Bowe Bergdahl

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

This whole release of the soldier for the detainees seemed really strange when the story broke. It really felt like there was more to it. As time is going on and information coming out, it seems that may be the case.

I don't think we should have backed down on the "not negotiating with terrorists" rule. In addition, there was supposed to be approval from congress. This whole thing stinks, IMO.

ohsix · Posted: Jun 03, 2014 6:24 am Post subject:

Are you talking about the Guantanamo Bay that Obama shut down on the first day of his presidency and the war in Afghanistan that Obama said all troops would be withdrawn from 2.5 years after he was elected? This must be old news.

eeven73 · Posted: Jun 03, 2014 6:54 am Post subject:

The walking away from his unit angle is very weird.

I think it is a certainty that some poor soul is going to get Bubb Rubb hard because of this precedent.

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

BrentC5Z · Posted: Jun 03, 2014 3:29 pm Post subject:

Ohsix, I LoL'd.

Is bs IMO. This guy was a deserter that cost several lives trying to retrieve him. We wanted him back before he became a full on informant for them and we had the chance to interrogate him. Put his ass in gitmo for a few weeks since he's such a sympathizer.

Man that sounds harsh.... Oh well, it's the interwebs.

nmballa · Posted: Jun 09, 2014 7:44 pm Post subject:

Technically he is not a deserter since it requires 31 days of being AWOL to be considered a deserter. He may have very well just have returned the next day after having done some soul searching.

What blows my mind is how most of the people throwing a fit about trading five terrorists to save one of our citizens could give two shits about the million people that have been killed, directly and indirectly, by our invasion of Iraq. But these five guys are that important? Bubb Rubbing redic.

eeven73 · Posted: Jun 10, 2014 8:43 am Post subject:

eeven73 · Posted: Jun 10, 2014 8:44 am Post subject:

http://usmilitary.about.com/od/justicelawlegislation/a/awoldesertion.htm

Porterwake · Posted: Jun 11, 2014 12:20 pm Post subject:

People are going nuts on this no negotiating with terrorists stuff. Reagan, Clinton, Bush, and Obama have done this. Old news. The only reason its getting blown up is because the right want to scream about Obama. The amount of right wing politicians who have double backed from "Get Bowe back!!" to "Bowe was a deserter and this is all wrong," is absolutely hilarious.

Five prisoners for one of ours is a pretty good price considering other exchanges the USA has made with terrorists over the past 30 years.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

nmballa · Posted: Jun 11, 2014 2:42 pm Post subject:

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

if one voluntarily evades detection to leave a fortified camp willingly, and doesn't come back for 31 days, he's a deserter. why he didn't return to camp is irrelevant. it wouldn't matter if he was stationed in del rio, tx at laughlin afb and was stuck in a mexican jail - either way, he was detained against his will (allegedly) and not able to return.

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

Why don't we let the military courts try him and see what happens instead of making judgements based on information provided to us by the media... which is biased, innacurate, and often flat out wrong in their rush to excite.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

those of us who pay attention to this kind of stuff have known the bergdahl story for years.

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

You mean you think you have known the story for years.

Do any of you know anything about Capitol Media Partners?