Leave No Man Behind (Beyond reprehensible)

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 author is a vitrolic blabbering idiot who promoted Feinstein and Hillary, Joe Manchin and Jay Rockerfeller, among others, to the Republican party in this hit piece, “yes, all are members of the GOP”. I wouldn’t expect this person to know the difference between civilian and military courts. It’s a wonder the author can navigate traffic signs. (I won’t even go into what I think about the editor who approved this drivel.)

Our country has become so immature a black president is no longer a president, he’s a race. Any criticism of a black president is consistently portrayed as wholesale criticism of a race. Question a policy - that’s racist. Question members of the administration - that’s racist. Question Obamacare - that’s racist. Impeach Obama - that’s racist. For six-year olds, all they’ve heard all their lives is non-blacks are racist.

Following Obama with West won’t help. West isn’t a liberal and he isn’t a Dem, so in the current political environment, as President, he will be as vilified as Bush within those communities. I wouldn’t wish that on him in a million years. Stick him in as VP where he’s at least insulated somewhat. Until certain elements in our country are mature enough to accept a black man -as a man- and not as a race, be it West or someone else, and to accept the white man - as a man - and not as a race, we would do better not to perpetuate the immaturity and resultant hostility generated down to the masses that is building to a crescendo.

no, I would not want Allen West as president. It’s not what’s wrong with me, it’s not what’s wrong with Allen West being an African-American or even Obama being a black man - it’s what’s wrong with the country. [...]

Following Obama with West won’t help. West isn’t a liberal and he isn’t a Dem, so in the current political environment, as President, he will be as vilified as Bush within those communities. I wouldn’t wish that on him in a million years. Stick him in as VP where he’s at least insulated somewhat.

Wow, I could not disagree with you more. You are basically saying that a black person should not become president because the country has become too immature to handle it.

This is lowest denominator, plantation style thinking at its worst. DIMS do this, not us!

"We can't have black managers at this company. Employees can't handle a black person as their boss. They could be assistant managers, though."

"We can't have blacks sitting just anywhere on the bus. It makes bus drivers and passengers uncomfortable. They can sit in the back, though."

This is how your argument sounds. And its deplorable. If a man or woman is qualified and has the temperament for a position of power, by God they are qualified no matter what their race is. Period, end of story.

Sorry, under obama the “New Army” slogan is;

“Never leave your buddy’s behind.”
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Very witty but it will not be understood by all those who think that an apostrophe denotes a plural rather than a possessive. Wit is wasted on the ignorant. The kind of sophisticated political satire that used to be seen in newspaper comic strips would fly over the heads of most today.

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