What is your excuse for not bringing a American prisoner home?
Originally Posted by i'va biggen
Simple. He wasn't a prisoner. Bergdahl was exactly where he wanted to be. He abandoned his post, left behind his gear, and went looking for the Taliban. Well, he found them. It is not our problem if he didn't like the way his new friends treated him once he found them.
He should have been declared a deserter, tried in absentia, and sentenced for his crime. When or if he was ever recovered, then he could begin serving the prison sentence he richly deserved.
Furthermore, even if we accept the premise that we should secure his release in spite of his treason, there is still NO excusing the blatant whitewash this Administration is engaged in. Just tell the goddamned truth about Bergdahl! Don't go on TV with talking points about what an honorable soldier he is when they knew damned good and well he wasn't. If you are the President, don't throw your arms around his parents and talk about how wonderful it is to be bringing him home and what a great guy he is. And sure as fuck don't throw a ticker tape parade and give him a hero's welcome.
There was NEVER any intention to investigate Bergdahl's actions, or hold him accountable for deserting his post, or accountable for the lives of the good men who died searching for him. If there had been, he would never have continued to receive promotions during the previous five years. He couldn't have been promoted if his status had been listed as deserter, as it should have been.
There will never be an inquiry, and no charges will ever be brought against him. To do so now, after all the whitewashing, would be too embarrassing to the Administration. Instead, he will be quietly discharged. At best, MAYBE he will receive an Other Than Honorable Discharge, but I think even that is highly unlikely. Meanwhile, 5 terrorists, who good men fought and died to detain, are again free to attack us, and 6 good soldiers, who served their country with honor and distinction are dead because of this useless sack of shit who the Administration cloaked in the banner of a hero.