MYTH: Six to eight U.S. soldiers died looking for Bergdahl Again, this talking point has incredible resonance, because it feels like the kind of thing that really could be true. But as The New York Times has noted, the facts are actually far less clear. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has commented that I do not know of specific circumstances or details of U.S. solders dying as a result of efforts to find and rescue Sergeant Bergdahl. And blaming Bergdahls disappearance for every death in Patika province during one of the most deadly periods in the war simply doesnt stand up to close scrutiny. (As an aside, part of the reason we know what we know about Bergdahls disappearance comes from the Wikileaks trove provided by Army leaker Chelsea Manning – further evidence of how valuable that leak was and continues to be.)
Posted on: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 00:38:31 +0000
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