So...what do you think about the Bergdahl thing?

I wish our problems could be made to go way with just an apology, but I guess the fact that we are supposed to have a vote has the same effect. It doesn't count.
 

As an outsider looking in, it seems to me that President Obama has done a good job keeping the US out of another war for nearly two terms. I get the feeling that John McCain, although a brave war hero, likes wars, he went to Syria and tried to jump start one there and now he gives the impression that he would like nothing better than to go to war with Putin. I would much prefer an American President like Obama because if the US goes to war, as our buddy, we (Australia) will get dragged in to support you. Just sayin....
 
Politics is an iffy subject so I will refrain from discussing Obama himself and what I think of him...which is not very good. Instead, I will say that this latest brouhaha stinks. Especially with this guy who is not a hero in my opinion, but a deserter and not worth 5 taliban members being set free....or how they were set free by the POTUS breaking the LAW. Period.
 
some trade. we get back a traitor and they get back 5 killers who will wind up back on the battlefield killing Americans
 
Kaya said:
Politics is an iffy subject so I will refrain from discussing Obama himself and what I think of him...which is not very good. Instead, I will say that this latest brouhaha stinks. Especially with this guy who is not a hero in my opinion, but a deserter and not worth 5 taliban members being set free....or how they were set free by the POTUS breaking the LAW. Period.
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Politics is ify and in the eye of the beholder. If you read the headlines regarding this story on Drudge then on the Huffington Post you see not only a minuscule summary of the events(which should be the majority of NEWS) but outlandishly biased opinionated headlines. Even Diane Feinstein of California admitted there was an oversight in notifying congress. And other presidents including Jimmy Carter made deals with terrorists. This still could be a deep cover op but it resulted in fatalities and led to more efficient tactics of the Taliban with information only a US soldier would give.

The problem with this war especially in Afghanistan is that you are fighting an idea/movement and not a country. At least war with a country unifies in victory AND defeat. The Taliban don't have to answer to anyone. An national army has to respond to it's leadership. The military has direct control over it's members. Religions and philosophies don't have that same kind of control to tell them to quit fighting.

I don't like the way the left has besmirched many of the soldiers who are telling the stories of his desertion and fatal rescue missions. I will admit perhaps it's best to wait for hearings and investigation. But they have to happen.
 
we've got to stop trying to Americanize these foreign country's and bring them into the new world. they simply don't want any part of it. they've been living their way for thousands of years and have no interest in change at all.
 
Agreed, kcvet. Let them live in the stone age.

And to touch lightly on what WhatInThe said....making this about left, right, up, down solves nothing. That IS the problem discussing politics. Everyone is placed in a neat little box. Well...I don't fit in any boxes but many seem to want to crawl in one willingly.
What is being reported has already been reported in 2010 regarding this guys decision to desert his post. Obama only went with this crap to wag the dog about the VA scandal. He is clueless, has always been clueless and it is now coming to light just what a good talker he is...and thats it. A talker.
 
Good. Deserters that caused the deaths of 6 of his platoon looking for him does not need to be viewed as a hero with a parade. Give that parade for the ones the died searching for him.
 
OUTRAGE: Bowe Bergdahl’s Dad Praises allah, Makes Islamic Declaration, Calls For Release of All Gitmo Terrorists; Did Bergdahl Convert to Islam?

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pretty obvious where his ole' man stands

the kid can't speak english ??

 
Obama is an idiot. He didn't vet the dad before slapping him in front of a microphone? Nope.

Something seriously stinks with this whole thing. Big time. And now 5 terrorists are loose to start anew in trying to kill americans.
 
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One of the comments from Misty's link reads

When we came back from Vietnam, whether we were heroes or just regular Joes who were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, but managed to stick it out and survive, we did not get any respect. we were spit on, called 'baby killers', could not get jobs. I even had a prospective employer suggest that maybe I would be better off to have stayed in or re-enlist. I did not get hired.

so, I sucked it up and began building my life. no parades, no welcome home. just found another path and traveled it.


if this kid walked away from his post, the best he should get is a general or administrative discharge under less than honorable conditions. any other makes the honorable discharge I have hanging on my wall worthless.
 
mellow said:
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One of the comments from Misty's link reads

When we came back from Vietnam, whether we were heroes or just regular Joes who were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, but managed to stick it out and survive, we did not get any respect. we were spit on, called 'baby killers', could not get jobs. I even had a prospective employer suggest that maybe I would be better off to have stayed in or re-enlist. I did not get hired.

so, I sucked it up and began building my life. no parades, no welcome home. just found another path and traveled it.


if this kid walked away from his post, the best he should get is a general or administrative discharge under less than honorable conditions. any other makes the honorable discharge I have hanging on my wall worthless.isty, had a look at the comments in this article you posted and one comment said
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life at Levenworth
 
Kaya said:
The parents and their schmuck of a son need to go live with the taliban.
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and the Marines at GITMO ordered to machine gun the rest. send em all to hell
 

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