Bergdahl pleads guilty to desertion.

[Squeeze]

6 men gave their lives looking for that traitorous bastard. This decision by that hack of a judge to forego prison for Bergdahl is a slap to the face of the families of the fallen.

[theGinsue]

It now appears that punishment for the most grievous of offenses under the military justice system (UCMJ) is essentially non-existent.

Bradley (aka Chelsea) Manning illelgally released over 750,000 classified and sensitive documents. The effects of this release are debatable but many believe that it was the catalyst for the "Arab Spring" events in which many lost their lives. Manning was subsequently convicted and sentenced to 35 years in prison (Ft. Leavenworth military prison) 3 years after his arrest. Barrack Obama commuted his sentence to 7 years from Mannings arrest. Manning served just 4 years of his 35 year sentence for all of his heinous crimes.

While the question of whether any lives were actually lost during the Berdahl search operations (I believe there were but some blog claims to have "debunked" this account and many in the general populous are taking this a proof that it didn't occur), the one thing we know without question is that many were injured - destroying their lives forever and that 5 terrorists were released to secure Bergdahl's release. We also know for sure that several of those 5 released terrorists returned to terrorist activities, responsible for the deaths of many more innocents.

Regardless if Bergdahl's intent was to aid the enemy or not, his sentencing should have been based significantly on the lives ended or destroyed because of his wanton and intentional actions.

The saddest thing is that his DD should mean the best he can hope for in employment in the future is as a school janitor or fast food worker but I foresee some liberal douche giving Bergdahl a high paying position in a prestigious firm. Sickening!