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If true - deserter.

However I think he got smacked (or other things) by the hard dick of reality. Typical of libtards his age when he "grew a brain" and thought walking off would be better, as if the Taliban would see his ways...

That being said, he doesn't deserve any more time in captivity, tried, anything. He's served his hell I'm sure. Just because he might have played their game in captivity doesn't mean they didn't fuck his world up.

What he does deserve is to be discharged, and left in peace. I don't care who you are - 5 years with the Taliban will ruin your life and smash your rose colored glasses.

This image made from video released Wednesday April 7, 2010 by the Taliban via the Site Intelligence Group shows U.S. soldier Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl. In the video, Bergdahl, captured in Afghanistan in June 2009, says he wants to return to his family in Idaho and that the war in Afghanistan is not worth the number of lives that have been lost or wasted in prison. It is the first he has been seen since the Taliban released a video of him on Christmas Day. A Taliban commander in Paktika said the 24-year-old Bergdahl had converted to Islam (AP) The only known American soldier in Taliban captivity is training fighters in bombmaking and ambush, according to one of his captors and the Afghan intelligence agents working to free him.

A Taliban deputy district commander in Paktika province said the 24-year-old American had converted to Islam in the months after his capture. He said Bergdahl, from Idaho’s Sun Valley, had trained Taliban fighters in bomb-making and ambushing convoys.

“When I saw him for the second time, he had totally changed. He had a beard and he treated all of us very respectfully. He seemed very relaxed in our company.

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The more I read about this today the more furious I become. This is disgusting. Seeing that video of his dad, his dad's tweets, and reading the accounts of people who served with him just solidifies what a bad fucking deal this was.  

We traded 5 high ranking terrorists for one POS. On top of that all the good men who were killed or wounded looking for the POS. God only knows what kind of intelligence he gave the taliban while in captivity.  

This is truly a sad day for America. One more in a long line since Jan. 20, 2009.  

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By deserting under the circumstances he did, he effectively became a traitor, imo.

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This is all so Obama can claim that he didn't leave anyone behind when the war is over.

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We released nice and friendly people who would never harm a soul.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Fazl
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/ISN_00007_Mohammad_A_Fazl.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khairullah_Khairkhwa
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Khirullah_Khairkhwa.jpg/160px-Khirullah_Khairkhwa.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norullah_Noori
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/ISN_00006_Norullah_Nori.jpg/155px-ISN_00006_Norullah_Nori.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Nabi_Omari
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/ISN_00832%2C_Mohammad_Nabi.jpg/149px-ISN_00832%2C_Mohammad_Nabi.jpg

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By deserting under the circumstances he did, he effectively became a traitor, imo.

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By deserting under the circumstances he did, he effectively became a traitor, imo.

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How is first-hand information conjecture?

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Hundreds if not thousands could now die due to his actions. I'm extremely disappointed that we would negotiate with terrorists, and actually feel sick to my stomach "we" would do something like this. This guy will keep pushing because republicans won't do anything about it. After midterm elections regardless of who wins I hope everyone has everything they need, and you should prepare for a 100% import ban along with massive executive orders and atf "laws" against the second amendment. Obama has nothing to lose now, and knows republicans wont do anything because they are scared to be labeled racist.

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If true - deserter.

However I think he got smacked (or other things) by the hard dick of reality. Typical of libtards his age when he "grew a brain" and thought walking off would be better, as if the Taliban would see his ways...

That being said, he doesn't deserve any more time in captivity, tried, anything. He's served his hell I'm sure. Just because he might have played their game in captivity doesn't mean they didn't fuck his world up.

What he does deserve is to be discharged, and left in peace. I don't care who you are - 5 years with the Taliban will ruin your life and smash your rose colored glasses.

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This guy better not get a hero's welcome home.  What a POS!

"Forwarded from Jeff Howard.

"We were at OP Mest, Paktika Province, Afghanistan. It was a small outpost where B Co 1-501st INF (Airbone) ran operations out of, just an Infantry platoon and ANA counterparts there. The place was an Afghan graveyard. Bergdahl had been acting a little strange, telling people he wanted to "walk the earth" and kept a little journal talking about how he was meant for better things. No one thought anything about it. He was a little “out there”.

Next morning he's gone. We search everywhere, and can't find him. He left his weapon, his kit, and other sensitive items. He only took some water, a compass and a knife. We find some afghan kids shortly after who saw an american walking north asking about where the taliban are. We get hits on our voice intercepter that Taliban has him, and we were close.

We come to realize the kid deserted his post, snuck out of camp and sought out Taliban… to join them. We were in a defensive position at OP Mest, where your focus is to keep people out. He knew where the blind spots were to slip out and that's what he did. It was supposed to be a 4-day mission but turned into several months of active searching.

Everyone was spun up to find this guy. News outlets all over the country were putting out false information. It was hard to see, especially when we knew the truth about what happened and we lost good men trying to find him.


PFC Matthew Michael Martinek, Staff Sgt. Kurt Robert Curtiss, SSG Clayton Bowen, PFC Morris Walker, SSG Michael Murphrey, 2LT Darryn Andrews, were all KIA from our unit who died looking for Bergdahl.

Many others from various units were wounded or killed while actively looking for Bergdahl. Fighting Increased. IEDs and enemy ambushes increased. The Taliban knew that we were looking for him in high numbers and our movements were predictable. Because of Bergdahl, more men were out in danger, and more attacks on friendly camps and positions were conducted while we were out looking for him. His actions impacted the region more than anyone wants to admit.

There is also no way to know what he told the Taliban: Our movements, locations, tactics, weak points on vehicles and other things for the enemy to exploit are just a few possibilities. The Government knows full well that he deserted. It looks bad and is a good propaganda piece for the Taliban.

They refuse to acknowledge it. Hell they even promoted him to Sergeant which makes me sick. I feel for his family who only want their son/brother back. They don’t know the truth, or refuse to acknowledge it as well. What he did affected his family and his whole town back home, who don’t know the truth.

Either way what matters is that good men died because of him. He has been lying on all those Taliban videos about everything since his “capture”. If he ever returns, he should be tried under the UCMJ for being a deserter and judged for what he did. Bergdahl is not a hero, he is not a soldier or an Infantryman.

He failed his brothers. Now, sons and daughters are growing up without their fathers who died for him and he will have to face that truth someday."