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TexasMommaWithAHat

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6. I can agree with you, and do

Reply to shanny (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 26, 2017, 08:45 AM

Oct 2017

That doesn't change the fact that he did not have diminished capacity and knew that his fellow soldiers (and many others) would go looking for him. He was miserably, miserably unhappy, and left camp knowing that he was risking the lives of others.

Even the uninformed citizen on the street understands the term "no man left behind." That's why desertion is treated as the worst possible behavior any soldier can engage in.

He knowingly put others at risk. And that's why he will be held accountable.

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Looking for Sgt Bowe Bergdahl carried a heavy price [View all] TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2017 OP

you seem to attribute malice to the man bigtree Oct 2017 #1

There's been no evidence that TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2017 #3

The fact that he washed out shanny Oct 2017 #5

I can agree with you, and do TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2017 #6

Disagree shanny Oct 2017 #7

He was miserably unhappy because TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2017 #8

He was discharged from the coast guard shanny Oct 2017 #9

I agree with you. cwydro Oct 2017 #10

Hopefully this makes people think twice before joining the military based on some unrealistic image Not Ruth Oct 2017 #2

I agree. TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2017 #4