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panader0

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53. "Disillusioned"??

Reply to YarnAddict (Reply #23)

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 02:49 PM

Jun 2014

Maybe he was sane.

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Sergeant Bergdahl is a Traitor because 'he read too much and didn�t drink enough beer' [View all] kpete Jun 2014 OP

He walked away from his unit B2G Jun 2014 #1

with permission kpete Jun 2014 #3

If I were to leave the base, would it cause problems if I took my sensitive equipment? yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #7

He left a note saying he was leaving. YarnAddict Jun 2014 #23

"Disillusioned"?? panader0 Jun 2014 #53

there was no note, repeat NO NOTE riverwalker Jun 2014 #77

When I wrote that post YarnAddict Jun 2014 #79

good point riverwalker Jun 2014 #80

The note bit has been debunked. broiles Jun 2014 #81

Yes, it has been, YarnAddict Jun 2014 #82

Permission? I do not think that word means what you think it means. JJChambers Jun 2014 #36

It doesn't say anything about books either. yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #5

In the environment he was living at nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #2

This one quote said it all for me: kpete Jun 2014 #9

Absolutely nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #13

It's as relevant today as it was two years ago. Amazing analysis, and true. TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #24

There are plenty of intelligent educated people in the service IronLionZion Jun 2014 #68

"If deployment is lame, I'm going to get lost in the mountains and make my way to China." Nye Bevan Jun 2014 #4

Is that reliable? Because intel intercepts suggest he was captured during an TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #6

Where do you get that from? B2G Jun 2014 #12

Hastings Rolling Stone article and this thread: TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #16

Here is a DU post about that csziggy Jun 2014 #17

Read Michael Hastings' piece in Rolling Stone. MADem Jun 2014 #18

I think he walked away (to where, who knows) but the attack on post quote TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #21

No, he was a fair piece away. It's in the Hastings piece. MADem Jun 2014 #31

Oh yeah, I think he will be a wreck for some time. I think they messed with TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #32

He left a note saying he was leaving. YarnAddict Jun 2014 #26

He didn't say he wasn't coming back. MADem Jun 2014 #28

Excerpt from a NYT article YarnAddict Jun 2014 #30

A good lawyer can make that disappear. Even a bad lawyer can. MADem Jun 2014 #34

I just read it YarnAddict Jun 2014 #38

It would appear that "note" turned out to be fiction, as well. MADem Jun 2014 #76

He enlisted in 2008, right? Potentially a lot of "enlistment errors" by then... JHB Jun 2014 #67

Around that time--they damn near just left the gate open for awhile, there. MADem Jun 2014 #72

Section 2 Article 85 4Q2u2 Jun 2014 #41

Not if he was incompetent to serve in the first place, and that was missed both MADem Jun 2014 #48

That is what they will hang their hat on 4Q2u2 Jun 2014 #51

If the SECDEF wants to call it a faulty enlistment, that's what it'll be! MADem Jun 2014 #66

I suppose his farewell note means nothing B2G Jun 2014 #44

It shows he left. It doesn't show that he went to a local village TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #45

I'm afraid this note turned out to be fiction. And it was a Republican who reported it, too. MADem Jun 2014 #75

that would be Cody Full riverwalker Jun 2014 #78

When he was captured Turbineguy Jun 2014 #8

The army inquiry has started nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #14

McCain was shot down. This guy walked away. MADem Jun 2014 #22

Because Time in Grade promotions are automatic for POWs. MADem Jun 2014 #15

See, what the GOP (and others) are missing here is something really simple: The Straight Story Jun 2014 #10

In the military that concept is closer to the Napoleonic code nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #20

DOD is going to resolve this without fanfare. MADem Jun 2014 #11

I don't think there's really anyone who wanted him held as a hero-- TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #19

I've seen a few somewhat naive posts, mainly as a pushback to the GOP Hang-em-High drum beat. MADem Jun 2014 #27

I don't think he was suited for that much structure, it's like TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #37

good kpete Jun 2014 #33

Cheers back atcha. MADem Jun 2014 #35

None of the allegations matter because his status was "Prisoner of War" MohRokTah Jun 2014 #25

politcal group bpj62 Jun 2014 #42

Good post. TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #46

From that article it appears Bergdahl was extremely gung-ho in a unit of fuck-ups. ieoeja Jun 2014 #29

For crying out loud, they sound like something out of the movie Platoon. Why can't Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #39

....and he took off. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2014 #40

I read "Catch 22" in high school back in the 1960s ... spin Jun 2014 #52

I read it first time when I was the marines. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2014 #57

All the platoon interviews in this article were shopped by GOP strategists. TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #43

I hope the investigation is fair. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #47

He did go AWOL but it doesn't matter. MADem Jun 2014 #49

what will be will be. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #50

Don't bet on that Lee-Lee Jun 2014 #56

Not the same at all. There were actually FOUR soldiers that went over the wire. MADem Jun 2014 #58

If they just do a slap on the wrist NJP Lee-Lee Jun 2014 #60

Look, I spent decades in uniform so I can understand their feeling, HOWEVER... MADem Jun 2014 #64

I think you are badly misjudging this Lee-Lee Jun 2014 #69

Force shaping isn't an "optional" evolution, here. MADem Jun 2014 #71

You don't have to lecture me about how force shaping is going Lee-Lee Jun 2014 #73

I'm not lecturing you--your comments led me to believe you don't have an appreciation of it, frankly MADem Jun 2014 #74

No he won't nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #62

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2014 #54

When does he get his sex change operation?? kentuck Jun 2014 #55

Huh? nt MADem Jun 2014 #59

He probably had boxes in his garage and a pole dancing girlfriend. Autumn Jun 2014 #61

I read he didn't eat BBQ with the rest of the unit, either. Cha Jun 2014 #63

He had studied BALLET!! WinkyDink Jun 2014 #65

"You read too many books, you talk funny, and you don't get drunk." ck4829 Jun 2014 #70