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HoosierCowboy

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51. Deja vu all over again

Sun Jun 8, 2014, 10:22 AM

Jun 2014

Check out "The Brook of Elan" with Tommy Lee Jones

A story about the father of a dead American soldier finding out the truth about running over kids in Afghanistan.

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WH Says NYT Report Claiming Bergdahl Left a Note Behind "NOT TRUE. There was no statement" [View all] bigtree Jun 2014 OP

Now THAT is interesting. TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #1

on to the next smear bigtree Jun 2014 #3

In a week, Tweety will be calling Bergdahl a hero. Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #4

I was thinking the same thing... Veilex Jun 2014 #50

Well if he was a normal person he would madokie Jun 2014 #52

The cons will not care. Facts get the way of the fiction created by this propaganda, Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #2

well thats a real twist. DCBob Jun 2014 #5

Probably the PR team hired to smear Bergdahl.... riderinthestorm Jun 2014 #20

He did leave a note 840high Jun 2014 #6

The WH is claiming the report is wrong. DCBob Jun 2014 #7

Thanks. 840high Jun 2014 #8

so says an unnamed 'senior military official' bigtree Jun 2014 #9

a FORMER senior military official riverwalker Jun 2014 #26

If this were actually true then he had become disconnected from reality HubertHeaver Jun 2014 #10

Did you read the OP? The WH is saying that NYT report is wrong, that there was no note. sabrina 1 Jun 2014 #45

So who wrote the note? Was there a note? Someone else wrote? CYA? What? nt kelliekat44 Jun 2014 #11

There was a story about someone finding a note right after he left in 2009 TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #12

the only ones mentioning the note riverwalker Jun 2014 #14

Some "senior military official" had mentioned it to the NYT as fact. TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #16

his narrative riverwalker Jun 2014 #27

Figures. Thanks. nt SunSeeker Jun 2014 #28

He had left the base before and returned. As for the note, where is it? Two guys hired by the sabrina 1 Jun 2014 #46

update: Politico article w/Chambliss quote bigtree Jun 2014 #13

Oh NOES!!!!11111 Cha Jun 2014 #17

That just means there wasn't anything GOPpers could cling to, like Bibles and gunz! 4lbs Jun 2014 #21

what the heck is a "desertion note" anyway? riverwalker Jun 2014 #15

Everyone should read tht article. It explains a whole lot about these guys. Seems Bergdahl may sabrina 1 Jun 2014 #47

Its already starting to backfire on the GOP Iliyah Jun 2014 #18

Jessica Lynch n.t SoCalDem Jun 2014 #19

My wife knew her, back in the day. riqster Jun 2014 #23

I am proud of her too..for not allowing herself SoCalDem Jun 2014 #24

Yep. Classy and a patriot. riqster Jun 2014 #25

Pat Tillman. Common thread: Right Wingers used them. nt Hekate Jun 2014 #34

The NYT got something wrong??? Jack Rabbit Jun 2014 #22

The media seems to have cut back on the attacks with Bergdahl. LLD Jun 2014 #29

More of Richard Grenell's "PR" work? herding cats Jun 2014 #30

so what if there was? Enrique Jun 2014 #31

more on the "retired officer" in NYT riverwalker Jun 2014 #32

Post removed Post removed Jun 2014 #33

Tin ear? Really? It was time to get him back and had nothing to do with the VA. Hekate Jun 2014 #35

He sure didn't last long...kudos to our MIR team! countryjake Jun 2014 #37

I think the other DU blog would be a better it. riverbendviewgal Jun 2014 #36

Would the RW have been happier to have seen the Taliban cut a U.S. citizen's head off on video? YOHABLO Jun 2014 #38

no question about it Enrique Jun 2014 #39

And TheTaliban Is Not cynzke Jun 2014 #42

Someone right here on DU said that they hoped he'll face a firing squad... countryjake Jun 2014 #40

That is very disturbing davidpdx Jun 2014 #44

So many people are simply reacting to each new "revelation"... countryjake Jun 2014 #48

I'm sure they are going through heaven and hell at the same time davidpdx Jun 2014 #49

It's irrelevant. Getting him home was the right thing, no matter what. merrily Jun 2014 #41

I hate the meme that he abandoned camp. He had a history of taking walks, and coming back riderinthestorm Jun 2014 #43

Deja vu all over again HoosierCowboy Jun 2014 #51