Very powerful response to the Bergdahl nonsense by a retired US Navy Chief Warrant Officer

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21. the absolute best thing I've ever seen posted on DU

As a person who watched c-span before the first guns were fired and saw that the intelligence community was saying that Cheney was guiding the conclusions of the "intelligence" reports, I have been vehemently opposed to both wars from the beginning.

Officer Wright is absolutely correct that it doesn't matter what Sgt. Bergdahl is accused of, the country's duty is to get all soldiers and sailors home.

So what of the desertion charge?...I have absolutely no inside knowledge and we may never know...but do I know that...
MANY soldiers became aware of the atrocities that the US committed and did not want to take part. The tales told by returning soldiers are horrifying. Just imagine that you are there and are aware of these atrocities. Imagine that your group had just done something horrifying and illegal or you've been told of your next orders. Imagine that it is another horrifying atrocity. What do you do? Just go along with it? Argue with your chain of command? Self-inflicted wound? Suicide? Refuse to participate? Walk away?

Would you walk away?