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54. Walking away like a savant isn't desertion

Fri Jun 6, 2014, 01:48 PM

Jun 2014

He was older than most of generations of prior military members,

However almost everyone in my unit in Nam was 23 or less. I was a 4 stripe Sgt at age 22 My Lt was 23. None of us would have left our weapon, our flak vest and went on a frolic outside the wire. The people who searched for this infant are rightly pissed they had to go out and some got killed looking for his hanging ass.

This person apparently went AWOL from his base on some kind of mushroom hunt. He is an idiot nothing more. In the long run nothing will be done to him. His legacy among the military types and others of a like persuasion will be that of a modern day "Hanoi Jane"

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Gen. Dempsey: Army May Still Pursue Charges Against Sgt. Bergdahl [View all] big_dog Jun 2014 OP

If he is guilty of desertion yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #1

so facing the firing squad for leaving post is still on the books from the pre-civil war days? big_dog Jun 2014 #3

I guess so yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #5

The London Sunday Times report is troubling (about what he might have been doing in Pakistan) big_dog Jun 2014 #6

Great. Just what we need. yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #8

You do have to take enemy propaganda claims with a grain of salt. TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #14

That is daily mail NOT times of london nt alp227 Jun 2014 #24

Your link is to a Daily Mail article from 2010 - hedgehog Jun 2014 #57

Last person to be executed for desertion was Pvt Eddie Slovik, 31 January 1945. Angleae Jun 2014 #34

No, He can't be put to death. gerogie2 Jun 2014 #11

if he was aiding & training the enemy in Pakistan, would he still have Geneva Convention protection? big_dog Jun 2014 #12

He can still be tried for desertion. Angleae Jun 2014 #35

Of course--the question is, what mental and physical state is he in, TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #2

GW Bush also deserted.... joanbarnes Jun 2014 #4

GW Bush also deserted.... yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #10

There were plenty of peeps ... GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #17

No he didn't nt hack89 Jun 2014 #13

Kenneth? MosheFeingold Jun 2014 #23

LOL, I remember that... former9thward Jun 2014 #25

5 Taliban were released to win back a deserter? 951-Riverside Jun 2014 #7

imo, I think this clears the decks for the difficult cases at Gitmo and frees Bowe at the same time big_dog Jun 2014 #9

The Taliban in our custody have to be released at the end of the war anyway, TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #15

'He is an American soldier, still' big_dog Jun 2014 #18

They won't know of anything he did in captivity until he is able TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #19

this whole deal is a huge roll of the dice big_dog Jun 2014 #20

Lots of what ifs. Mz Pip Jun 2014 #32

I think there is more going on then we know davidpdx Jun 2014 #36

All of this media frenzy... DeadLetterOffice Jun 2014 #16

getting worse, CNN says he sought out the Taliban according to radio chatter that night... big_dog Jun 2014 #29

All that propaganda has been debunked. There is no such evidence. SunSeeker Jun 2014 #49

Bush got away with being a deserter Submariner Jun 2014 #21

The Army was on notice this guy was losing it BEFORE he disappeared. They did nothing. SunSeeker Jun 2014 #22

Bergdahl may have done this before... big_dog Jun 2014 #27

While I'm not going to play armchair psychiatrist, I think there is a good chance davidpdx Jun 2014 #37

Thanks for your post, SunSeeker.. very informative. nm Cha Jun 2014 #41

Right back atcha, Cha. SunSeeker Jun 2014 #45

Make sure and do everything you can, General, to harm the memory of this so Obama gets no randys1 Jun 2014 #26

If nothing else madville Jun 2014 #28

true it neutralizes the VA story all the way to the midterm elections big_dog Jun 2014 #30

I thought America never negotiated with terrorists Reter Jun 2014 #31

We have always negotiated with terrorists. SunSeeker Jun 2014 #33

I wouldn't look up to the "Iran Contra affair" Reter Jun 2014 #39

Bush released over 500 GITMO detainees. For nothing. SunSeeker Jun 2014 #40

One again, I do not care what that idiot Bush did, he's nothing to look up to Reter Jun 2014 #43

No one is looking up to Bush. My point is this is faux outrage and you know it. SunSeeker Jun 2014 #44

It's a faux outrage and I know it? Reter Jun 2014 #47

Not everyone on this site is a Dem. You know that too. SunSeeker Jun 2014 #48

I learned the term nanny state from this site Reter Jun 2014 #50

Well if you like de Blasio there is hope for you. SunSeeker Jun 2014 #51

I'll end it at that then Reter Jun 2014 #53

You were wrong.. Cha Jun 2014 #42

Those Reagan photos are false. former9thward Jun 2014 #52

Those Reagan photos are real jmowreader Jun 2014 #56

History fail. former9thward Jun 2014 #58

23 year old young man/ big kid Rhinodawg Jun 2014 #38

He went AWOL and was quickly captured. That's not desertion. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #46

Walking away like a savant isn't desertion warrant46 Jun 2014 #54

As well they should. I hope he gets a fair trial. apnu Jun 2014 #55