Posted on 06/06/2014 12:00:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Ranger Creed 5th Stanza "Engergetically will I meet the enemies of my country. I shall defeat them on the field of battle for I am better trained and will fight with all my might. Surrender is not a Ranger word. I will never leave a fallen comrade to fall into the hands of the enemy. "
Leave no man behind is throughout our armed forces, as a badge of honor. Many a military medal has been won by following this creed. The creed does not say “Leave no man behind…unless we don’t like him…or a black president got him freed…or he may have been upset with the army. We leave NO AMERICAN BEHIND. The blatant political posturing of the right wing against Obama getting Bowe Bergdahl released is distgusting. Every American and especially every person in the service should turn their backs on the likes of John McCain and his ilk (like the poor excuse for a carbon based life form otherwise known as Sarah Palin). We got an American soldier back. But many in the Senate and Congress (yes, all are members of the GOP) believe we should have let the Taliban keep and torture him. An American. An American POW. We should have let him starve to death or be beaten and tortured until he died because it is politically expedient.
John McCain is a former POW. He was released when we negotiated with the enemy. He was held in the absolute worst of conditions. Beaten. Kept in solitary confinement in ways we cannot bear to imagine. But John McCain says we should have let the Taliban – a sworn enemy of the United States – keep him.
Of course this is because Obama is the one who got him freed. If john McCain was on the group that bartered this deal, he , like Frank Underwood, would have been at the front of the parade in his hometown when he returned to the US. A few weeks ago, on Anderson Cooper, McCain was asked if he would support trading the 5 Guantanamo prisoners for Bergdahl. His response “I would be inclined to support such a thing”. You can’t make this stuff up. If the GOP can’t get credit for something, we need to let AMERICANS DIE. Forget about the First Amendment – the right to free speech which the GOP is using as a reason to let him die at the hands of the Taliban – Bergdahl was unhappy and disillusioned with the war. Because he saw the war on terrorism for the noxious horrible sham that it was, putting American soldiers ves in danger, and killing hundreds of thousands of foreigners because of the war hawks need for death (and money). One of our absolute most sacred beliefs is the right to question our government – basically the very foundation of which our country was founded. And the GOP says we should let Americans die at the hands of our enemies for even considering disagreeing with American policy.
How about the 14th Amendment – that of due process? Many also say he should have been left with the Taliban because they believe he was a deserter. The GOP will fight for felons to shoot black kids or anyone they don’t like because they felt “threatened” (their manhood, their virility) by virtue of the 2nd amendment. But send a soldier to die at the hands of our enemies without a trial or any actual evidence? In worst case scenario, a deserter can be sentenced to death. But hat is OUR decision. After the defendant has gone through our court system it would be possible to sentence him to the most serious possible penalty. There has been ONE person executed for desertion in 75 years. In WW2 alone, over 20,000 men were convicted of desertion. ONE was executed ( aman neamed Slovik), and it was to make an example of him. Bergdahl was a willing recruit, (unlike Slovik). He came better prepared to Basic than most guys finishing Basic. He went to war for all the right reasons – to stop the killing and the atrocities that our enemies were inflicting upon those less powerful – unlike Slovik who never wanted to be there and was drafted and even told his commanders he was AFRAID to fight. But it doesn’t matter. The GOP says we should have left this man to die. Was the cost very high for this soldier? Yes. But this is literally war, not kickball at recess. Most politicians also knew this was most likely the best, and probably LAST opportunity to get him out alive. We traded 5 men who had been at Guantanamo for 12 years without charges, without court dates. When we left Afghanistan, we would have returned the prisoners home, as that is what we are legally obliged to do. The Taliban recognizes nothing other than Allah, and twists their means to be backed by their religion (sound familiar?). Bergdahl would die at the hands of the Taliban if we hadn’t got him out. There would have been no reason for the Taliban to either return him, or keep him alive. The best we could have hoped was to see a video of our American soldier being executed by firing squad as the last wound the Taliban could have inflicted on the US.
We may disagree on many items. Taxes. Drugs. Abortion. Redistricting. All in the political sphere. But to tell our US soldiers that we will leave them behind. That they are not worth us getting our hands dirty. Every commentator and pundit claiming this is unpatriotic - I am ashamed to be called an American in the same breath as you. You are the ones who should be tried for desertion, and treason.
The key word here is comrade. Bergdahl ceased to be a comrade when he deserted.
0bama was notified immediately and automatically when the Benghazi consulate triggered the "Imminent Danger Notification System" alert. He did nothing.
Judge Jeanine Investigates Benghazi Gate Part 4 - 10/20/2012 video 6:53
Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer (U.S. Army ret.), former CIA Station Chief Gary Berntsen and former CIA operative Mike Baker
Howie Carr interview with Col. Hunt On The Newest Libyan Revelations audio 28:37
There are three scandals here...
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Denial of requests for security were a dereliction of duty. The lies and misdirection about the "video" after the attack were fraud and malfeasance under the color of authority. The inaction during the attack was something more than that.
The failure to act during the attack is the direct equivalent of desertion IMO.
ONE man had the authority to act that night.
ONE man deserted his post!
EXCLUSIVE: CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack, sources say
0bama abandoned his post.
He left 41 people to die.
0bama Is A Deserter!
“Never leave a traitor behind!”
six sentences in, to raise the race card, and 4 of the 6 were a quote.
must be some kind of record.
I hope to Heaven we never, ever, ever elect a black president again.
Sorry, under obama the “New Army” slogan is;
“Never leave your buddy’s behind.”
Nice Try,A$$H*LE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You captured the crux of the matter.
Wow, we need that BS Meter really bad here - I think it is past the maximum.
The author raises the 14th Amendment issue although when you enlist, you are now under the Uniform Code of Military Justice -
Let’s be frank, here. Imagine the enemy saying, “I understand your motto is ‘leave no man behind’?” Well, we’ll give you the prisoner if you release 1,000 of our men from your prison.
Do we mindlessly say, “OK”?
If this was a captured general, I could see us doing the five for one swap. If he was one of the better generals, anyway. But a desrter? We should have offered to give them one of their guys if they gave us Bergdahl plus $500.
Obama left him behind for 5 years.
let me make it simply for the author to understand
if the guy start shooting follow Americans, killed several, ran off the base. Its not a case of not liking the person. The person was no longer a comrade when he left
Do you still believe trading 5 enemy leaders for him is worth the trade
Will the author risk Americans lives to “save” Benedict Arnold under the guise of “leaving noone behind”
Negotiating with terrorist is very short sighted, even if he was a hero. You traded one American life for hundreds
This article is based on a logical fallacy because no one is saying we should have left a man behind.
We are saying we shouldn’t have traded five terrorist generals for him.
This article is propaganda, pure and simple.
Total, unadulterated Bravo Sierra.
We left a whole lot of Americans behind at Bataan.
We left a whole lot of MIAs behind in Veitnam...and some of them, particularly those that the North Vietnamese had given to Russia, we had a very good idea of where they were.
It is incredulous the way these people try and spin their words...and try and somehow take a false high ground when they themselves for years...for decades...have besmirched the ground our military walks on.
This war is not over. We still have people on the battlefield, as do the enemy. This enemy has not surrendered to us and has no intent of doing so. We have leaders who have no intention of doing what is necessary to win...they are only interested in getting the hell out...at whatever cost.
And this foolish, misbegotten, cowardly travesty of a trade proves it.
The President emboldens our enemies through such actions...and we know it, and they know it.
No amount of high browed talk will change that.
This trade of five bloodthirsty and dangerous terrorist leaders for a clear deserter, is a mockery of America and its military. It is a mockery of everything our true patriotic soldiers have fought, bled, and died for.
None of their high browed words will change that either.
How many US soldiers were wounded died to capture these five terrorist leaders and put them away? Obama and these liberals are making a mockery of their sacrifice.
American soldiers died and were wounded looking for this deserter. Obama and these liberals are making a mockery of their sacrifice.
Over 2,000 Americans have died and tens of thousands injured in pushing out enemy, the Taliban, to the borders of Afghanistan, to the hinterlands, and into Pakistan. Obama and these liberals are making a mockery of their sacrifice.
People who make these arguments are disingenuous at best...and are knowingly complicit with the mockery of the US military at worst.
But the outrage felt across this nation...when these fools thought they would be high-fiving...speaks for itself. And they know it.
Yawn. Typical liberal garbage.
Bergdahl wasn’t left behind. Bergdahl left and joined the Taliban. Big difference between him and a POW. And either he changed his mind and didn’t like playing Taliban or he used himself to get 5 of the enemy released or both.
> I hope to Heaven we never, ever, ever elect a black president again.
Oh that’s mighty white of you. I guess you wouldn’t want Allen West as president? What in God’s name is wrong with you? You think the problem with 0bama is that he’s black?
What other American President ever released five enemy from captivity while our Military was still in harms way? I do not recall any five for one swaps high ranking enemy prisoners for one PFC defector. Oh and fyi I don’t Hate Obama because of his skin color— I Hate him because he is an Enemy foreign or domesticated.
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