He walks!

[bigmamanole]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/11/03/bergdahl-awaits-sentence-after-days-emotional-testimony.html

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Seems like a bad decision.

 

[DanC78]

wow...that is shocking.

 

[DFSNOLE]

Can't wait for the tweets about this decision.

 

[bigmamanole]

Waiting on that book deal!!! I hope the families of those injured or killed go after everything he has, or will have.

 

[F4Gary]

Should have gotten 5 - 10 yrs.

 

[FSUTribe76]

Can't wait for the tweets about this decision.

DO2S is already in.

 

[ATLNole1]

Can’t figure out this decision. Seems like he got off easy. Can’t imagine what the relatives of those who got killed or injured looking for him are thinking.

 

[FSUTribe76]

Can’t figure out this decision. Seems like he got off easy. Can’t imagine what the relatives of those who got killed or injured looking for him are thinking.

Well if by easy you mean 3.5 years of torture then sure.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ls-torture-by-captors/?utm_term=.850a8e0e2676

“Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was beaten with hoses and copper wire, starved and left without medical treatment despite severe diarrhea for 3 1/2 years while in captivity, according to a senior defense official who angrily described his treatment Friday.

Terrence Russell of the Pentagon’s Joint Personnel Recovery Agency choked up while describing how insurgents with the Haqqani Network treated Bergdahl, who was taken after walking away alone from his unit’s outpost in Paktika province, Afghanistan, in June 2009. He spoke during a preliminary legal hearing for Bergdahl, who faces charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.

Even the women and children who were told to feed Bergdahl and take him to the bathroom mistreated him, with one child hitting him repeatedly with a chain, Russell said. They tripped him, hit him with chains and spat in his food, he added.

“Sergeant Bergdahl was held in conditions where if it were a dog, you would be thrown in jail for pet abuse,” Russell said, wiping tears away at one point in his testimony.

Russell has interviewed or debriefed more than 125 Americans who were held captive. He said Bergdahl faced worse treatment than anyone else he has seen since the Vietnam War. The soldier tried to escape multiple times, at one point making it nearly nine days before he injured his hip and was taken captive again. Bergdahl ate grass to survive while free, Russell said.“

 

[DanC78]

There is a good podcast on him; the lady who did Serial did it, actually, it’s called Serial 2 or something like that.

They break down really well; interviews with Bergdhal and others from his troop etc.

Worth listening too if you’re interested in the whole story.

 

[montconole]

Well if by easy you mean 3.5 years of torture then sure.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ls-torture-by-captors/?utm_term=.850a8e0e2676

“Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was beaten with hoses and copper wire, starved and left without medical treatment despite severe diarrhea for 3 1/2 years while in captivity, according to a senior defense official who angrily described his treatment Friday.

Terrence Russell of the Pentagon’s Joint Personnel Recovery Agency choked up while describing how insurgents with the Haqqani Network treated Bergdahl, who was taken after walking away alone from his unit’s outpost in Paktika province, Afghanistan, in June 2009. He spoke during a preliminary legal hearing for Bergdahl, who faces charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.

Even the women and children who were told to feed Bergdahl and take him to the bathroom mistreated him, with one child hitting him repeatedly with a chain, Russell said. They tripped him, hit him with chains and spat in his food, he added.

“Sergeant Bergdahl was held in conditions where if it were a dog, you would be thrown in jail for pet abuse,” Russell said, wiping tears away at one point in his testimony.

Russell has interviewed or debriefed more than 125 Americans who were held captive. He said Bergdahl faced worse treatment than anyone else he has seen since the Vietnam War. The soldier tried to escape multiple times, at one point making it nearly nine days before he injured his hip and was taken captive again. Bergdahl ate grass to survive while free, Russell said.“

He is lucky he wasn't beheaded.

 

[funksouljon]

....... Worth listening too if you’re interested in the whole story.

Why would I want the whole story?

Well if by easy you mean 3.5 years of torture then sure......

So "they" got a turn, but "we" didn't?

His likely has many years of rough living ahead of him.

 

[bigmamanole]

Well if by easy you mean 3.5 years of torture then sure.

Really??? I wished they had killed his sorry excuse for a soldier. Look at the money spent and life lost and injuries to ones looking for him. If he was having issues man up and get out!

 

[BelemNole]

Why would I want the whole story?




So "they" got a turn, but "we" didn't?

His likely has many years of rough living ahead of him.

Because we're suppose to be better than the Taliban?

 

[kc78]

If he had intentionally deserted to go join the enemy then I agree, but it sounds like (From what little I know) he simply snapped one day and walked away (Which obviously isn't a very smart decision either if you want a decent life).

 

[funksouljon]

Apparently part of why he got the "lighter punishment" may be influenced by 45's comments. Interesting.

 

[DFSNOLE]

I'm stopping this one before it goes off the rails.