Best Damn Thing I've Read All Day -- A personal narrative about Bowe Bergdahl

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12. I posted this elsewhere, a description of Bowe from a friend:

I've talked with Bowe--he used to cruise by the library often to study or check out books. X knew him well--he was a friend of her son's, they used to do SCA* tournaments together, mock fighting. And yeah, a ton of irony there. We all didn't feel good about his enlisting--he was too starry eyed about some things, too … strongly ethical, without any leavening. He was bright, philosophical, creative, curious, but he was not…canny.

There was more than a touch of the old Victorian romantic adventurer in his attitude--highly optimistic, but totally clueless. And just as tragic. (I do not know, but I would not be surprised to hear he had read Richard Burton travelogues.)

And fuck the Brothers K and Faux driven media attackers and vicious idiots. I want him back home and out of the line of fire of the war and the crap fake for-hire journalists.



*Society for Creative Anachronism I assume.