Bergdahl Should Be Awarded POW Medal, Purple Heart

[longknife]

As much as I want to see this scumbag in Leavenworth, his lawyer has a point. Hell, they promoted him to Sergeant while he was gone, so why not add the rest of the insult to the situation. And yeah, he's probably also eligible for the Afghanistan Campaign Medal and NATO Medal.

Read the full story @ Lawyer: Bergdahl Should Be Awarded POW Medal, Purple Heart | Military.com

 

[waltky]

Mebbe dey didn't mind missin' him?...

Command Sergeant Major: No Troops Died Searching for Bergdahl
Mar 31, 2016 | Command Sgt. Maj. Ken Wolf had a message for the families of troops killed in Afghanistan after Bowe Bergdahl walked off his post. "Their sons did not die looking for Pfc. Bergdahl," Wolf said on Thursday's "Serial" podcast, the 11th and final episode of the season.

The podcast investigating the Bergdahl case from seemingly all conceivable angles over the past few months, debunked the persistent rumor that six soldiers from his battalion had been killed during the 45-day, all-out search for Bergdahl. They were all killed in August and September, after the exhausting search effectively had been called off and the mission had changed to secure upcoming Afghanistan elections, according to court testimony. "We looked and we looked and we looked and we didn't find him," said Wolf, who was the top enlisted leader in Bergdahl's brigade. "No one in the Army is going to say, ‘We stopped looking for you', O.K? But here's the deal -- it's been 45 days and at this point we know where he's at. He's in Pakistan."

Bergdahl's unit -- the 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment -- was not going to leave its battle space and go into Pakistan to find him, Wolf said. Wolf, who said he believes Bergdahl betrayed his unit, nonetheless countered arguments from other soldiers that the search had second- and third-order effects that resulted in troops being killed in ambushes and other attacks. "It doesn't hold water because you're in a very bad neighborhood regardless. You can get killed any day," Wolf said.

Bergdahl walked off Observation Post Mest just after midnight on June 30, 2009, with a plan to hike 20 miles to Forward Operating Base Sharana to report what he viewed as his unit's dangerous leadership, according to court testimony. He was captured hours later by the Taliban and kept captive for nearly five years under tortuous conditions in Pakistan. He was released in 2014 in a prisoner swap that sent five Taliban detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Qatar -- a deal that helped politicize the case. In televised statements, soldiers were enraged by the idea that Bergdahl might be lionized, when in their view he was a deserter and possibly a traitor. Some claimed he was responsible for others' deaths and deserved to be court-martialed.

Bergdahl, 30, promoted to sergeant during his captivity, is headed to court-martial later this year on charges of desertion and misconduct that endangered troops who searched for him. The crimes carry sentences ranging from "no punishment" to life in prison. Two Army officers who investigated the case said Bergdahl should not be imprisoned, and most experts consider it unlikely that he would be harshly punished because of mitigating factors: Bergdahl enlisted in 2008 with a waiver after washing out of Coast Guard basic training with an emotional breakdown and has been diagnosed with a personality disorder that features delusions and paranoia. He was, according to court testimony, a naive idealist who sought to do the right thing, no matter the consequences, and a model prisoner-of-war who tried repeatedly to resist and escape.

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[JoeB131]

The person who ought to be courtmartialled is the person who enlisted Bergdahl to start with.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

The only thing the traitor deserves is to be shot.

 

[JoeB131]

The only thing the traitor deserves is to be shot.

tell us again about how you are "pro-life', Fat Irish Sow, because that one never gets old.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

The only thing the traitor deserves is to be shot.

tell us again about how you are "pro-life', Fat Irish Sow, because that one never gets old.

GFY ya befuddled old fruit loop and learn the difference between an innocent and a traitorous POS.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

What part of GFY didn't you grasp, old timer? An innocent child is just that, innocent, Berghdal is a traitor that put his brothers at risk. Of course you're to phucking stupid to grasp it. But of course you have to have Velcro on your shoes....

 

[JoeB131]

What part of GFY didn't you grasp, old timer? An innocent child is just that, innocent, Berghdal is a traitor that put his brothers at risk. Of course you're to phucking stupid to grasp it. But of course you have to have Velcro on your shoes....

Fetuses aren't children. No woman who has an abortion thinks of it as a "child". They think of it as 'That thing I got to take care of."

There's no real evidence that Bergdahl was a "Traitor". The evidence from the Army's own investigation was that he was a young man with mental issues who thought he could get a shakeup of his unit if he "went missing". Which was really, really stupid, but not 'traitorous".

 

[SassyIrishLass]

What part of GFY didn't you grasp, old timer? An innocent child is just that, innocent, Berghdal is a traitor that put his brothers at risk. Of course you're to phucking stupid to grasp it. But of course you have to have Velcro on your shoes....

Fetuses aren't children. No woman who has an abortion thinks of it as a "child". They think of it as 'That thing I got to take care of."

There's no real evidence that Bergdahl was a "Traitor". The evidence from the Army's own investigation was that he was a young man with mental issues who thought he could get a shakeup of his unit if he "went missing". Which was really, really stupid, but not 'traitorous".

They are life....you lose, asshole

 

[depotoo]

And you know this how? Sure there are callous women that deny the truth so they can live with themselves, but most don't. I just wanted to correct your mischaracterization.
But that is for another thread. This is about Bergdahl and his heinous crime.

What part of GFY didn't you grasp, old timer? An innocent child is just that, innocent, Berghdal is a traitor that put his brothers at risk. Of course you're to phucking stupid to grasp it. But of course you have to have Velcro on your shoes....

Fetuses aren't children. No woman who has an abortion thinks of it as a "child". They think of it as 'That thing I got to take care of."

There's no real evidence that Bergdahl was a "Traitor". The evidence from the Army's own investigation was that he was a young man with mental issues who thought he could get a shakeup of his unit if he "went missing". Which was really, really stupid, but not 'traitorous".

 

[JoeB131]

They are life....you lose, asshole

Unfortunately for you, medical science, the law and even the bible don't support that view.

But do keep being angry about it.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

They are life....you lose, asshole

Unfortunately for you, medical science, the law and even the bible don't support that view.

But do keep being angry about it.

You're an idiot. Life is life, if they found a clump of cells on Mars you'd be claiming and screaming "they found life on Mars!!" You know it and I know it. Now sit down, fool

 

[JoeB131]

And you know this how? Sure there are callous women that deny the truth so they can live with themselves, but most don't.
But that is for another thread. This is about Bergdahl and his heinous crime.

except what was so heinous about his crime. He left his post and got captured. The army's own investigation found he didn't intend to desert, had no malicious intent and had serious mental issues. it also recommended NO punishment.

The only reason why you folks on the right care at this point is because his parents did a photo-op with Obama.

Before his release, the Right clamored that Obama do more to get him released. Until he did get him released, and then he became the worst traitor since Benedict Arnold.

Instead of some poor kid who would have normally washed out of boot camp but the Army was too desperate for head count to actually use its own system for weeding out guys like Bergdahl and Manning.

 

[JoeB131]

You're an idiot. Life is life, if they found a clump of cells on Mars you'd be claiming and screaming "they found life on Mars!!" You know it and I know it. Now sit down, fool

Um, yeah, but what I wouldn't do is insist that we force a woman to keep that clump of cells inside of her or threaten her or her doctor with criminal punishment like your frontrunner wants to do.

 

[Rustic]

What part of GFY didn't you grasp, old timer? An innocent child is just that, innocent, Berghdal is a traitor that put his brothers at risk. Of course you're to phucking stupid to grasp it. But of course you have to have Velcro on your shoes....

Fetuses aren't children. No woman who has an abortion thinks of it as a "child". They think of it as 'That thing I got to take care of."

There's no real evidence that Bergdahl was a "Traitor". The evidence from the Army's own investigation was that he was a young man with mental issues who thought he could get a shakeup of his unit if he "went missing". Which was really, really stupid, but not 'traitorous".

There's no real evidence that he has a spine either... Lol

 

[deltex1]

You call this child the size of a kidney bean?

Most abortions are performed at 8 weeks, not 16. And a fetus isn't that big at 16 weeks, either.

Joe thinks that size matters...you only become human after you're a foot long. It's what separates humans from hot dogs in Joes confused world.

 

[Rustic]

And you know this how? Sure there are callous women that deny the truth so they can live with themselves, but most don't.
But that is for another thread. This is about Bergdahl and his heinous crime.

except what was so heinous about his crime. He left his post and got captured. The army's own investigation found he didn't intend to desert, had no malicious intent and had serious mental issues. it also recommended NO punishment.

The only reason why you folks on the right care at this point is because his parents did a photo-op with Obama.

Before his release, the Right clamored that Obama do more to get him released. Until he did get him released, and then he became the worst traitor since Benedict Arnold.

Instead of some poor kid who would have normally washed out of boot camp but the Army was too desperate for head count to actually use its own system for weeding out guys like Bergdahl and Manning.

They should've left that spineless, traitorous piece of shit there… Obviously he enjoyed his voluntarily prisonership there. Dumbass

 

[dannyboys]

Anyway.
Bergdahl will never be able to walk down any street in the country in safety.
If he did he might as well wear a jacket with big bullseyes on it.
He wouldn't last an hour if anyone in who has ever served in the military spotted him.

 

[Moonglow]

The only thing the traitor deserves is to be shot.

We could recommend that for you also...but we're sorry for the bullets...not for Bergdahl...How many years did you never serve in the military?

 

[Moonglow]

Anyway.
Bergdahl will never be able to walk down any street in the country in safety.
If he did he might as well wear a jacket with big bullseyes on it.
He wouldn't last an hour if anyone in who has ever served in the military spotted him.

He would around me, as I do not condemn what happens in war under stress and duress..If you have ever served, you understand this...