Freed "POW" Bowe Bergdahl, traitor

[RubberSoul]

I think the point of my post was that being specific at this time is a bit rash.

I stand by my comment that deserting your unit with intent to seek out and join the enemy would constitute an act of treason.

well in that case we agree on that. my whole point is that those bemoaning the action of getting this guy back on the grounds of his alleged actions are scary in that they want to suspend the protocols of our military on a case by case basis, or when it isnt particularly pleasing to them

joining the enemy is treason. deserting is not. as far as im aware, neither matter at this step in the process as he is officially a US POW and therefore should be retrieved, end of discussion

as i said, after that apparently it is up to the army to decide whether or not he will be charged or tried for anything, so take it up with them, people whining in this thread. though i did read a reporter's quote from an anonymous gov official that "5 years is enough" referring to bergdahl's time spent captive with the taliban maybe being considered time served in a sense

guess we'll see. but for now, people moaning that he is being retrieved by obama are pretty demonstrably wrong and havent been able to make an argument that is compelling for why he should be left there

 

[brighton__]

Obama probably didn't know much about this in the first place. The CIA coordinated the exchange, and the only reason the president was involved was to get the final approval. We can't point fingers just at Obama.

I'm not taking any sides of the argument until I know more, but I know that the writers from SOFREP.com (website written by ex-special ops guys) don't seem to fond of the exchange either.

My biggest problem with this is the message this sends to the Taliban. Capture 1 US soldier, get 5 guys back in return...seems like we might see more POWs in the future

 

[Zimmerman]

Deserters are the bravest soldiers of all.

 

[987321654hgfd]

Deserters are the bravest soldiers of all.

No, they're definitely not. On the individual soldier level your true commitment is to your boys. The guy to the left and right of you. He abandoned them and left them at a greater risk. If he was in my platoon I'd hate this guys guts and want to see him tried.

 

[mr_hartl]

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS SEEN HOMELAND?

 

[Davin]

Seeing as I was in middle school when bush started being president, I didn't know shit nor did I care. Obama has been the only president I have seen as an adult. I'm also not a fucking idiot and realize the president doesn't have control over everything. These kids listen to their parents bitch about politics, assume the president is the all controlling leader and think its "cool" to hate the president, when in reality they are just regurgitating bullshit they read on buzzfeed.

This was 100% Obama's fault. He completely bypassed congress and took the action to execute the exchange. Go look up how even his biggest supporters are against him on this. This is not a "omg i hate obama for this" act. This is a serious issue that the president should stand up and react to his mistake. However we will never see that. Oh and he had to send one of the members of his administration to apologize to the head of security. #stillnothisfault #justhaters

 

[Ribss.]

Eh this new system is too odd, here's a link

OP - The way to put videos in now is to the the url between

[VIDEO] [/VIDEO] tags

here's this

 

[Bombogenesis]

This was 100% Obama's fault. He completely bypassed congress and took the action to execute the exchange. Go look up how even his biggest supporters are against him on this. This is not a "omg i hate obama for this" act. This is a serious issue that the president should stand up and react to his mistake. However we will never see that. Oh and he had to send one of the members of his administration to apologize to the head of security. #stillnothisfault #justhaters

You fucking racist

 

[Turd.Ferguson]

Deserter or not, he doesn't deserve to be in an Afghanistan prison.

not even an afgan prison, getting held by terrorists is way worse

 

[ChillTeenDad420]

I don't think people realize the gravity of desertion... there is really no worse way to dishonor fellow soldiers. While I don't think it can be defined as "treason" it is damn close. Looked up punishment for AWOL/Deserting soldiers, I think this may apply to this guy:

"(4) If the member deserts during time of war: Death or such other punishment (such as life in prison) as a court-martial may direct."

If Bergdahl is found to have deserted hes in serious shit. Obama should be in shit too but the media will give him a slap on the wrist like always. Obama doesn't really give a fuck anymore. He's bypassing congress left and right. Classic 2nd term yolo status fuck a constitution

 

[Bombogenesis]

I don't think people realize the gravity of desertion... there is really no worse way to dishonor fellow soldiers. While I don't think it can be defined as "treason" it is damn close. Looked up punishment for AWOL/Deserting soldiers, I think this may apply to this guy:

"(4) If the member deserts during time of war: Death or such other punishment (such as life in prison) as a court-martial may direct."

If Bergdahl is found to have deserted hes in serious shit. Obama should be in shit too but the media will give him a slap on the wrist like always. Obama doesn't really give a fuck anymore. He's bypassing congress left and right. Classic 2nd term yolo status fuck a constitution

Wow racist

Obama for meee

That, folks is why this guy is still president.

Hashtaglookupthevotingdemographics

 

[little1337]

anarchy.

 

[.frenchy]

We don't negotiate with terrorists"

ha .. ha... ha ha

He got 6 other marines killed who went out looking for him, dude left his post. Pathetic...

downvote me because i'm right guys! Lol!

 

[Bombogenesis]

We don't negotiate with terrorists"

ha .. ha... ha ha

He got 6 other marines killed who went out looking for him, dude left his post. Pathetic...

downvote me because i'm right guys! Lol!

But we couldn't just like leave him there man. Even though he purposely walked away and wandered off into enemy territory we have to do whatever and I mean whatever necessary to get him back. #libsforlife

 

[987321654hgfd]

marines

soldeirs*

 

[skier_boy26]

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS SEEN HOMELAND?

I came here and was shocked not to see this on page 1...

anyway, so Homeland

 

[Charlie_Kelly]

But we couldn't just like leave him there man. Even though he purposely walked away and wandered off into enemy territory we have to do whatever and I mean whatever necessary to get him back. #libsforlife

You're such a fucking scumbag its astounding.

 

[Bombogenesis]

You're such a fucking scumbag its astounding.

Lol

 

[las.]

The Taliban just uploaded video of the exchange of Bergdahl, watch from about 10:00 onwards:

 

[SFBv420.0]

sweet thread op

you gonna man up join those who keep us free and show us how its done?

or start threads and beat your peckermeat to your hanity poster in your room in mommies & daddies house?

 

[SFBv420.0]

sweet thread op

you gonna man up join those who keep us free and show us how its done?

or start threads and beat your peckermeat to your hanity poster in your room in mommies & daddies house?

 

[Campeador]

God damnit dude lay off on this shit, you're so fucking bitter about something that doesn't even effect you. Don't just pick up every fucking news headline and blame it on obama because your right wing parents told you he's bad.

But really, shut the fuck up about obama. I hate people like you who just blame the president.

His fingerprints are all over it. The see no evil, hear no evil, defense of the president is getting rather old.

Until then, I believe there's a jelly doughnut missing from the mess hall, Private Pyle.

 

[Campeador]

 

[Byron_tha_gr8]

Hey OP, people like you are the reason Obama WON the last election. No one wants to hear what you have to say. People will do the opposite because you annoy them, whether youre right or wrong.

Maybe try a new approach, jk, you won't, you're a republican.

 

[Mr.Huck]

Seeing as I was in middle school when bush started being president, I didn't know shit nor did I care. Obama has been the only president I have seen as an adult. I'm also not a fucking idiot and realize the president doesn't have control over everything. These kids listen to their parents bitch about politics, assume the president is the all controlling leader and think its "cool" to hate the president, when in reality they are just regurgitating bullshit they read on buzzfeed.

Sorry E, but you are dead wrong here. This was 100% Obama. He ordered it. I have held back on commenting on this until more info came out. Republicans and Dems in congress are pissed. What he did was illegal and he has been planning it since at least 2011. The Whitehouse is saying that this opportunity just suddenly materialized, and that is why congress wasn't notified, but there is new info that proves that plans for this have been in the final stages since December. It doesn't matter whether Bergdahl was a deserter or Captain America, the way it was done is the problem.

Obama really wants to make good on his promise to close Gitmo. This was a political move to make that easier. He had to do it this way because there was no support for it. Nobody wanted to see these five guys set free.

Also, they will have to declassify documents regarding the 5 prisoners. It's starting to sound like these guys were high ranking Taliban leaders who worked directly with Bin Laden. Assuming that these guys are going to quietly retire now and not try to get revenge is pretty naive. These guys are rock stars now. I hope I'm wrong, but these guys will likely be involved in planning the next attack on the U.S.

It seems pretty clear that Bergdahl had some psychological issues, and is probably a deserter, but that's kind of irrelevant. It's only significant in the sense that people are pissed because they think it was a terrible trade; 5 high ranking Taliban for one guy who was probably trying to defect.

 

[mac_and*cheese]

The whole thing is fucking wrong on both sides, just a bad situation all in all.

 

[RubberSoul]

But we couldn't just like leave him there man. Even though he purposely walked away and wandered off into enemy territory we have to do whatever and I mean whatever necessary to get him back. #libsforlife

it's funny because you and OP and others who are half arguing with me know damn well you can't actually reply to my posts that actually have points argued, and instead just are silent until you think of another stupid post that is either a strawman argument, a sarcastic side note, or another sound bite without any of your own thinking or legal/historical basis behind it

i don't know how you can take yourself or your argument seriously when you have repeatedly failed to reply to actual arguments. have some decency and actually argue, or just admit that you arent interested in this issue past a superficial sound bite level

seriously, i'd love to see what you guys would say if they actually decided to NOT go with our policy and just left him there. you guys would be posting vapid nonsense in a thread about how obama has no respect for soldiers cause he's not bringing this one back and how he's breaking from years of US policy

he is a POW, we always get POWs back, and it's UP TO THE ARMY to charge him or not afterward. what's not to understand here?

im not even a big obama fan and he's done a lot of shady and possibly illegal stuff but this kind of fox news kiddie bullshit is so transparent it's insane. people like you following the partisan shit throwing contest are one of the biggest problems in politics. think about what youre arguing, and what precedent it would set if we just left bergdahl there. that would mean that we are okay with leaving POWs behind on a case by case basis based on unclear allegations. guilty til proven innocent! but obama's the one picking and choosing here right?

 

[RubberSoul]

This was 100% Obama's fault. He completely bypassed congress and took the action to execute the exchange. Go look up how even his biggest supporters are against him on this. This is not a "omg i hate obama for this" act. This is a serious issue that the president should stand up and react to his mistake. However we will never see that. Oh and he had to send one of the members of his administration to apologize to the head of security. #stillnothisfault #justhaters

STRAW MAN ARGUMENT HASH TAGS? seriously, have some self respect, this is really how youre going to argue politics? you people that upvote this shit should be ashamed because you clearly have no interest in actually learning more about the issue and having a balanced opinion on it

 

[Davin]

STRAW MAN ARGUMENT HASH TAGS? seriously, have some self respect, this is really how youre going to argue politics? you people that upvote this shit should be ashamed because you clearly have no interest in actually learning more about the issue and having a balanced opinion on it

Lol man tell me what's wrong with that! We have video proof of THE MOST LIBERAL senators complaining that he bypassed them. But yeah I'll #strawman on that just for you k?

 

[RubberSoul]

Lol man tell me what's wrong with that! We have video proof of THE MOST LIBERAL senators complaining that he bypassed them. But yeah I'll #strawman on that just for you k?

you've gotta be kidding me dude. youre gonna bypass every actual argument and go with "but x y z politicians support it or don't" as if that's really an argument. youre fucking clueless if you think that actually proves anything, it's POLITICS

either argue the thing youre arguing or just be quiet. you guys have literally avoided every single line of argument in this thread. how are you so passionate about something you obviously don't understand beyond sound bites and one liners?

 

[O.G.Surachai]

Interesting bit about the deaths being pinned on him. Worth a read no matter which side you are looking at it from.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/w...ied-to-6-lost-lives-facts-are-murky.html?_r=0

 

[Bowe_Bergdahl]

Whats goin on in here?

 

[MilaKunis]

Hey OP, people like you are the reason Obama WON the last election. No one wants to hear what you have to say. People will do the opposite because you annoy them, whether youre right or wrong.

Maybe try a new approach, jk, you won't, you're a republican.

Obama won the last election because of the black vote

 

[Charlie_Kelly]

you've gotta be kidding me dude. youre gonna bypass every actual argument and go with "but x y z politicians support it or don't" as if that's really an argument. youre fucking clueless if you think that actually proves anything, it's POLITICS

either argue the thing youre arguing or just be quiet. you guys have literally avoided every single line of argument in this thread. how are you so passionate about something you obviously don't understand beyond sound bites and one liners?

I also find it laughable that their side (the pro leave him there side) are the ones calling people idiots and high shoolers when in reality they are the ones acting like "high schoolers and idiots". You are dead on, none of them have yet to make a compelling argument and i doibt they will. I appreciate your posts but at this point, from what ive seen, that side of the argument has just resorted to illogical, childish remarks and quite possibly proved their actual knowledge on the sunject matter (aka next to nothing). I thank you for your posts, at least they are intelligent. (Sorry for potential bad grammar, on mobile)

 

[RubberSoul]

Interesting bit about the deaths being pinned on him. Worth a read no matter which side you are looking at it from.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/w...ied-to-6-lost-lives-facts-are-murky.html?_r=0

good read. of course most of these people have no interest in actually trying to find out more information about this though, they'd rather regurgitate sound bites from 2 or 3 news sources and their echo chambers pretend it's all black and white

pretty crazy that not only are people willing to blindly pin all these deaths on bergdahl without knowledge of a full investigation, they're willing to break policy and leave him as a POW for the allegations

i'm done arguing here, just please do me a favor everyone and actually read up from a variety of sources if you are interested in this subject or any.. cause right now this is a perfect example of echo chamber/second-third-fourth hand politics and it's not productive

 

[Davin]

you've gotta be kidding me dude. youre gonna bypass every actual argument and go with "but x y z politicians support it or don't" as if that's really an argument. youre fucking clueless if you think that actually proves anything, it's POLITICS

either argue the thing youre arguing or just be quiet. you guys have literally avoided every single line of argument in this thread. how are you so passionate about something you obviously don't understand beyond sound bites and one liners?

Your tactics dawg. I post one thing and suddenly am passionate about a topic? No. I'm simply adding another view point on this whole topic. Stop attacking the person who is participating in the debate and grow up. You have done nothing but add a half assed response and finish it with an "I'm a better arguer" style phrase. Such as "argue the thing were arguing or just be quiet." Face it that's not how it works.

 

[Davin]

I also find it laughable that their side (the pro leave him there side) are the ones calling people idiots and high shoolers when in reality they are the ones acting like "high schoolers and idiots". You are dead on, none of them have yet to make a compelling argument and i doibt they will. I appreciate your posts but at this point, from what ive seen, that side of the argument has just resorted to illogical, childish remarks and quite possibly proved their actual knowledge on the sunject matter (aka next to nothing). I thank you for your posts, at least they are intelligent. (Sorry for potential bad grammar, on mobile)

Clearly since you are using "intellectual" words your argument is better... Lol. Enough with the in holier than you attitude it just makes you an ass. Aw fuck that probably made me a high schooler guess I'll have to stop now.

 

[RubberSoul]

Your tactics dawg. I post one thing and suddenly am passionate about a topic? No. I'm simply adding another view point on this whole topic. Stop attacking the person who is participating in the debate and grow up. You have done nothing but add a half assed response and finish it with an "I'm a better arguer" style phrase. Such as "argue the thing were arguing or just be quiet." Face it that's not how it works.

youre really going to accuse ME of ad hominem and half assed arguments here? read the thread start to finish, read my responses on the first page, and realize i actually tried to argue points until i got frustrated and started bitching about the lack of real responses

get fucked dude, if you can't even read the thread before spouting bullshit i don't know why id expect you to have half a clue about a political argument

 

[Charlie_Kelly]

Clearly since you are using "intellectual" words your argument is better... Lol. Enough with the in holier than you attitude it just makes you an ass. Aw fuck that probably made me a high schooler guess I'll have to stop now.

I honestly thought you were trolling because of how ridiculous your first post was. Also it's "holier than thou" .

And that post wasn't really directed at you, more towards OP and Bombogenisis. But if you want to group yourself into that category as well I'm fine with it. You'd probably fit right in.

 

[cobra_commander]

The US Army has conducted more than one investigation into this, and closed out those investigations. They have now undoubtably reopened or stared a new one.

I still think it's funny that the focus is on PFC Bergdal. If I had been his PL, I would have beat the shit out of his TL, his SL, and possibly my PSG, because shit rolls down hill and I know I would be a day or two away from getting fired. It's not exactly the 'officer way' but fuck it.

Apparently none of that happened and they just had to sign some NDAs while the whole AO was put on hold to find the guy.

 

[Bombogenesis]

it's funny because you and OP and others who are half arguing with me know damn well you can't actually reply to my posts that actually have points argued, and instead just are silent until you think of another stupid post that is either a strawman argument, a sarcastic side note, or another sound bite without any of your own thinking or legal/historical basis behind it

i don't know how you can take yourself or your argument seriously when you have repeatedly failed to reply to actual arguments. have some decency and actually argue, or just admit that you arent interested in this issue past a superficial sound bite level

seriously, i'd love to see what you guys would say if they actually decided to NOT go with our policy and just left him there. you guys would be posting vapid nonsense in a thread about how obama has no respect for soldiers cause he's not bringing this one back and how he's breaking from years of US policy

he is a POW, we always get POWs back, and it's UP TO THE ARMY to charge him or not afterward. what's not to understand here?

im not even a big obama fan and he's done a lot of shady and possibly illegal stuff but this kind of fox news kiddie bullshit is so transparent it's insane. people like you following the partisan shit throwing contest are one of the biggest problems in politics. think about what youre arguing, and what precedent it would set if we just left bergdahl there. that would mean that we are okay with leaving POWs behind on a case by case basis based on unclear allegations. guilty til proven innocent! but obama's the one picking and choosing here right?

Lol, you're getting a little serious. I honestly don't have time to fucking argue on the internet. Sorry I don't have the same free time you do. I'm not going to Change your opinion anyway so there's literally no point. Get a life

 

[RubberSoul]

Lol, you're getting a little serious. I honestly don't have time to fucking argue on the internet. Sorry I don't have the same free time you do. I'm not going to Change your opinion anyway so there's literally no point. Get a life

haha, i can click on this tab and reply to your nonsense, check my email, and be back to work in the time it takes you to remember to breathe through your nose occasionally. nice try

"lol youre serious" yeah that's about what i expected for a response

 

[El_Barto.]

haha, i can click on this tab and reply to your nonsense, check my email, and be back to work in the time it takes you to remember to breathe through your nose occasionally. nice try

"lol youre serious" yeah that's about what i expected for a response

This is a pissing match for the ages

 

[JAHpow]

Technically it should say sergeant

 

[Phil-X-]

I wouldnt exactly say he was "POW" that the military had to "No man left behind"...

considering he premeditatedly deserted the army, he wasn't a prisoner of war because of them.

If you were a doctor who had regularly scheduled appointments every single day and just one day decided to never show up again, should the hospital be responsible for you? No. You're no longer their employee.

Because he intentionally deserted the army, I wouldnt call him apart of the army. He wanted to dis-associate from them and they should have made that mutual. Not risk our national security (5 high ranked hodgies) over a guy who already caused US military deaths and created a national security threat by being fully fluent in their language and purposefully meeting with them.

Right now theres a marine locked up in a mexican prison for "accidentally driving across the boarder with his licensed firearms in the car" Now, he wasnt on duty, or actively serving, BUT he fully served 2 tours and is still in the reserves.

I think we would be more focused on at LEAST giving him a ton of american legal council (considering mexicos our "ally) because hes a true american warfighting hero. Not some fuckin shmuck who fully sympathized with his enemy (learned their language and sought out al queda after leaving his fellow american soldiers )

 

[RubberSoul]

I wouldnt exactly say he was "POW" that the military had to "No man left behind"...

considering he premeditatedly deserted the army, he wasn't a prisoner of war because of them.

If you were a doctor who had regularly scheduled appointments every single day and just one day decided to never show up again, should the hospital be responsible for you? No. You're no longer their employee.

Because he intentionally deserted the army, I wouldnt call him apart of the army. He wanted to dis-associate from them and they should have made that mutual. Not risk our national security (5 high ranked hodgies) over a guy who already caused US military deaths and created a national security threat by being fully fluent in their language and purposefully meeting with them.

Right now theres a marine locked up in a mexican prison for "accidentally driving across the boarder with his licensed firearms in the car" Now, he wasnt on duty, or actively serving, BUT he fully served 2 tours and is still in the reserves.

I think we would be more focused on at LEAST giving him a ton of american legal council (considering mexicos our "ally) because hes a true american warfighting hero. Not some fuckin shmuck who fully sympathized with his enemy (learned their language and sought out al queda after leaving his fellow american soldiers )

well the army disagrees with you. they conducted a report on him and said he definitely left base but they left the question of deserter or not open. that can be decided once he's back if they so choose. the army. not obama. the army.

he was officially a prisoner of war, and we stuck to our policies, and got him back. i seriously don't get why you guys think this is something you would not do based on unclear allegations. my guess is political theater, and it's pretty interesting that your arguments imply you would like to leave people behind based on allegations.

 

[.frenchy]

Also funny how hero Marine is left to rot in Mexico by Obama…but Obama desperately wanted deserter freed in Afghanistan.

We freed 5 mass murderers to get a traitor back. Father speaks Muslim. Somethings wrong

and my bad cirillo I thought they were marines, I know i read that somewhere, probably was wrong though.

 

[Turkelton]

Also funny how hero Marine is left to rot in Mexico by Obama…but Obama desperately wanted deserter freed in Afghanistan.

We freed 5 mass murderers to get a traitor back. Father speaks Muslim. Somethings wrong

and my bad cirillo I thought they were marines, I know i read that somewhere, probably was wrong though.

Father speaks Muslim. Wow. That is some great knowledge right there, he SPEAKS Muslim, you must really know stuff about anything outside of America.

 

[Mr.Huck]

Also funny how hero Marine is left to rot in Mexico by Obama…but Obama desperately wanted deserter freed in Afghanistan.

This so much, Frenchy. U.S. Marine Andrew Tahmooressi is getting the crap kicked out of him in a Mexican jail for making a wrong turn and ending up back in Tijuana. Obama hasn't lifted a finger for him.

 

[.frenchy]

Father speaks Muslim. Wow. That is some great knowledge right there, he SPEAKS Muslim, you must really know stuff about anything outside of America.

I copy-pasta'd you fucking fuck. But thanks : )

and idgaf about muslims. like at all. Is there even a need to know anything outside America???!

america, bitch

Wayne Allyn Root @WayneRoot · Jun 3

Son's traitorous actions led to 14 soldiers killed. We freed 5 mass murderers to get a traitor back. Father speaks Muslim. Something wrong