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Since Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was captured in the mountains of Afghanistan in 2009, his father had become an expert on Guantanamo Bays detainees. It was out of necessity, because the Taliban demanded that the United States free prisoners from Guantanamo in exchange for Bergdahl.
No family in the United States understands the detainee issue like ours, Robert Bergdahl said in a 2011 plea to his sons captors.
So it wasnt entirely unusual when Bergdahl apparently published a tweet last week about Guantanamos detainees. Except this tweet was directed at a Taliban spokesman. And it came just four days before it was announced that his son was finally being released.
I am still working to free all Guantanamo prisoners, the tweet said, according to various screen grabs. The tweet was subsequently deleted. God will repay for the death of every Afghan child, ameen.
The elation over the release of Americas only prisoner of war has mixed with questions about the circumstances of his disappearance and the cost of his return.
The recent tweet has only fanned those flames in some quarters.
Former GOP Rep. Allen West labeled it a potential smoking gun.
Folks, this is either a very bad case of Stockholm Syndrome or something far more nefarious is at stake, wrote West, a popular conservative activist. Regardless, there is more to this than meets the eye of Obama making a unilateral decision and announcement on a Saturday when he believes no one is watching.
Bergdahls critics view the tweet as another demonstration of the fathers and sons contempt for their own country. But the elder Bergdahls Twitter feed @bobbergdahl tells a more nuanced story.
In addition to calling for the release of Guantanamo detainees, Bergdahl also tweeted in solidarity with a a host of prisoners elsewhere, including abducted journalist James Foley, who was detained in Syria; Saeed Abedini, an American Christian pastor jailed in Iran; and Kenneth Bae, an American jailed in North Korea.
Bergdahl has also used Twitter to stay in constant contact with his sons supporters and sympathizers, tweeting often about his son and sharing articles about the war in Afghanistan interspersed with a few anti-war links and videos.
Its unclear why this particular tweet was deleted: A spokesman for the family told The Post on Monday that Bob and Jami Bergdahl were asked by the media about the now-missing message upon their return to Idaho from Washington. But the Bergdahls didnt discuss it.
They just nodded their head in acknowledgement of the question, but they didnt address [it] in their remarks, said Col. Timothy Marsano, the family spokesman.
During their long, painful wait for their sons safe return, the Bergdahls have vacillated between quiet, consistent remembrance and outspoken activism.
After his sons capture, Bergdahl appeared to pour himself into an effort to find solidarity with his missing son. He grew a long beard and learned Pashto and Urdu, languages spoken along the Afghan-Pakistan border.
And it has been no secret that he offers compassion to his sons captors.
Strangely to some we must also thank those who have cared for our son for almost two years, Bergdahl said in the 2011 video message to the Taliban. We know our son is a prisoner and at the same time a guest in your home.
Last year, during a rally hosted by the P.O.W. activist organization Honor-Release-Return, Bergdahl commented that the Taliban treated his son fairly.
Bowe and the other Americans in captivity have been extremely fortunate not to be badly mistreated by the Taliban, he said, referring to other unnamed Americans in captivity, as he often does.
At times during the last five years, he considered taking matters into his own hands. He thought about going to Pakistan to retrieve his son himself.
Ill talk to them, he told Rolling Stone Magazine in a 2012 profile. Ill bring him home myself.
And he has said he maintains constant e-mail contact with a Taliban member with knowledge of his sons whereabouts.
When negotiations stalled in 2012, the Bergdahls spoke out forcefully in favor of the exchange of Guantanamo prisoners for their son, in an interview with the Idaho Mountain Express even while they praised the U.S. governments handling of the situation.
Mr. and Mrs. Bergdahl are advocating that the Pentagon and the White House consider swapping one or more U.S. prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for their son.
Im pushing it hard, Mr. Bergdahl said. We started out by trying to encourage the Taliban to take care of our son. Now, were worried that the government isnt concerned enough to put him on the (negotiating) table.
Mr. Bergdahl said he believes a deal to swap Taliban prisoners at Guantanamo for Bowe would be a win-win for the United Stateshis son could be returned safely to Idaho and the government could foster goodwill with the Afghan people.
After five years of waiting, the U.S. finally did.
No wonder the leftist board members here are rushing to protect this guy. Islam.
No wonder the leftist board members here are rushing to protect this guy. Islam.
His brother Islamist B. Hussein Obama will try to protect him, but this deserter turd son caused more deaths than Benghazi! Barry may have stepped in really deep do-do this time!
If only he'd sold out countless of our secrets to our enemies. Then cons would adore him!
The far right turds are simply being stirred with a stick.
What a stink.
No wonder the leftist board members here are rushing to protect this guy. Islam.
Now I know I would do anything, everything and move heaven and earth to try to save one of my children. I can't fault the undying love of a parent for his or her child.
Even if that child is proven to be a deserter and a traitor to his country and his fellow soldiers.
ETA: I would if my son or daughter was convicted of being a traitor to make amends as best as possible. Especially to the families of the men that died looking for him. I don't know how you could make it up to them; but I would want my child to try.
In other words, the far left is having trouble polishing President Zero's turds.The far right turds are simply being stirred with a stick.
What a stink.
If any son of mine had done what this human piece of shit di and was directly responsible for the deaths of those soldiers I'd pull the fucking switch on him myself. And I do mean it.Now I know I would do anything, everything and move heaven and earth to try to save one of my children. I can't fault the undying love of a parent for his or her child.
Even if that child is proven to be a deserter and a traitor to his country and his fellow soldiers.
ETA: I would if my son or daughter was convicted of being a traitor to make amends as best as possible. Especially to the families of the men that died looking for him. I don't know how you could make it up to them; but I would want my child to try.
No wonder the leftist board members here are rushing to protect this guy. Islam.
is there anything you actually know?
every post .... rightwing spew....
