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Investigate reporting from 2012, great background on Bergdahl.
Thoughts: This guy probably should have never joined the army. He didn't have good reasons for joining up, and he clearly didn't fit it. He was in a terrible unit however, a competent commander may have been able to make something of him.
I have never served, but I can see why some are upset at Bergdahl being used in a high-profile prisoner trade. He really did seem to have deserted, and then found himself in a bit of a pickle. I suppose we should be happy that no man left behind really does mean they will try to get you out, even if you are politically unpopular nobody.
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Chet_Manly 9 years, 10 months ago
Also gets the deplorable VA issues out of the headlines. Here is what his team leader had to say:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/06/03/bergdahls-team-leader-drops-unsettling-details-about-what-happened-after-the-soldier-deserted-army-base/
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High_Binder 9 years, 10 months ago
" I suppose we should be happy that no man left behind really does mean they will try to get you out, even if you are politically unpopular nobody."
You don't really think that's why we traded for him do you? This was clearly a gift to Hillary so that the admin and by extension the Ds could save face on Benghazi.
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BenEspen 9 years, 10 months ago
Nah, I have no opinion on what the administration thought they were getting out of it. I am saying a world with the concept 'no man left behind' is better than one in which the value of a hostage is wholly, rathet than partly, political.
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ahnyerkeester 9 years, 10 months ago
We have to do everything we can to recover our POWs. The Serviceman's Creed tells us to not lose faith during captivity. However, we should NEVER trade prisoners to get our POWs back. In the end, it can encourage more captures. Whether Bergdahl served with honor or shame doesn't matter so much. We don't do prisoner swaps. Period. It only serves to endanger our troops more in the long run.
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