Saw these guys and a gal outside NAS JAX yesterday.
The sign say "VETERANS AGAINST TRADING TERRORISTS FOR TRAITORS"







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Be warned...It's kinda a big pic....


 

Which for clarification is normally an E-7, rarely an E-6 (temporary) .... not an E-5.

Just had to turn off Thomas Freidman on Face The Nation.

Agreed. This article has some serious issues.

Reporting to date does say there were some "discipline" problems in his platoon/unit. Moot point. The Article 15-6 report done in '09 has been "sealed" until 2019. If it said anything positive, I have little doubt the administration would have it the hands of the NYT's yesterday.

The interviews of the 6 men who were from his unit on Megyn Kelly's show was pretty damning. They were rational, consistent and factual. For Susan ‘Fucktard’ Rice to say Bergdahl served with honor and distinction and now have DoD or the administration say anything less about these guys is pathetic.

When men like General James Conway, 34th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps says the kid was a deserter; it doesn't support the left's position. When asked if he agrees with the president and we leave no man behind he said it depends. He said a deserter's value is diminished, and he should be brought home, but not at any cost. (However, he's a Marine, not Army and he wasn't there but he was in that role when it happened.)

Reports from eye witnesses, whether named or not (like the one OAF Nation) are pretty damning.

CSWO Thom Shea, US Navy, Ret. stated; “We’ve been searching for five years.  I did two ops myself that extended over two or three days in total, and a lot of risk to a lot of soldiers.  And it’s very interesting that now that after five years, when it’s not in an extremist situation that we now have a delay or a transfer in some very high-level operatives from the Taliban.”

Major Rusty Bradley, US Army Ret. was on Huckabee's show last night. Maj. Bradley commanded ODA 331 on multiple tours in Afghanistan. He wrote the book 'The Lions of Kandahar.' His team was known as the "long beards" by the ANA - they were well respected.
In his interview last night he said he was in the "SF Ops Center" in the AO were Berghdal's FOB was located. He talked about having to shuffle around teams to respond to the missing solider. He said they knew within 24 hours that he had deserted.
Huckabee asked him if the Army made it clear what desertion. Major Bradley was very clear that new recruits are clearly educated on what desertion is and its ramifications. He said if there is any doubt, the 20-30 PowerPoint presentations troops receive before deployment make things very clear.
He was the asked how bad these guys are that were released. He said they are the worst of the worst, guilty of crimes akin to the Nazi's. He went on to say that in '05-'06 his team was dealing GTMO detainees released back to the battlefield and he has no doubt the release of these 5 will result in US soldiers being killed and maimed. He said "these 5 need to die of lead poisoning, unfortunately he isn't in a position to deliver the dose."

Many of us prefer not to get a 'look at me, I'm a badass internet tanker' icon.

Bowe won't speak to family

WUT!!??

Paywall protected.

Fuck WSJ



he's pissed at them because they took him away from his friends



 

Google the headline and it will come up.

U.S. Official: Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Has Declined to Speak to His Family

Sutton was an E4.

This guy sounds like a lunatic.

Great, a deserter lunatic for 5 vile Jihadists.

Unless the slot is empty and they temporarily bump up the PSG into the PL slot and the 1st SL into the PSG slot.

I was on a respirator for 5 days, guess who I wanted to talk to with in minutes of them pulling out the tube? If I had been held against my will for five years my family would be the only ones I would want to speak to.

I don't think he wants the government to hear what he has to say.

Has Pelosi come out and said "We need to release the Taliban commanders to see what they do" yet?

Yep.  Exigent circumstances aside such as an E-6 or E-7 to be the acting PL after the officer was killed, until a replacement could be assigned.  Happened quite a lot in WW II, Korea, and Viet Nam when the life expectancy of a 2LT was not particularly good.  If you get down to an E-5 being the acting PL, that unit is in deep, deep shit.

Occam's Razor: Reporters don't know the different between a platoon, a squad, and a division.

Held against his will? What makes you think that?

I am saying that I were held against my will for five years I would want to talk to my family, the fact Bowe B doesn't is more evidence something isn't kosker with this whole deal.

This fits the narrative the WH is crafting perfectly.

Susan Rice was lecturing everyone yesterday on CNN to "not rush to judgment" on Bergdahl. Translation: He's got PTSD and was "mentally ill" when he decided to go local.

 

Ah, yes. I agree.

some pretty good ones there.

Anyone see democrats Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell on Fox News today?  Just caught part of it but they expect the Obama administration to keep tight control of Bergdahl so he doesn't get a chance to talk to the media.

http://time.com/2845429/bowe-bergdahl-parents-taliban/

He is suffering from a rash and gingivitis.  Obama will be rewarding him with a Purple Heart and the MoH any day now.

From CNN:

Won't talk to his parents.

Dems don't want him talking to the media.

This is backfiring nicely.

With any luck, he does what many an idiot does in the US. Suddenly find their way in front of a camera.

If I had to guess, only Fox will cover it if it's damning to the administration. The other networks will claim it's a non-scandal, as usual.

 

http://video.foxnews.com/v/3610700796001/former-soldier-who-served-with-bergdahl-speaks-out/#sp=show-clips

FoxNews reported today that the parents were privvy to 20 top secret video conferences relating to Bergdahl.

Twenty in the last year.

TWENTY.


And yet, the Administration wants to claim Congress could not be informed because '..if the Taliban found out we discussed this with anyone, they would kill Bergdahl..."



TRG

CNN is really coming out for this guy. They can't understand why his family would be getting threats. Why he's not being hailed as a hero.

I know I shouldn't watch CNN and have tuned the TV off.

But no one in the media knows anything about the military. They might have just meant "a leader within the platoon" and didn't realize that they were using an actual term for a real position. I see that a lot in media reports.

Are you serious!!??

I know 'tards are stupid but this even surprises me.

It is interesting to see the hype about Bowe being tortured and put in a cage.  Also the supposed death threats against his dad and maybe mom.  This seems to be a diversionary tactic against the desertion claims.....which seem to be coming from multiple people who reportedly knew him.

Any "torture" has to be keep in perspective of when it happened and the reports that he played soccer with his Taliban buds and went shooting with them.  He might have been getting more range time than many in the USA (Reword to make a nice slogan).

Can't you get in trouble for sharing TS material with someone who's not cleared?

They're going with the "see the family is the real victim" strategy.

Fox News is reporting that Bowe Bergdahl is asking that people stop addressing him as Sgt. and to call him Private Bergdahl.

They could be read in as a special case. Stupid idea though.

Not of if you are POTUS.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/06/09/bowe-bergdahl-tells-officials-he-was-tortured-and-held-in-shark-cage-after-he-tried-to-flee-his-taliban-captors/

 

I just want to know when the family went full-jihad too

Linked from CNN's front page:  http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/08/us/bergdahl-search-soldiers/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

I'm shocked.