Exclusive: The story you haven’t yet heard about Bowe Bergdahl’s desertion

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http://michellemalkin.com/2014/06/0...ent-yet-heard-about-bowe-bergdahls-desertion/

"Five years ago, I publicly raised questions about Bowe Bergdahl’s desertion from Blackfoot Company, 1-501 Infantry (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division.

A few weeks after his so-called “capture” in late June 2009, three conflicting accounts had surfaced: U.S. officials told the Associated Press Bergdahl had “walked off” the base with three Afghans; the Taliban claimed on its website that “a drunken American soldier had come out of his garrison” and into their arms; and Bergdahl claimed in his Taliban “hostage video” that he had “lagged behind a patrol” before being captured.

I asked on my blog: Were the AP’s sources mistaken? Or is the disturbing first account the right one? What about the “three Afghans” who Pfc. Bergdahl reportedly “just walked off” with after his shift? Who are they? What’s going on?

Five years ago, one of the brave soldiers who risked his life to search for Bergdahl answered my questions and I published his statement on July 20, 2009:

“I know the story and the accounts that he was drunk or that he was lagging behind on patrol are not true– this soldier planned this move for a long time. He walked off the post with a day’s supply of water and had written down before that he wanted to live in the mountains…he is an embarrassment to everyone who has worn the uniform.”

After news broke this weekend of President Obama’s trade of 5 high-level Taliban commanders at Gitmo for Bergdahl’s “freedom,” I heard from another soldier who served on the search team.

“Many of my brothers died because of PFC Bergdahl’s actions, and this has been a very hard day for all Geronimos,” he told me after documenting his proof of service. Other journalists ignored his attempts to get the truth out.

My source still holds a highly sensitive position, so you won’t see him all over the cable news shows. But he wants all of you to know the hell he and his comrades have been reliving:

“I was assigned to 1st Platoon of Blackfoot Company,” based out of Forward Operating Base (FOB) Salerno in Khost, Afghanistan, he said. “Bowe’s platoon was assigned to conduct security and stability operations out of FOB Sharana and other locations in Paktika. The untold background that led to Bowe’s situation involves an article and pictures published by Guardian reporter Sean Smith.” One of the battalion leaders punished soldiers, including Bergdahl (who had been photographed snoozing in his armored vehicle), with extra guard duty assignments for conducting operations in an unprofessional manner at Outpost MEST (OP MEST).

“PFC Bergdahl was already disenchanted with the war effort,” my source said, “and I think the extra duty was the last straw for him.” On the morning of June 30, 2009, “PFC Bergdahl completed a guard shift, removed his equipment, weapon and sensitive items, and left OP MEST with several Afghan security forces personnel. He took a compass, a couple bottles of water and two knives and his journal. His exact intentions may never be known, but he willingly walked off OP MEST and was secured by enemy forces not long after.”"

Has the ring of truth.
 
Rolling Stone had the definitive account on Bergdahl. I linked to it in Miles bitchy thread from yesterday.
 
Your thread title is a lie. Those quotes were on radio 4 yesterday.
 
Just out of curiosity, what makes the RS accounting the definitive one?

It's a seven page essay on the guy...easily the largest and most in-depth piece written about him. Most of the recent sleazy conservative hit pieces on the guy use it as a source document.
 
So we're to believe an opinion piece, which Malkin's is and nothing more, is THE piece we're supposed to believe? Just because she says so?
 
Rolling Stone had the definitive account on Bergdahl. I linked to it in Miles bitchy thread from yesterday.


That was an excellent article. Thanks for pointing me to it. And your assessment of Bergdahl is probably about right.
 
It doesn't matter whether he's a deserter or not.
Giving in to kidnappers sets a dangerous precident and puts all foreign nationals in Taliban lands at an increased risk.
 
It doesn't matter whether he's a deserter or not.
Giving in to kidnappers sets a dangerous precident and puts all foreign nationals in Taliban lands at an increased risk.

Asinine precedent was set in the '80s when Reagan authorized the sale of 1500 missiles to Iran for money which was sent to the Contras in Nicaragua.

Congress was left out of the loop then, was this time as well.
 
It doesn't matter whether he's a deserter or not.
Giving in to kidnappers sets a dangerous precident and puts all foreign nationals in Taliban lands at an increased risk.

I disagree strongly with your first statement. During most of the history of the US he would have been shot or hung for desertion if caught. And justifiably, in my opinion.

I agree with your second statement.
 
So we're to believe an opinion piece, which Malkin's is and nothing more, is THE piece we're supposed to believe? Just because she says so?

Nope,, just wondering why somebody would say one piece is the be all and end all, but another is just right wing fabrications.
 
I disagree strongly with your first statement. During most of the history of the US he would have been shot or hung for desertion if caught. And justifiably, in my opinion.

I agree with your second statement.

AND it was proven he deserted.

Remember, the military hasn't always attracted the best and brightest of the U.S. population.
 
Nope,, just wondering why somebody would say one piece is the be all and end all, but another is just right wing fabrications.

When the right wing PAYS for anti-Bergdahl statements - finding his compatriots and bringing them to RW media to give assertions - it makes one think it's not on the up and up.
 
Asinine precedent was set in the '80s when Reagan authorized the sale of 1500 missiles to Iran for money which was sent to the Contras in Nicaragua.

Congress was left out of the loop then, was this time as well.

Poor guy had the early stages of dementia, so he had an excuse.
 
Toubab and vetteman have the best ideas sometimes. Swap several prisoners for a single soldier, bring him home, make sure he's mentally and physically fit, then kill him.
 
I think the evidence he deserted is overwhelming.

Only in the media and in court of opinion. Has the Pentagon said he deserted? Has he been in front of the court martial yet?


Do I believe he deserted? *shrugs shoulders*
Do I believe he's at least an idiot? *soft nod*

People need to have a "Wait and see" on this before passing judgement on him.
 
Toubab and vetteman have the best ideas sometimes. Swap several prisoners for a single soldier, bring him home, make sure he's mentally and physically fit, then kill him.

I have no idea how you got the idea I approve of trading anything for Bergdahl. Not even a penny.
 
Poor guy had the early stages of dementia, so he had an excuse.

If that were true, his cabinet had to remove him from office. Mental incapacity isn't something we'd want a president to have.
 
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