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Bowe Bergdahl, U.S. soldier held in Afghanistan, freed in swap

100's and 100's of soldiers died doing what they were asked to do in this war.

Some of them while looking for the deserter. Bergdahl.
 
And if you cannot prove that Bergdahl renounced his citizenship but are just making it up...what does that make you?

PROVE that Bergdahl renounced his citizenship!

See link provided. This is the account of the soldiers he served with. Whom I trust, by the way, far more than the proven liars in the current administration. I notice you didn't comment on all the other facts in my statement.
 
Here's the story of the last POW to come home from Vietnam. He was apparently a deserter, and may have been a traitor too. But we brought him home anyway...and charges were promptly filed against him by the Corps. The rest of the story - including about the results of his trial, his dishonorable discharge, and the indication that he may have been telling the truth about seeing other POW's in Vietnam - are here.

How many of the enemy were traded for him? How many were traded for Jessica Lynch?
 
How many of the enemy were traded for him? How many were traded for Jessica Lynch?

How little must Obama and his inner circle must care about our boys serving over seas to do something like this.

To knowingly repatriate 5 top Taliban leaders who are going to return to the business of killing more American soldiers.

Obama did this for a poll bounce, for political points, nothing more and it backfired.

Thats awesome.
 
That is, unless by our actions as a nation we prove otherwise. If we did not go get Bergdahl, then we bring into question our commitment to that tradition. "By their actions shall ye know them", y'know?

Obama has retreated from Iraq, announced to the enemy he is retreating from Afghanistan, screwed up in Egypt, Syria and Libya, lied repeatedly to the American public and the world, deserted those have helped America, dropped the ball with Russia, has left the country friendless without respect and has now released murderous terrorists from Gitmo,. By his actions we do indeed know him!
 
No idea. I would love to hear from the SGT's platoon leader and platoon SGT. I think they knew (I have nothing to back this, pure speculation and opinion). The reason I think that was he was in missions outside the wire, and few days later on base guard duty. That was suppose to be a low stress duty. I could be way off.

His Platoon leaders were on Megyn Kelly's show last night...They both concurred that he deserted.

The doctors will help him now. Hopefully, he can has some semblance of a normal life. The military will do its thing, but I don't forsee them punishing him after being captive for 5 years. Maybe just ETS.

Nope...There is a classified file on him, and questions have to be answered....He doesn't get to do what he did, and just walk...At least I hope not.
 
His Platoon leaders were on Megyn Kelly's show last night...They both concurred that he deserted.



Nope...There is a classified file on him, and questions have to be answered....He doesn't get to do what he did, and just walk...At least I hope not.

Awesome. I will check it out this weekend.
 
Awesome. I will check it out this weekend.

Afternoon Blue_State. The second half of the interview will be aired tonight at 9:00. It was a compelling interview.

While Megan Kelly was interviewing Bergdahl's platoon members, Jon Stewart expressed the feelings on the left as only Jon Stewart can do.

 
Obama has retreated from Iraq, announced to the enemy he is retreating from Afghanistan, screwed up in Egypt, Syria and Libya, lied repeatedly to the American public and the world, deserted those have helped America, dropped the ball with Russia, has left the country friendless without respect and has now released murderous terrorists from Gitmo,. By his actions we do indeed know him!

You really think we should STILL be in Iraq? Really?

At what point do we leave? At what point do we stop spending our blood and treasure in such places? Or are you of the opinion that we should become the American Empire?

Here's a clue, guy, something the world began finding out after WWI: it's very, very difficult (in terms of blood and treasure) to occupy other nations if they don't want you there. That's why there were so many colonies before WWI, and pretty much none now. If we stayed, the people there would see us as occupiers, as colonizers, and - since they are Muslim - as crusaders...and that means a great deal to them - all bad.

But I guess that in your book, we're not patriots if we don't stand up for America's imperial aims to occupy other nations....
 
You really think we should STILL be in Iraq? Really?

At what point do we leave? At what point do we stop spending our blood and treasure in such places? Or are you of the opinion that we should become the American Empire?

Here's a clue, guy, something the world began finding out after WWI: it's very, very difficult (in terms of blood and treasure) to occupy other nations if they don't want you there. That's why there were so many colonies before WWI, and pretty much none now. If we stayed, the people there would see us as occupiers, as colonizers, and - since they are Muslim - as crusaders...and that means a great deal to them - all bad.

But I guess that in your book, we're not patriots if we don't stand up for America's imperial aims to occupy other nations....

You feel that America has imperialist aims? I certainly don't.

And you shouldn't try to speak for Islamists.
 
You really think we should STILL be in Iraq? Really?

At what point do we leave? At what point do we stop spending our blood and treasure in such places? Or are you of the opinion that we should become the American Empire?

Here's a clue, guy, something the world began finding out after WWI: it's very, very difficult (in terms of blood and treasure) to occupy other nations if they don't want you there. That's why there were so many colonies before WWI, and pretty much none now. If we stayed, the people there would see us as occupiers, as colonizers, and - since they are Muslim - as crusaders...and that means a great deal to them - all bad.

But I guess that in your book, we're not patriots if we don't stand up for America's imperial aims to occupy other nations....

Imperial aims ??

Hyperbolic nonsense .
 
Imperial aims ??

Hyperbolic nonsense .

And why was it that Bush held a cabinet meeting on the invasion of Iraq ten days after he first took office in 2001? And why was it that part of the meeting concerned the oil that Iraq had?

And why was it that Bush's former biographer stated that Bush told him that he wanted to be a war president, because war presidents are always more popular?

And who was it that elected Bush? Twice?
 
Afternoon Blue_State. The second half of the interview will be aired tonight at 9:00. It was a compelling interview.

While Megan Kelly was interviewing Bergdahl's platoon members, Jon Stewart expressed the feelings on the left as only Jon Stewart can do.

Jon is so left it hurts. Any credibility he had is long gone. I remember when the show first came out...it didn't seem entirely left. Now it is just another Bill Maher show.
 
You really think we should STILL be in Iraq? Really?

At what point do we leave? At what point do we stop spending our blood and treasure in such places? Or are you of the opinion that we should become the American Empire?

Here's a clue, guy, something the world began finding out after WWI: it's very, very difficult (in terms of blood and treasure) to occupy other nations if they don't want you there. That's why there were so many colonies before WWI, and pretty much none now. If we stayed, the people there would see us as occupiers, as colonizers, and - since they are Muslim - as crusaders...and that means a great deal to them - all bad.

But I guess that in your book, we're not patriots if we don't stand up for America's imperial aims to occupy other nations....

What they should see is the only force in world history that has spent out treasure, and spilled our blood to give them the opportunity to be free, and govern themselves...yeah, you're right, we are evil....:roll:
 
Jon is so left it hurts. Any credibility he had is long gone. I remember when the show first came out...it didn't seem entirely left. Now it is just another Bill Maher show.

The scary part about Stewart is a lot of the younger folks take his broadcast as real news. I did find 9 minutes of the interview with the platoon members at Kelly Files website if you are interested.

'We would all die for him': 6 soldiers who served with Bergdahl seek answers | Fox News
 
This guy at best is AWOL at worst is a traitor to this country.

Want to show me where, in UCMJ Article 85 (or UCMJ Article 86, depending on the circumstances) the punishment is for the perpetrator to be given over to our enemies? If Bergdahl is found guilty on either count, he will go to prison, not be given back to the Taliban.
 
The scary part about Stewart is a lot of the younger folks take his broadcast as real news. I did find 9 minutes of the interview with the platoon members at Kelly Files website if you are interested.
That's exactly the problem. They feel he is sophisticated and has insight to what's really happening. And it's worse when we realize that people well out of their teens still watch this nonsense.

Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America, Revised and Abridged Edition
 
What they should see is the only force in world history that has spent out treasure, and spilled our blood to give them the opportunity to be free, and govern themselves...yeah, you're right, we are evil....:roll:

We started a civil war that is still going on in Iraq. We also handed Iraq to Iran, eliminating Iran's worst enemy. We also killed over 100,000 Iraqi civilians.
 
We started a civil war that is still going on in Iraq. We also handed Iraq to Iran, eliminating Iran's worst enemy. We also killed over 100,000 Iraqi civilians.

Americans killed over 100,000 Iraqi civilians?

Another Jon Stewart fan!
 
And why was it that Bush held a cabinet meeting on the invasion of Iraq ten days after he first took office in 2001? And why was it that part of the meeting concerned the oil that Iraq had?

And why was it that Bush's former biographer stated that Bush told him that he wanted to be a war president, because war presidents are always more popular?

And who was it that elected Bush? Twice?

Nonsense.

The Iraq resolution was bi-partisan and Democrats going back to 1998 agreed Saddam had WMD and something needed to be done about it.

Keep the Bush derangement syndrome in the Partisan section where it belongs.
 
Nonsense.

The Iraq resolution was bi-partisan and Democrats going back to 1998 agreed Saddam had WMD and something needed to be done about it.

Keep the Bush derangement syndrome in the Partisan section where it belongs.

I can understand someone failing in ancient history but this is all rather recent.
 
I can understand someone failing in ancient history but this is all rather recent.

5 seriously dangerous Taliban leaders were just released for a soldier they knew was a deserter and the best the left can do is bring up Bush.
 
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