January 27, 201511 yr Bergdahl Facing Desertion Charges I remember this being a hot button issue a while back on here. So the guy we released 5 terrorists for deserted his fellow troops. Not a good look for us IMO.
January 27, 201511 yr Army spokesperson says these reports are premature and speculative. My guess he'll end up being charged.
January 27, 201511 yr Word also is the POTUS doesn't want the Army release all charges and go light on it so as not to make them look bad.
January 27, 201511 yr Author Word also is the POTUS doesn't want the Army release all charges and go light on it so as not to make them look bad. Link?
January 27, 201511 yr I have a feeling we're all about to get into depths of the internet that no one really wants to see.
January 27, 201511 yr Gotcha covered, Mountain ref. Bergdahl to be charged with desertion, ex-military intel officer says | Fox News Shaffer said there's a "huge battle" going on inside the Obama administration, as some try to "suppress" this development. "This is shaping up to be a titanic struggle behind the scenes," he said. Shaffer said the Army "wants to do the right thing," but the White House "wants this to go away." He said: "The White House, because of the political narrative, President Obama cozying up to the parents and because of he, President Obama, releasing the five Taliban ... The narrative is what the White House does not want to have come out." Bergdahl was held for five years before his release was secured in 2014. But while the president joined with Bergdahl's parents in the Rose Garden at the time in celebrating his return home, the prisoner swap swiftly became a matter of severe controversy. Fellow soldiers accused Bergdahl of deserting his post on a base in Afghanistan in 2009. And the trade itself, of his freedom for five Guantanamo prisoners, drew criticism in Congress from lawmakers who said it sent a troubling signal.
January 27, 201511 yr Author Not good if he's found guilty. Not at all. The more I read about this whole situation, the less I understand why President Obama even entertained the idea of an exchange. There were no positives, especially politically, that came out of it IMO.
January 27, 201511 yr Not at all. The more I read about this whole situation, the less I understand why President Obama even entertained the idea of an exchange. There were no positives, especially politically, that came out of it IMO. I suspect it's about his promise to close GITMO. Makes you wonder if they wanted a one-to-one prisoner swap, and we insisted they take 5.
January 27, 201511 yr I suspect it's about his promise to close GITMO. Makes you wonder if they wanted a one-to-one prisoner swap, and we insisted they take 5. Bergdahl wasn't much of a prisoner of war, but he was the only prisoner of war they had.
January 27, 201511 yr :lol::lol: Would have sent the link but was beat to it and Are you still laughing.
January 27, 201511 yr Link? You should know there would be a link. Is it that hard to think what I said was not true. I mean it is the worst Pres the U.S. has ever had and most un transparent.
January 27, 201511 yr Not at all. The more I read about this whole situation, the less I understand why President Obama even entertained the idea of an exchange. There were no positives, especially politically, that came out of it IMO. It is hard to believe how badly Obama and his team screwed this up. Release FIVE really bad guys to get back a guy who most of his fellow soldiers knew had deserted. Once I saw the guys who were in his platoon interviewed, I knew this guy had deserted. If (and it certainly looks like he is) Obama and his team are trying to dictate to the army what they do to Bergdahl for political reasons, that is REALLY bad.
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