I think Sgt. Bergdahl should stand trial---

[Atticus]

right after we try Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld and Rice and---------

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Think how much better the world would be

if Bush & Cheney had just walked off into the Afghan wastelands…

[FarPoint]

2. Before that occurs, let's get an answer why they sent so many soldiers out to find him?

Why risk so many men for a so called deserter? To even continued to risk and loose 6-8 good soldiers? That makes the story weak.

[GeorgeGist]

3. They didn't.

[Jenoch]

4. "They didn't".

They didn't what?

[underpants]

8. That part of the PR orchestrated RW story unraveled today like most of the rest

The furious search for Sergeant Bergdahl, his critics say, led to the deaths of at least two soldiers and possibly six others in the area. Pentagon officials say those charges are unsubstantiated and are not supported by a review of a database of casualties in the Afghan war.

The most intense search operation, leaked war reports show, wound down after eight days — well before the deaths of six soldiers on patrols in Paktika Province in late August and early September.

A second former senior military officer, who also was briefed on the Bergdahl investigation, said there was no direct evidence that diversion of surveillance aircraft or troops to search for Sergeant Bergdahl encouraged the Taliban attacks, or left other American troops vulnerable. “This was a dangerous region in Afghanistan in the middle of the ‘fighting season,’ ” the officer said in an email, adding that although the search “could have created some opportunities for the enemy,” it is “difficult to establish a direct cause and effect.”

A review of the database of casualties in the Afghan war suggests that Sergeant Bergdahl’s critics appear to be blaming him for every American soldier killed in Paktika Province in the four-month period that followed his disappearance.



http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/us/us-soldier-srgt-bowe-bergdahl-of-idaho-pow-vanished-angered-his-unit.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=1

[MohRokTah]

7. The unit went into blame Bergdahl mode

Every time they went out on patrol, they assumed it was to look for Bergdahl, thus, every casualty became Bergdahl's fault.

[FarPoint]

11. So, the claims from the other soldiers in his company are lying in their TV interviews?

Someone who is AWOL or has deserted his duty would not be sought repeatedly in life risking missions with known casualties...would they? So, it appears he was valued up until President Obama gained his release. I just want to weed through the political propaganda, secure the facts.

[B Calm]

12. Possible. . Republican vets swiftboated Kerry. .

[FarPoint]

14. It's feeling like that to me at this point.

The scenario of the fellow soldiers just does not fit into a logical conclusion.

[freebrew]

5. +10000 + more nt

[Tommy2Tone]

6. So true!

Throw McCain in there as well. He carried plenty of their water.

[951-Riverside]

9. along with Edward Snowden and...

Mary ...Susan ...Betty ...whatever her name is that released docs to Wikileaks.

These chicken neck traitor hippies can share the same cell for all I care.

[Wounded Bear]

13. I think his biggest crime...

was being freed by the wrong President.