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4. So is that how it goes now in the military?
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 04:11 PM
Jun 2014

Perhaps we should have a committee of some sort to scan through every American soldier captured and decide if their service record is clean and the circumstances of their capture is deemed worthy of bringing home?

Would you feel the same if it was your own child?

People break down sometimes in combat zones...some freeze, some fuck up, some are just unlucky, but we don't leave them behind.

If these Taliban were guilty of something, we had more than enough time to charge them and try them. And remember, we invaded Afghanistan, they didn't invade us.

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Keep telling it like it is Harry! phleshdef Jun 2014 #1
» bigtree Jun 2014 #2
long time lurker here. jaycrewz Jun 2014 #3
So is that how it goes now in the military? Liberal Veteran Jun 2014 #4
POWs get returned. That's how it works. arcane1 Jun 2014 #5
I'd like to hear the lurker's thoughts on this too napkinz Jun 2014 #10
Gimme a break jaycrewz Jun 2014 #18
Can you take a break from casting judgement on Obama to answer our questions? arcane1 Jun 2014 #19
Oh brother. jaycrewz Jun 2014 #21
We can't just go around imprisoning people for what they "want" arcane1 Jun 2014 #23
you brought up the concern about the detainees released bigtree Jun 2014 #20
..... jaycrewz Jun 2014 #22
"I may have voted Obama twice, and I may be a left leaning guy.." MineralMan Jun 2014 #25
again bigtree Jun 2014 #27
interesting typo riverwalker Jun 2014 #30
smh jaycrewz Jun 2014 #31
Before anyone stands trial, that person has to be charged. MineralMan Jun 2014 #6
Charge him then. jaycrewz Jun 2014 #13
"If theres evidence of desertion" indeed. Rather than yelling he need a trial, how about waiting uppityperson Jun 2014 #17
Sounds like you've already decided. MineralMan Jun 2014 #24
You might be surprised jaycrewz Jun 2014 #32
Even if he is later found guilty of some sort of misconduct, you still bring them home. AtheistCrusader Jun 2014 #7
all of them over 50 and physically degraded bigtree Jun 2014 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #12
... muntrv Jun 2014 #29
+1 Jamaal510 Jun 2014 #33
"What difference does it make?" Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2014 #8
FOX 'News' must be having a horrible time! Alex P Notkeaton Jun 2014 #11
By election day they'll be synonymous to those idiots. arcane1 Jun 2014 #14
The Taliban are giving statements Iliyah Jun 2014 #15
no bigger promoter of the dribble from the Taliban and al-Qaeda than republicans bigtree Jun 2014 #16
Has he spoken to Dianne Feinstein recently?... n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2014 #26
he heard her bigtree Jun 2014 #28
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