Posted on 12/19/2014 9:21:31 AM PST by PROCON
The U.S. Army's report on Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will show he deserted, but not that he is a traitor, two military analysts familiar with the case told Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor."
The report was completed in October, but has yet to be released to the public. Bergdahl walked away from his base in Afghanistan and was captured and held by the Taliban for five years.
He was released earlier this year in a controversial trade for five Taliban leaders being held at the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer, who said he played a role in one of three methods the United States considered in bringing Bergdahl back, told Fox's Bill O'Reilly on Thursday he has heard the final report mirrors the initial Naval Criminal Investigative Service report from 2009, just after Bergdahl was taken captive.
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Line up Bergdahl next to Major Hasan.
Against a wall.
And “Fire!”.
ping
Waterboard him till he spills all he knows about the Norks. When he protests he knows nothing, keep waterboarding him till he does.
the dems will probably have Bowe Bergdahl run for congress from his home district.
The penalty for desertion in combat is imprisonment or death...whether or not the deserter was a traitor.
I imagine there might be evidence that Bergdahl did not collaborate with the enemy, but anything could be staged once he was with the Taliban.
That report might “say” that he was not a traitor, but there is no way to prove that he was not a traitor. And picture or stories of him with the Taliban either carrying a weapon or engaged in training or going on a mission are all evidence that he very well might have been a willing participant.
But we should not allow a desertion to go unpunished just because no one can prove collaboration with the enemy. An Army cannot have its troops deserting and fabricating stories. The desertion MUST be punished, and the punishment must have teeth.
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