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Every Time the Sun Comes Up, Im In Trouble
Posted by constitutional mistermix at 8:48 am
Jun 02 2014
So let me get this straight. A young soldier who was clearly having a hard time with the most awful thing human beings do, war, should not be rescued because: (a) its not crystal clear how he was captured, or (b) he sent a few emails home questioning the war, or (c) the people we are fighting are terrorists so we cant negotiate with them as we would in any other POW situation, even though we call what were doing a War on Terror?
And this is coming from the people who still support a war where we wasted, squandered, frittered away and otherwise burned up $6 trillion?
MORE:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/01/bergdahl-afghanistan-taliban-speaking-english-release
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/mixed-reaction-to-bergdahls-recovery-by-service-members-who-consider-him-a-deserter/2014/06/01/3713e3ce-e9c5-11e3-b98c-72cef4a00499_story.html?hpid=z1
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)Takket
(21,563 posts)Rethugs never show any respect for anyone in the military. Yet somehow they are seen as the party of the troops. I have never understood where that came from.
sarisataka
(18,633 posts)dembotoz
(16,802 posts)republicans flying pow flags is a joke
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)people are picking sides and spinning away without anybody knowing the facts for sure yet.
spanone
(135,830 posts)one soldier.....www.cnn.com
alsame
(7,784 posts)matters to me is that an American POW was released.
If he is indeed a deserter, the US military should deal with him appropriately. Leaving him behind is not appropriate.
MH1
(17,600 posts)You KNOW the reaction from the reich-wing would be different if this had been done by a Republican president.
earthside
(6,960 posts)... the Tea Party-Repuglicans would have been screaming their bloody heads off about Pres. Obama abandoning a GI to the enemy.
It is so easy to point out the hypocrisy, double-standard and just plain ol' Obama hate in this particular episode.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)They've always been pawns in their foreign policy endeavors and they have a history
of taking away funding when they get home.
Pretty much, fuck you, has been their approach.
tridim
(45,358 posts)What more proof do you need!?
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)I'm convinced.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)They only want to blast and blame -- no accountability. Hard to understand all the people who keep voting for them.