Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:. Enlisted ground forces who were captured and taken as POWs were never returned from Vietnam or Korea.
Americans don't give a damn about enlisted men an women who are taken as POWs.
Please source that. There is no question that most POWs were pilots. They were mostly taken in the North--ground forces weren't there. Few ground forces were taken POW.
I too had never heard such a statement. Of the few ground forces taken as POWs, I do see enlisted ranks along with release dates, at this site: http://www.nampows.org/nampowslist.html
So, me thinks that poster is full of shite.
I'm not always a big McCain fan, bu mentioning that his captors put hom first in line because of his father's position omits the fact that he declined and stayed in captivity.
Anonymous wrote:They should have just let him die as a POW. after all he's just a working class American marine. Now if he were the son of a Navy Admiral he might be worth saving. If you don't believe me, just ask Senator John McCain. [/quote
I'm not always a big McCain fan, bu mentioning that his captors put hom first in line because of his father's position omits the fact that he declined and stayed in captivity.
Anonymous wrote:I don't know why everyone is so aghast that five taliban went home. It may suck for Afghanistan, but we are leaving there. Taliban have the sole goal of taking control of their country. They are not international terrorists. That was Al Qaeda, and their only interest in Al Qaeda is that they were fighting for the Afghans.
Anonymous wrote:In Vietnam they got the Officers who were POWs out and then they let South Vietnam fall to the Communists. No one ever even bothered to look for the MIA enlisted men lost in ground combat.
If Bergdahl was a Commissioned Officer, John McCain would be in favor of his release, but because he is an enlisted man he is expendable and being treated with scorn.
Enlisted servicemen and women should be supporting Sgt. Bergdahl and preventing hypocrites like John McCain from throwing him under the bus.
SAY NO TO SWIFT BOATING AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS!!!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You are totally kidding, right? At least you are no physician because you are totally clueless on assessing someone's health.
Bergdahl looks nothing like his photo from before he went missing. He looks older and more haggard than a man pushing 60 and he's only in his 20s. He looks like hell in the video.
Didn't say he looked healthy. Go look at pictures of concentration camp survivors. Big difference.
Backpedaling now, eh? Glad you finally agree he didn't look healthy. Point made, end of discussion.
The point is that the big O failed to notify Congress (this was O's law). He claimed that BB's health was deteriorating so they had to act quickly. Of course BB could look better, but he was not on death's door. O could have abided by his own law. The reason he did not notify Congress is that he knew the Congress would have blocked it.
Anonymous wrote:. Enlisted ground forces who were captured and taken as POWs were never returned from Vietnam or Korea.
Americans don't give a damn about enlisted men an women who are taken as POWs.
Please source that. There is no question that most POWs were pilots. They were mostly taken in the North--ground forces weren't there. Few ground forces were taken POW.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is it possible that the White HOuse was so concerned about "close hold information" that Rice was not aware of Bergdahl's history?
She's the friggin' national security adviser. Out of the loop means not up to the job.