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re: 5 Taliban exchanged are high risk to attack again - wanted by UN for atrocities
Posted on 6/1/14 at 1:57 pm to TigerLicks
Posted on 6/1/14 at 1:57 pm to TigerLicks
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So the dad knew this was going to happen at least a week in advance
holy shite, and no one bother to tell congress. worst pres. ever. 
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Posted on 6/1/14 at 2:02 pm to jorconalx
Gonna play up the poor health angle now..
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Believing that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's health was deteriorating, the United States acted quickly to save his life after years of work to free him from being a prisoner of war, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday.
"It was our judgment that if we could find an opening and move very quickly with that opening, that we needed to get him out of there essentially to save his life," Hagel said. "I know President Obama feels very strongly about that, I do as well."
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A reporter asked Hagel Sunday whether Bergdahl had left his post without permission or deserted -- and, if so, whether he would be punished. The defense secretary didn't answer directly. "Our first priority is assuring his well-being and his health and getting him reunited with his family," Hagel said. "Other circumstances that may develop and questions, those will be dealt with later."
Posted on 6/1/14 at 2:12 pm to Alahunter
A transcript of radio intercepts, publicly released through Wikileaks, indicated that Bergdahl, then 23, was captured while sitting in a makeshift latrine.
'We were attacking the post he was sitting,' according to a radio intercept of a conversation among insurgents.
'He had no gun with him. ... They have all [the] Americans, ANA [Afghan National Army], helicopters, the planes are looking for him. Can you guys make a video of him and announce it all over Afghanistan that we have one of the Americans?'
A senior Defense Department official said previously said that if Bergdahl was released, it could be determined that he had more than paid for leaving his unit '.
Still, it's a conundrum for commanders under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the equal application of the law, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the Bergdahl case.
Eugene R. Fidell, who teaches military justice at Yale Law School, said if there is evidence that Bergdahl left his unit without permission, he could be charged with being absent without leave (AWOL) or desertion.
Desertion during a time of war can carry the death penalty.
But Congress never passed a declaration of war with respect to Afghanistan, and neither President George W. Bush nor President Obama has determined that U.S. military operations in Afghanistan make this a 'time of war' for the purposes of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Fidell said.
Were Bergdahl to be charged with desertion, the maximum penalty he would face is five years in prison and a dishonorable discharge, if it's proved that he deserted with the intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service
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'We were attacking the post he was sitting,' according to a radio intercept of a conversation among insurgents.
'He had no gun with him. ... They have all [the] Americans, ANA [Afghan National Army], helicopters, the planes are looking for him. Can you guys make a video of him and announce it all over Afghanistan that we have one of the Americans?'
A senior Defense Department official said previously said that if Bergdahl was released, it could be determined that he had more than paid for leaving his unit '.
Still, it's a conundrum for commanders under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the equal application of the law, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the Bergdahl case.
Eugene R. Fidell, who teaches military justice at Yale Law School, said if there is evidence that Bergdahl left his unit without permission, he could be charged with being absent without leave (AWOL) or desertion.
Desertion during a time of war can carry the death penalty.
But Congress never passed a declaration of war with respect to Afghanistan, and neither President George W. Bush nor President Obama has determined that U.S. military operations in Afghanistan make this a 'time of war' for the purposes of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Fidell said.
Were Bergdahl to be charged with desertion, the maximum penalty he would face is five years in prison and a dishonorable discharge, if it's proved that he deserted with the intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service
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Posted on 6/1/14 at 2:36 pm to Alahunter
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"It was our judgment that if we could find an opening and move very quickly with that opening, that we needed to get him out of there essentially to save his life," Hagel said. "I know President Obama feels very strongly about that, I do as well."
OH.. um... ooops.
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Bob Bergdahl said his son, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has passed all medical tests so far with "flying colors."
Posted on 6/1/14 at 2:37 pm to Alahunter
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Taliban claim captured U.S. solider has converted to Islam and is teaching its fighters bomb-making skills
By MAIL FOREIGN SERVICE
UPDATED: 08:39 EST, 22 August 2010
A captured American soldier is training Taliban fighters bomb-making and ambush skills, according to one of his captors and Afghan intelligence officials.
Private Bowe Bergdahl disappeared in June 2009 while based in eastern Afghanistan and is thought to be the only U.S. serviceman in captivity.
The 24-year-old has converted to Islam and now has the Muslim name Abdullah, one of his captors told The Sunday Times.
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This article is from 2010. If all this stuff is true, he needs to be tried for treason and put away for life.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 2:47 pm to Alahunter
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I've never had so much contempt for an administration, as the one on the Hill now.
Agreed....and I've lost any respect I may have had for the liberals that blindly drank his coolaid! 
Posted on 6/1/14 at 2:53 pm to Old Hellen Yeller
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Hopefully the powers that be are tracking them for recapture or killing once on the loose.
With this bunch of clowns in the White House? I'm surprised they didn't award them medals and paid them for the time they were pampered at gitmo!
Posted on 6/1/14 at 5:00 pm to stampman
I used to say that I hoped Obama would live to be 95; I just didn't want him to be President.
Now, it would be fine with me if the sorry, UN-AMERICAN BASTARD choked on a chicken bone tonight at dinner.
What a lousy, no-good pos.
Now, it would be fine with me if the sorry, UN-AMERICAN BASTARD choked on a chicken bone tonight at dinner.
What a lousy, no-good pos.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 5:11 pm to RollTide1987
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If all this stuff is true, he needs to be tried for treason and put away for life.
We agree on something.
Ill go a step farther and say that, if this is true, we exchanged 5 terrorists for 1.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 8:18 pm to LSUGrrrl
This guy was a traitor and for some reason Obama gladly gave up 5 known taliban members for this loser.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 9:11 pm to Alahunter
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U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl
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Private Bowe Bergdahl
how did he get promoted with being awol?
can anyone answer this?
Posted on 6/1/14 at 9:27 pm to KCT
quote:This board is epic with this stuff.
I used to say that I hoped Obama would live to be 95; I just didn't want him to be President.
Now, it would be fine with me if the sorry, UN-AMERICAN BASTARD choked on a chicken bone tonight at dinner.
What a lousy, no-good pos.
Leave it to the Poli Board to get all worked up calling for the head of the American President after he negotiated to return one of our servicemen home.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 9:32 pm to mmcgrath
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Leave it to the Poli Board to get all worked up calling for the head of the American President after he negotiated to return one of our servicemen home.
You do know that this service member deserted his post while at war to join the Taliban. Many people died trying to find him. His father... well I don't know what to make of him. When you ask the people that served with him what they think, it's not pretty. So yeah a lot people are questioning why we would give up the mother load of Taliban commanders for this seemingly POS.
This post was edited on 6/1/14 at 9:34 pm
Posted on 6/1/14 at 9:33 pm to C
quote:Got the VA off the front pages.
So yeah a lot people are question why we would give up the mother load of Taliban commanders for this seemingly POS.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 11:18 pm to monsterballads
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how did he get promoted with being awol?
can anyone answer this?
Two routine time-in-grade promotions, from PFC to Speciaist, and then from Specialist to Sgt.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 12:16 am to mmcgrath
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This board is epic with this stuff.
Leave it to the Poli Board to get all worked up calling for the head of the American President after he negotiated to return one of our servicemen home.
Roughly twelve soldiers - including six from his own unit - died trying to find this POS after he walked off his post.
You ought to check around and read a little about what the soldiers of 1/501 are saying right now. They are mutinous. I had the good fortune of serving with a handful of Geronimos when they came to my unit after that Afghan deployment. To a man they loathed Bergdahl with a hate that cannot be described. They - and I - never thought that he would actually make it through alive.
He should have rotted in captivity for the rest of his life. Now he should rot in Leavenworth for the rest of his life. He has to answer for at least twelve deaths.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 12:18 am to AbuTheMonkey
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He has to answer for at least twelve deaths.
He is being made a hero.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 12:23 pm to LSUGrrrl
The more I am learning about this entire situation the more it frustrates me.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 12:34 pm to mmcgrath
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This board is epic with this stuff. Leave it to the Poli Board to get all worked up calling for the head of the American President after he negotiated to return one of our servicemen home.
Oh you poor silly shill. If that was all there was to it, everyone would be happy about it, as I was when first reading about it. But when the thinking and honest read just a few more paragraphs of the details, on Bowe and on the Taliban prisoners released, it's very clear that this is yet another move by Obama that reeks of either ineptness ("oops, we should have done a bit more background on this deal!") or corruption ("MUST fabricate a distraction!"). Or worse.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 3:01 pm to beebefootballfan
quote:I don't think a Pvt with a year's experience as 11B or whatever he was would be able to teach the Taliban anything they don't already know.
Makes me wonder what the odd were that this guy purposely had himself captured so that he could train Taliban fighters in the ways of the military.
I know they aren't spectacularly trained or anything, but Bergdahl wasn't going to bring much to the table. Seems like a lot of trouble for zero payoff.
Personally, I'm withholding judgment until more info comes out about his capture. A lot of the "he defected" stuff sounds like the product of the rumor mill that got churning after soldiers were killed during the search to find him. People were understandably upset and it wouldn't shock me if they jumped to conclusions.
With that said, it is pretty strange that he just vanished from a post and got himself captured. He was either doing something really, really stupid, or he was deserting. Can't really defend him like he's blameless.
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