Anonymous wrote:

People get killed during wars, that's why they suck! You don't leave anyone behind or is that what you want to do in the future? Perhaps you'd like to be the final arbiter of who is rescued and who gets left behind.

I think it is a good thing that he is back. I don't like the exchange. But, you apparently think that Bergdahl's life is more important than those killed looking for him.

NP, can you point where someone has said what is bolded?

The soldiers said they might not have talked except for what Susan Rice said on Sunday a.m.

Anonymous wrote:I am suspicious. After all this time, his fellow soldiers want to blame him!
Perhaps they have something to hide. Bullying and hazing is a problem in the military


There was a gag order

They had to sign non-disclosure not to talk as long as he was "away".

Anonymous wrote:I am suspicious. After all this time, his fellow soldiers want to blame him!
Perhaps they have something to hide. Bullying and hazing is a problem in the military

There was a gag order

Anonymous wrote:31 pages and not one person has asked:

Who the hell names a kid Bowe???

Please don't move this to the expectant mothers forum.

Are you serious? This is what you take away from this thread so far?

31 pages and not one person has asked:

Who the hell names a kid Bowe???

Please don't move this to the expectant mothers forum.

I am suspicious. After all this time, his fellow soldiers want to blame him!
Perhaps they have something to hide. Bullying and hazing is a problem in the military

If he deserted, he should not receive military benefits. He owes an apology to those that died looking for him and their families,the US. Military, and the American People who may pay for his return. He should be grateful.
I hope he will be able to do something productive with his life after this, otherwise it is a waste.

Here's a blurb from an article in yesterday's Washington post about Israeli prisoner swaps by Israeli peace activist Gershon Baskin. How much we differ from Israel about our POWs. Indeed, all the information hasn't come out yet about Bergdahl so I will reserve my opinion about him until I read the FACTS.

"In an interview, Baskin noted that Israelis have had a long history with prisoner swaps and that although they are often controversial, debated and condemned, the society — and, eventually, the political leadership — broadly supports them.

“In Israel, there is no draft. It is a people’s army. The whole society is the army. My father, myself, my brothers, my sons. We all served in the army. We belong to the army, and the army belongs to us. There is no separation,” Baskin said.“And so we have an unwritten covenant: We don’t leave anyone behind.”

Anonymous wrote:

Sgt. Bergdahl has served honorably.

and OJ is innocent......

Can you believe this spin? I'm watching liberals here echo WH talking points. That's like only listening to OJs defense lawyers

Didn't Holder's law firm represent Gitmo terrorist in the past?

Anonymous wrote:
Furthermore, it isn't just conservatives arguing about this as much as you want to make this an us against them argument.


Do you have an example of a non-conservative who is arguing that Bergdahl didn't serve honorably?

Okay, sitting around the field at Dc's soccer try-outs last night with a bunch of families I have known for years, strong supporters of this Administration, claim to be democrats but also strong ties to the military, and they were discussing this swap and Bergdahl. They were discussing military honor and distinction. Some were distressed about the swap. One was livid having lost a child in Afghanistan. One was indifferent about the swap. What they uniformly expressed was their thought that he did not deserve to be hailed as serving with honor and distinction. Several of my liberal friends with past ties to the military have expressed similar concerns on social media. Believe what you will. We all do...