Washington Post: Bowe Bergdahl Faces Charges of Desertion

[unokitty]

Washington Post

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who was recovered in Afghanistan last spring after five years in captivity, faces charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, according to his lawyer.

Eugene Fidell, Bergdahl’s attorney, told The Washington Post that his client was handed a charge sheet on Tuesday.

I don't understand.

Don't these people believe Obama's National Security Advisor?

Just wait until the President reads about this in the newspapers!

Uno

 

[rudder]

Everyone already knew what the outcome would be... well except for the the obama fanbois on here.

 

[Genx87]

I bet Obama will be fuming when he turns on CNN to hear about this egg on his face.

 

[boomerang]

Shit, are we going to have to pay for a sex change for him too? I'm talking about Bergdahl btw.

 

[manimal]

When someone is in captivity the US should treat them as innocent until proven guilty if there are questions. More often than not I would rather they err on the side of caution and bring them home to face trial.

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

Susan Rice is an idiot...."honor and distinction" my ass. You can't trust a damn thing this administration says!

 

[cabri]

The charges are expected to be officially announced at a 3:30 press conference from Fort Bragg, NC.

this will explain the exact details

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Let's see what else she said.

"This is a young man whose circumstances we are still going to learn about," she said. "He is, as all Americans, innocent until proven guilty. He's now being tried in the court of public opinion after having gone through enormously traumatic five years of captivity."


If the military finds reason to believe Bergdahl deserted his Army comrades, consequences will be delivered, Rice said.


"But in the meantime, let's remember this is a young man who volunteered to serve his country. He was taken as a prisoner of war. He suffered in captivity," she continued. "He's now trying to begin the process of recovery. Let's let that happen. And then let's know the facts including his side of the story, and then we can make a judgment."

Seems reasonable.

 

[rudeguy]

When someone is in captivity the US should treat them as innocent until proven guilty if there are questions. More often than not I would rather they err on the side of caution and bring them home to face trial.

Just don't mind the 6 people who died trying to rescue him.

Or the fact that Obama violated US law in doing this.

Or the international law we broke.



There is a right and wrong way to do things. Hiding behind the veil of protecting the innocent is stupid and ignorant.

 

[brycejones]

Just don't mind the 6 people who died trying to rescue him.

You're seriously repeating this as fact?

 

[nickqt]

You're seriously repeating this as fact?

Have you been paying attention the last 40+ years?

 

[pcgeek11]

Good. I am glad the Army pushed past the White House holding this crap up. Now we can find out where it all goes. From what I have read and seen on the news My Opinion is he is a coward and more than likely guilty as sin. Even if he gets the maximum ( Life ) he will be getting off light.

 

[OutHouse]

You're seriously repeating this as fact?

Are you seriously saying it's not fact?

 

[schmuckley]

I see ivwshane,Victorian Gray,and Jhhnn have not shown their faces here..
If they do..I will surely remind them of this: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2396417&page=3

 

[OBLAMA2009]

man he should get the nobel peace prize for setting the example for what ALL citizens should do when their gov starts a war on behalf of american corporations

 

[boomerang]

Susan Rice is an idiot...."honor and distinction" my ass. You can't trust a damn thing this administration says!

The big question is will anything change in 2017? When the public lets these things slide it just emboldens the successors.

 

[boomerang]

man he should get the nobel peace prize for setting the example for what ALL citizens should do when their gov starts a war on behalf of american corporations

In this instance which corporations are those?

 

[OBLAMA2009]

In this instance which corporations are those?

Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, exxon, chevron, union76, bechtel, koch, apple, google, intel, microsoft, arm, mcdonalds, ford, anandtech...

 

[Londo_Jowo]

^ LMAO!!!!

Not surprised charges were brought against Bergdahl.

 

[brycejones]

Are you seriously saying it's not fact?

Yes, 6 soldiers killed over a period of weeks in an area that was seeing intense combat does not translate into 6 soldiers killed trying to rescue Bergdahl.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Obviously the Army has no way of tying the deaths to Bergdahl or the charges brought against him would have reflected such. None the less I don't see him getting less than 30 years in jail if found guilty of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.

 

[HomerJS]

Washington Post
I don't understand.

Don't these people believe Obama's National Security Advisor?

Just wait until the President reads about this in the newspapers!

Uno

Funny they said the same thing about Patreus even after he gave up secrets to his mistress

 

[touchstone]

so far they haven't actually decided to go to trial him yet so imo not really 'charged'. what he is facing is basically the military equivalent to a grand jury, and if they find cause to proceed then they will.


and we have the usual suspects 'supporting the troops' by sending them to war everywhere and then when they f-up like this Bergdahl character they want the sodlier lynched!


the people in this thread that are so interested in prosecuting this guy should look at themselves and think about how exactly it feels to be a soldier and to know that if something happens overseas they will have millions clamoring for your head. you are full of it, you don't support the troops at all. you are just another partisan hack and worse yet, you use the death of our soldiers overseas to further your bs political machinations.

 

[frowertr]

Save Bergdahl?? Just more of the same bad decisions in a long line of them from our idiot in chief. Wish that bum would just go away.

Did anyone really believe Bergdahl didn't leave of his own free will?

 

[Londo_Jowo]

so far they haven't actually decided to go to trial him yet so imo not really 'charged'. what he is facing is basically the military equivalent to a grand jury, and if they find cause to proceed then they will.

and we have the usual suspects 'supporting the troops' by sending them to war everywhere and then when they f-up like this Bergdahl character they want the sodlier lynched!

the people in this thread that are so interested in prosecuting this guy should look at themselves and think about how exactly it feels to be a soldier and to know that if something happens overseas they will have millions clamoring for your head. you are full of it, you don't support the troops at all. you are just another partisan hack and worse yet, you use the death of our soldiers overseas to further your bs political machinations.

So how many years have you served?