laplata]

He was going to retire once he got home for Christmas. He was fed up. They were worried he was going to speak out.

Yes, there’s no way he would make it today.

[Boomer]

Justice was NOT served.

[Maverick68]

I despise Obama and wish nothing but horrible, horrible things to happen to him....that’s all I can say.

[BuffaloJack]

It’s too bad that no prison time isn’t a way of saying a long rope and a quick drop.

[laplata]

I’m with you.

[Delta 21]

Im sure this will be a great morale booster for the troops. Tune in to the nightly news for details.

[Chode]

ten bucks says that little faggot will get his one way or another

[MayflowerMadam]

Can this decision be overturned? If so, by whom?

[jazusamo]

I’m sure no JAG officer but I don’t believe so.

I’m guessing but I think the Army just wants this thing to go away so he’ll be out of their hair.

The whole thing stinks, his fellow soldiers in his unit spoke out about him deserting and the powers that be ignored them.

[jazusamo]

In my view he’s most deserving of it, and sooner rather than later.

[Theophilus]

I was not Bergdahl's brother in arms. If I were, I'm sure I'd want to shoot him.

Mitigating factors:
• He should have never qualified to be in the Army after he couldn't hack the Coast Guard. He was a known nut.
• He was more of an idiot insubordinate than deserter. He wanted to complain, not escape.
• His unit's mission (wilderness OP) and the overarching mission of nation building in Afghanistan were truly idiotic in the great traditions of modern Western military science. Not that he got a vote.
• He spent five years in caged hell and he tried to escape.
• His POW status was exploited by every mission planner in Afghanistan for resources. You could say he was responsible for every casualty that occurred during his captivity. But that's not true.
• Shooting is not good for recruiting that blizzard of snowflakes the next Democrat/Neocon administration will need for the next "counterinsurgency" trillion dollered mission Gains sad sack fanatics with $100 lifetime net worths.