The Troops vs. Bergdahl

American Thinker ^ | April 1, 2015 | Elise Cooper

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Bowe Bergdahl was a hero who survived approximately five years of imprisonment amongst the Taliban, so spun the Obama administration. They secured his release by trading five high-ranking Taliban. People cheered his return until his fellow soldiers spoke out, calling him anything but a hero. There are rumors that the Coast Guard turned him down for psychiatric reasons, that he went AWOL while in basic training, that he left the base to go drinking with locals, and that he gave actionable intelligence to the enemy. Just recently the Army decided to charge him with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. American Thinker interviewed several military-related individuals about their feelings regarding the Bergdahl controversy.

Kenneth Luccioni lost his son Matthew, one of six who died while on a mission following up leads to find Bergdahl. He is outraged that the president paraded Bergdahl’s parents in a Rose Garden ceremony and that many in the administration called him a hero. He told American Thinker, “I was insulted for a number of reasons. When Matthew died I was not invited to the White House and only received a preprinted auto letter. Then after the firestorm started people were assassinating the character of the men who served with Bergdahl. They were actually heroes twice: when they volunteered to defend this country and when they stood up for the truth about Bergdahl. They are vindicated now, but were accused of being renegades, discipline problems, and liars.”

The Obama administration is still trying to spin it favorably, stating that ‘Bergdahl served his country.’ While that may be true, those interviewed say they will finish the sentence: ‘Bergdahl served his country dishonorably, badly, and instead of served, substitute betrayed.’ Debbie Lee, the mother of Marc Lee, the first SEAL killed in Iraq,..

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They secured his release by trading five high-ranking Taliban. 
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... Plus $5 billion.