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  • Prior to the past few weeks, I would have said "Yes, we should try to bring back Bergdahl"

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The USA hasn't been fighting a war in Mexico for 12 years.

And? It is still an American military member who was arrested on bunk charges.
 
Let's take a hypothetical here.

The Administration has established that it's wrong and offensive to leave any American behind. Prior to this whole prisoner swap people both on the left and right seemed to think it would be a good thing to get Bowe Bergdahl back. So, here's my question.

What if instead of a prisoner swap, we had a surge. Troop levels in Afghanistan were ramped up back into peak numbers, with an aggressive and forceful ground and air effort against the taliban in an effort to locate and fight our way to Bergdahl and free him.

Would you have been approving of that action in order to not leave an American behind? Or would you have had complaints over the method?

I'd be against it. It would be very obvious, and his captors would probably simply kill him before we could get to him. Plus it would put a lot more soldiers in harm's way and run the risk of them getting captured and ending up in the same circumstances.
 
It is pathetic what the right is willing to do to ruthlessly win the partisan battle.

Considering your own post indicated the left is engaging in the same pathetic tactic I hope you understand that your one sided indignation is looked upon with a roll of the eyes.
 
Considering your own post indicated the left is engaging in the same pathetic tactic I hope you understand that your one sided indignation is looked upon with a roll of the eyes.

I think both sides do it. I think one side does it ruthlessly, following a sort of scorched earth policy. I thought I indicated that pretty clearly, though not explicitly.
 
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