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Originally Posted by Flamebatter90
And that's what worries me. Reading his last emails to his parents, he didn't believe in the war nor the uniform anymore. He also lies how he got captured. Everyone in his base says he left, no patrol, he just left.
I am glad he is back home.... sort of. He's clean, it'd be a political suicide to charge him for desertion at this point. BUT, what about the 5 terrorists that went free? High-risk terrorists to be specific.
US has been known for not negotiating with terrorists for quite some time.
Now, one PRIVATE is exchanged for 5 leaders?
That might be noble, but it's damn stupid too.
EDIT: Honestly, I think Bergdahl just gets forgotten.
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Yeah, his lying is him trying to recover some dignity before he is torn apart by the US press, somewhat naive of him to think that it wouldn't be checked up on, but he strikes me as a naive guy.
In regards to the men who were let go, they will likely be lying low for quite a while, but at any time after that there's an AGM-114 with their name on it ready to drop from a drone.
In regards to the non-negotiation, I'd say that it was definitely an attempt by Obama to work on the 'we bring our boys home' image, the whole "We don't leave our guys behind" motto of the US military, and either he hoped the desertion subject wouldn't come up or get out, or gambled that the media would focus on the fact that an American had been brought back from the Taliban. Probably more the former than the latter, Obama should know how determined elements of the US media are to villify him, so he'd be stupid to think that they'd pass up that chance.
But yes, forgetting about Bergdahl is the best bet, let him go through his court martial, discharge and therapy in peace.
