U.S. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl freed in Afghanistan

[MoJo]

Thank you Lord Jesus!

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[The Annoyed Man]

I'm glad he's been released, but the 4 to 1 trade means we let the terrorists hose us again.

[baldeagle]

I'm thankful Bowe is coming home. I've been praying for him for years.

[C-dub]

I am also glad he has been returned. However, it also indicates a serious change in policy of negotiating with terrorists and that bothers me.

[MeMelYup]

I don't want to sound down on the guy, I'm not. They need to observe him very close for a while, they had him for 5 years and can plant a lot of ideas under duress.

[philip964]

I didn't know before this post that there was an American prisoner of war being held by the Taliban. Apparently this soldier's story is not as simple as the USA Today's article might suggest.

Apparently members of his unit said he was AWOL when he was captured. This leaves the Army in a little of a pickle, as he has probably now been punished far more than he would have been had he been caught by US forces. Is he honorably discharged?

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"Rolling Stone magazine quoted emails Bergdahl is said to have sent to his parents that suggest he was disillusioned with America's mission in Afghanistan, had lost faith in the U.S. Army's mission there and was considering desertion.

Bergdahl told his parents he was 'ashamed to even be American'.

Bergdahl, who mailed home boxes containing his uniform and books, also wrote: 'The future is too good to waste on lies. And life is way too short to care for the damnation of others, as well as to spend it helping fools with their ideas that are wrong.'

The Associated Press could not independently authenticate the emails published by the magazine in 2012. Bergdahl's family has not commented on the allegations of desertion, according to Col. Tim Marsano, a spokesman for the Idaho National Guard."

[philip964]

I don't want to sound down on the guy, I'm not. They need to observe him very close for a while, they had him for 5 years and can plant a lot of ideas under duress.

His father is concerned that he cannot speak English anymore.

[Jumping Frog]

I don't want to sound down on the guy, I'm not. They need to observe him very close for a while, they had him for 5 years and can plant a lot of ideas under duress.

Are you thinking of Homeland?

[philip964]

“Trading five senior Taliban leaders from detention in Guantanamo Bay for Bergdahl’s release may have consequences for the rest of our forces and all Americans. Our terrorist adversaries now have a strong incentive to capture Americans. That incentive will put our forces in Afghanistan and around the world at even greater risk,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. McKeon (R-Calif.) and the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, James M. Inhofe (Okla.), said in a joint statement.

A tweet was posted by the father and then removed.

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Apparently he is working for the release of all the prisoners in Cuba. "I am still working to free all Guantanamo prisoners. God will repay for the death of every Afghan child, ameen! 5/28/14, 2:43 PM"

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FYI with the big beard I thought the father being from Idaho might be a mountain man, ZZ Top fan, Louisiana duck hunter or fundamentalist religious person. When I saw the word Ameen at the end of his supposed statement, I didn't know what it meant, it is similar to Amen, leading me to believe he might be a fundamentalist religious person, which he apparently is. Here is the definition. http://www.islamic-dictionary.com/index.php?word=ameen" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[The Annoyed Man]

The father's twitter feed is kind of strange. Not sure what to think: https://twitter.com/bobbergdahl

[Keith B]

The father praised Allah at the end of the press conference http://www.bizpacreview.com/2014/06/01/ ... ama-122631" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. The whole deal is starting to smell to me.

[mojo84]

Allen West agrees that something doesn't pass the smell test.

http://allenbwest.com/2014/06/bergdahls ... oking-gun/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[OldCannon]

From what I've seen, he deserted his post to "Hang with the Taliban". His muslim-sympathizing dad drummed up a bunch of celebrity support and started a "cause". Obama decides disobeying the law (trading off 5 vicious terrorists for a deserter) was perfectly ok.

I hope some people burn for this.

He was NOT a "POW". He was a _cooperative_ deserter. Worse, soldiers died in their search for him. Not one, SEVERAL.

This is an outrage. He should have been left to rot.

More here: http://seanlinnane.blogspot.com/2014/06 ... hange.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[CHLLady]

I'm trying to reserve my opinion, but more and more people are coming forward to tell what happened when he left.

Our captives were never treated as well as this guy. It just seems very suspicious to me.

He needs to be told that his comrades were killed while looking for him.

I'm suspicious of his father too. Strange strange things afoot. Despite this being the perfect opportunity for Mr. O to close it all down. What made me throw up in my mouth was when the prez. said something to the effect that we don't leave Americans behind, while speaking at the rose garden. Bad speech writer, bad!!

[Dragonfighter]

I don't want to sound down on the guy, I'm not. They need to observe him very close for a while, they had him for 5 years and can plant a lot of ideas under duress.

Are you thinking of Homeland?

I was thinking "Manchurian Candidate".