Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Freed, 5 Years a Taliban Prisoner

[Ronin13]

Then stand him out back in front of a wall in front of a firing squad. After his lawful convistion of course.

Where do I volunteer for that?

[rbeau30]

(c) Any person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct, but if the desertion or attempt to desert occurs at any other time, by such punishment, other than death, as a court-martial may direct.”

We are/were "at war with terrorism". The Afghanistan campaign really wasn't a war either... darn.

[Great-Kazoo]

Well, they've cancelled the home town parade.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/bow...-rally-n122841

[hollohas]

Something just isn't right with this so-called prisoner swap. There is something much larger going on behind the scenes, there has to be. Even if you ignore the fact he is a traitor and the gitmo prisoners we swapped weren't actually POW's, treating this as an actual POW situation, it doesn't make sense. In no prisoner swap in history did it make sense to swap an Army Private in exchange for 5 Commanders. I am starting to think this entire swap is a distraction for something else going on. Some have said they think it might have been a distraction from the VA thing. I don't believe that. The administration has weathered much bigger storms than the VA scandal. That's no skin off their back. I have a gut feeling some other backroom deal is going in here. Something even more outrageous. Something so outrageous that the administration was willing to take the heat for this so-called "swap" in order to hide something else.

In other words, this entire "swap" seems like a sacrificial scandal to distract us...but it's so big it's hard to imagine what they are truly up to. We're distracted by the "negotiating with terrorists to free a traitor" part. Bring out the foil, but my gut says there is more going on here.

The junkyard dogs are snacking on a t-bone thrown to them by a thief who's busy stealing parts.

[StagLefty]

^ Even if this is true-will anything be done is the question ?

[BPTactical]

^ Even if this is true-will anything be done is the question ?

[Aloha_Shooter]

Sometimes I wish the govvies were as Macchiavellian as posters here want to make them out to be. In a Hollywood treatment, those 5 badasses would have tracking units implanted so we could locate a nice big crop of badguys and smoke the whole kit and kaboodle. In the real world, there are a lot of good people dedicated to protecting the US, a lot of dumbarses who just want a safe cushy government job and a small number of power hungry freaks. The latter two categories make the first one look bad and the press appears bent on distorting everything they can in order to tear down any organization or institution bent on protecting the US or its heritage.

[sellersm]

Another point of view with questions to be answered. http://www.westernjournalism.com/exc...hls-desertion/


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[davsel]

[Ronin13]

I finally just watched the Taliban video of the exchange; prompted by a story published by The Blaze (I'll post link below) and there are several red flags I agree with. The most alarming part of the video is two fold: 1) armed insurgents/Taliban fighters surrounding the LZ, one of whom has a freaking RPG; 2) the fact that the Taliban (still sworn enemies to everything American) have the high ground in a near perfect ambush position. Another issue, and perhaps largely unnoticed by most who see the video, how cordial and friendly Bergdahl appears with his "captors" considering how well fed and healthy he looks. This screams something much worse than just a simple exchange. Never mind that they don't frisk Bergdahl until he is a couple feet from the door of the UH-60 (a $21.3 million dollar aircraft with at least 7 US personnel onboard). I have a lot of questions as to how/why this went down... Namely why would special operations personnel break SOP on this operation so badly? What exactly were the terms of this deal that allowed an SF contingent to put themselves in such a vulnerable position? I may not have been a high-speed operator, or even an infantryman, but even MY Spidey senses tingled several times watching the video. Watch the video and see for yourself, then read the story... Kinda scary how it appears some rag tag organization like the fucking Taliban have brought the mightiest military force in human history to it's knees, all thanks to our current President.
http://youtu.be/eQKd7pYFx5Y
Fast fwd to about 8min to see the exchange.
Story: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014...obably-missed/

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