Remember jessica lynch was a hero unit it was found out she was hurt in an a vehicle crash, and her unit had failed to maintain their weapons.
Cynical until the inquiry is released.
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I agree. We'll have a good idea of what the deal was by how his case is finally settled. If he's court-martialled, he's almost assuredly guilty, as (at least in the Army) commanders are *very* loathe to press charges on someone in their command. It reflects poorly on the commander if a member of his or her command is court martialled.
OTOH, if he's more-or-less exonerated, or if no charges are ever pressed, I'd lay good odds that he was a plant. There's too much weirdness in the story just to be an "aww, shucks, I was just gonna go get some trim, and I went and got my dumb #ss kidnapped..." story.
In other words, I think the less we hear, the more likely it is that he was a plant. Just my $0.02.