Bowe Bergdahl, son of Idaho “flower children” Bob and Jani Bergdahl, was a pampered kid, whose major achievements were obtaining his GED and excelling at the Sun Valley Ballet School. For reasons that clearly were not associated with his “patriotic love of country,” Bergdahl joined the Army. The mainstream media reports on Bergdahl mostly parrot this assessment from the editors of The Wall Street Journal: “The return of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl from the clutches of the Taliban is cause for relief for his family and all Americans.” That’s a fair assessment on the first count, but in the opinion of most who knew Bergdahl and the circumstances in Afghanistan, the only “relief” will come once he is tried as a deserter, an enemy sympathizer, and, some say, “traitor.” And unfortunately, virtually all media sources and commentators are referring to Bergdahl as “sergeant,” and they should cease and desist! When did PFC Bergdahl get promoted to sergeant? Gearing up for the 2012 presidential election, the Obama campaign estimated that it would firm up his peacenik support if he arranged the return of PFC Bergdahl. In 2011 Obama’s campaign first proposed to exchange of the Taliban Five for Bergdahl, even though in 2010, DoD communications indicated he was classified as a deserter. On 17 June 2011, Obama’s DoD overlords promoted Bergdahl to Sergeant, in absentia, in order to imply he was something other than a deserter. That political shenanigan was thwarted by congressional Republicans in 2012, and Obama agreed to a legal requirement to notify Congress 30 days in advance of any future Gitmo prisoner release. Of course, he disregarded that requirement last week to complete this ludicrous exchange. (It is an ugly irony that Obama signed off on the Bergdahl “deal” in a back room, just moments before his commencement address to West Point Cadets.) patriotpost.us/alexander/26253
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 21:10:12 +0000
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