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branford

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16. Those aren't necessarily mutually exclusive feelings or beliefs.

Reply to Liberal Veteran (Reply #14)

Sat Sep 19, 2015, 10:11 PM

Sep 2015

Even deserters do not deserve to be held captive by the Taliban, and it is America's right and obligation to deal with the crimes of those serving in uniform.

I also believe that much of the "fucking deserter scum" rhetoric was terribly aggravated by what many, including some Democrats, viewed as a horribly one-sided deal for his release and the president and Susan Rice's treatment of him like a veritable war hero. The White House certainly could have handled the political situation far better from the onset, and bears some blame for terrible optics and pr that exacerbated the situation.

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General says Bergdahl doesn’t deserve jail [View all] TexasTowelie Sep 2015 OP

It seems to me that the outcome is good. That he's alive, delrem Sep 2015 #1

Uh...maybe...a Republican? Human101948 Sep 2015 #2

Well, it's tough that you have to put up with such creatures, down there in the US. delrem Sep 2015 #3

Yeah, it's like being trapped in an episode of the Walking Dead... Human101948 Sep 2015 #4

Veterans For Peace . . FairWinds Sep 2015 #5

The guy served his time a prisoner of the Taliban. That's more than punishment enough. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2015 #6

If Bergdahl is found guilty of the desertion and related charges at a court martial, branford Sep 2015 #10

No, they were all demanding Obama bring him home, until Obama did. TwilightGardener Sep 2015 #11

Conservatives didn't force President Obama to give a Rose Garden press event branford Sep 2015 #12

Honestly, I think Obama was genuinely concerned for Bergdahl and his parents, TwilightGardener Sep 2015 #13

I can't speak to Bergdahl's mental state or capabilities as a professional matter, branford Sep 2015 #15

I never got the impression that they tried to make a hero out of him. TwilightGardener Sep 2015 #17

K&R. I agree that he doesn't deserve a jail sentence. Overseas Sep 2015 #7

Bergdahl is the poster child for "don't walk away from your post". TwilightGardener Sep 2015 #8

I think the Army is checking public temperature on this sarge43 Sep 2015 #9

Funny thing was, before they actually brought him home, there were signs all over the NW.... Liberal Veteran Sep 2015 #14

Those aren't necessarily mutually exclusive feelings or beliefs. branford Sep 2015 #16

I have mixed feelings about the Bergdahl case davidpdx Sep 2015 #18

Given Bergdahl's apparently serious and long-term medical conditions, branford Sep 2015 #19