Missing/Captured: Bowe Bergdahl

[Ooh-Rah]

Wonder how much of a circus this will become....

The Judge In Bergdahl Case Has Just Set A New Trial Date

Reading thru the details again, I was reminded that he was under Taliban control for five years. Five fucking years....cripes.

 

[Topkick]

"Bergdahl, 31, has admitted he willingly left his eastern Afghanistan post in 2009."

Why the delay? He admitted to it? I don't give a shit what anyone said about him. He admitted that he walked off the FOB, therefor putting his so- called brothers at risk. I understand the whole "fair trial" thing except when someone admits to the offense. He did it, now punish him.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

And the trial is finally beginning....

Navy SEAL testifies that his career ended after getting shot while searching for Bowe Bergdahl

 

[Kraut783]

The picture of him in his blues upsets me, all those hash marks.....luckily I cant see the POW medal on him.

Edit: looking at his recent pictures from leaving court...was he not awarded the POW medal?

 

[Marauder06]

The picture of him in his blues upsets me, all those hash marks.....

"Most Deployed Solider in the US Army!" ;)

 

[Topkick]

Wtf? I get that the 82nd deploys.. But geez...

 

[TLDR20]

Wtf? I get that the 82nd deploys.. But geez...

:wall:

 

[AWP]

And the trial is finally beginning....

The only date that matters is his execution at Leavenworth.

 

[Topkick]

:wall:

Is that all you got?

 

[Marauder06]

I got a satire disclaimer at the bottom of that article...

 

[Topkick]

I got a satire disclaimer at the bottom of that article...

Ah. Didn't even read the satirical article. The same photo is in the real article that Ooh Rah posted

 

[Marauder06]

It's a very similar photo, but with a badly-PhotoShopped SSG rocker underneath his legit E5 stripes.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

Trial update....

Military Judge Upholds Rare Misbehavior Charge In Bowe Bergdahl Case

 

[medicchick]

Slight update...

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for half a decade after abandoning his Afghanistan post, is expected to plead guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, two individuals with knowledge of the case said.

Bergdahl expected to plead guilty, avoid trial

Some of the wounded who searched for him are apparently going to testify at the sentencing hearing.

 

[RackMaster]

They better throw some lead at him.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

Slight update...



Bergdahl expected to plead guilty, avoid trial

Some of the wounded who searched for him are apparently going to testify at the sentencing hearing.

Wow. There is a wager I would have lost.

 

[Gunz]

I hear that train a-comin...

 

[Ooh-Rah]

I had forgotten this quote:

During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump called Bergdahl a “dirty, rotten traitor” during a town hall in August 2015.

 

[RackMaster]

I had forgotten this quote:

During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump called Bergdahl a “dirty, rotten traitor” during a town hall in August 2015.

He's not wrong.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

He's not wrong.

I have to wonder, would he be forgoing this trial had Hillary won? My gut says "no". Love him or hate him, Trump's generals today are focused on things other than political correctness. Clinton would still have them chasing their tails, and I cannot imagine General Mattis would be SecDef.

Under Clinton, Bergdahl would have eventually walked.