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He's a self professed deserter ... not a POW.
According to firsthand accounts from soldiers in his platoon, Bergdahl, while on guard duty, shed his weapons and walked off the observation post with nothing more than a compass, a knife, water, a digital camera and a diary.
At least six soldiers were killed in subsequent searches for him, according to soldiers involved in the operations to find him. The Pentagon was not able to provide details on specific operations in which any soldiers killed during that time were involved.
E-mails reported by the late Michael Hastings in Rolling Stone in 2012 reveal what Bergdahl's fellow infantrymen learned within days of his disappearance: He told people that he no longer supported the U.S. effort in Afghanistan.
"The future is too good to waste on lies," he wrote to his parents. "And life is way too short to care for the damnation of others, as well as to spend it helping fools with their ideas that are wrong. I have seen their ideas and I am ashamed to even be American. The horror of the self-righteous arrogance that they thrive in. It is all revolting."
Bergdahl wrote to them, "I am sorry for everything. The horror that is America is disgusting."
CNN has not independently verified the authenticity of the e-mails.
Spc. Cody Full, a former member of Bergdahl's squad, tweeted this weekend that before he disappeared, Bergdahl once told him, "If deployment is lame, I'm going to get lost in the Mountains and make my way to China."
I call for impeachment. "Period. Full stop. We don't condition that." - See more at: www.abovetopsecret.com...
originally posted by: neo96
I call for impeachment. "Period. Full stop. We don't condition that." - See more at: www.abovetopsecret.com...
People need to give 'impeachment' up.
It doesn't mean what it use to.
See Bill Clinton.
The only thing worse than no response from America is a floundering response, so Congress should stop it while they can. We don’t need to go through the half-hearted lobbying effort in Congress, which will just underscore the incompetence and incapabilities of this administration. Republicans should vote to end this disaster now. A vote of no confidence is in order.
originally posted by: butcherguy
originally posted by: jimmyx
originally posted by: butcherguy
originally posted by: beezzer
a reply to: Vasa Croe
But. . . .
Didn't Obama say that they couldn't inform, consult congress because they had to move quickly because the guy was sick?
Looks like this has been in the works for a while.
Obama must have thought he was supposed to insult Congress, because that is what he did.
He must have misread the law.
insult congress??.....he would need another 4 years just to get even in that department....besides with congress getting single digit favorable ratings, more than 90% are joining in the act of insulting congress
I didn't say that insulting Congress is a bad thing.
I just made the observation that he did insult them by sharing info with the Bergdahl parents when it was 'too sensitive' to share with Congress.... when he was obligated by law to share it with Congress.
originally posted by: nugget1
This whole Bergdahl thing has left me totally confused.
obama is leader of what nation, again?
I fear this may one day make the World Trade Center disaster look like a very minor incident in comparison. I sure hope I'm wrong.
originally posted by: Vasa Croe
originally posted by: kruphix
a reply to: Vasa Croe
Um, your link says that they have participated in calls since 2009. Congress has also been involved since 2009.
More manufactured outrage over nothing.
Do you even know what you are angry about? Does anyone anymore?
Yes...they have and yes Congress has been involved....however the Bergdahl's are NOT cleared for this. The administration and Obama are PREACHING security on this and how sensitive it is to the operation secrecy was, yet they allow private citizens with NO security clearance on video conference calls with the Taliban captors.
And yes I know what I am angry about....
originally posted by: Destinyone
originally posted by: nugget1
This whole Bergdahl thing has left me totally confused.
obama is leader of what nation, again?
I fear this may one day make the World Trade Center disaster look like a very minor incident in comparison. I sure hope I'm wrong.
I honestly think his goal of a world to lead is, one where we fall on our knees 5 times a day to pray. At least that appears to me, the direction he is heading, and using his power to get there...
Des