Posted on 06/05/2014 7:44:22 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
An Obama administration official upset with the direction of the Bergdhal story voiced his concern on Twitter on Wednesday, floating a theory that put Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in a more sympathetic light--and his fellow soldiers as part of the problem.
The American people, he argued, were too quick to jump to conclusions about Bergdahl after his fellow soldiers spoke out about his disappearance.
“Here's the thing about Bergdahl and the Jump-to-Conclusions mats: What if his platoon was long on psychopaths and short on leadership?” asked Brandon Friedman, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at Department of Housing and Urban Development, in a series of Twitter posts.
“What if he grew disillusioned with what he saw, didn't trust his leadership, and walked off?,” he continued.“Legal? No. Worthy of sympathy? Maybe. If that were the case, the soldiers in his platoon would have all the more reason to smear him publicly now.”
Friedman, a former infantry officer in the Army, has been awarded two Bronze Stars for his service in Afghanistan and Iraq. He is also the author of The War I Always Wanted, a book that details his disillusionment with the U.S. Army and the decision to go to war in Iraq.
Friedman insisted that his theory was “not out of the realm of possibility” and called for Americans to withhold judgment until they heard both sides of the story.
“I’m not a fan of such speculation, but this story could not be more unbalanced - with so many premature calls of ‘traitor,’” he concluded.
Friedman has weighed in on the Bergdahl case in several other posts, in which he scorns critics.
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There is no other side. In 2010 The army did its own investigation and concluded the guy deserted/walked off and had walked off at least once before. How many times do you have to “walk off” before you are a deserter?
You should go back to the Civil War threads Sherm.
It seems to me that the effect of postmodernism to cause people to believe truth and accounability don’t exist has produced a particular form of mental deficit. I think the administration is full of people like this.
The flaws, I think, are immeasurable.
Generally that’s the prudent thing to do. The difference here is that after seeing pattern after pattern emerge, one can fairly dray logical conclusions based on evidence in hand.
No, no, no. The man got it all wrong. These soldiers were finding fault with Obama’s doings, therefore, racist.
Or used the ehn word?
Progressive=Communist
Looks rather light in the loafers imho.
It’s almost comical to listen to this idiotic spin,
they give so much to work with!
What if you are an affirmative action hire?
Even Idiot Savants need jobs....
LOL. That he did, but he did come through in the end. Also, Maggott is the kind of guy you want to fight with, not against.
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