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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 07:34 PM Jun 2014

Fox host Chris Wallace asks if death penalty for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl should be ‘on the table’

By David Edwards
Sunday, June 8, 2014 10:48 EDT

Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday wondered if former prisoner of war Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl deserved to be executed for allegedly leaving his outpost in 2009.

“From what you know so far, is Bergdahl guilty of leaving his base without permission, being absent from his post?” Wallace asked former U.S. Attorney General Michael Michael Mukasey during an interview on Fox News Sunday. “Is he guilty of being a deserter, is he guilty of being a defector? And after five years of captivity — some people initially said, well, that’s enough — should he face the appropriate punishment if he is found guilty?”

Mukasey pointed out that Bergdahl had not been found guilty yet, and that a decision about punishment should come after that.


“Desertion is a very serious offense,” the former judge noted. “It carries a penalty — if it’s done in wartime — that includes possibly the death penalty. At the end of World War II, we executed a U.S. soldier, in January of 1945 for desertion. So, it’s a very serious offense.”

“So, you believe the death penalty should at least be on the table for Bergdahl?” Wallace pressed.

“No, I’m not saying the death penalty should be on the table for Bergdahl,” Mukasey replied. “That case at the end of World War II was virtually unique in modern times.”

“What I’m saying is, that is some indication of the seriousness of which the military does view and should view desertion.”

Watch the video below from June 8, 2014.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/08/fox-host-chris-wallace-asks-if-death-penalty-for-sgt-bowe-bergdahl-should-be-on-the-table/

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Fox host Chris Wallace asks if death penalty for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl should be ‘on the table’ (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2014 OP
what the hellos wrong with these people? Iris Jun 2014 #1
At least wait until we find out what happened first before anything yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #11
thank you! You get it!! progressivebydesign Jun 2014 #32
I know! I know! It started with 24-hour news and just got worse when social media took off. Iris Jun 2014 #33
I believe they'd like to find him so they could actually spit on him NightWatcher Jun 2014 #2
What an ass! nt Live and Learn Jun 2014 #3
God damn, Chris Wallace! Aristus Jun 2014 #4
No Chris but retirement certainly be on yours. jwirr Jun 2014 #5
Only if it's on the table for Chris Wallace. Archae Jun 2014 #6
I don't get how the right wing media lordsummerisle Jun 2014 #7
Like Time's Question.. Stupid. Cha Jun 2014 #8
It absolutely... onyourleft Jun 2014 #9
What in the fucking hell is wrong with these people? Initech Jun 2014 #10
Absolutely it should be on the table and I highly encourage it. dilby Jun 2014 #12
yep. sometimes you have to throw a handful of shit in people's faces like that.. frylock Jun 2014 #15
No, but cock punching Wallace at his father's grave site should be perfectly acceptable. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2014 #13
I can just picture wallace wiping the drool from his slavering maw when he asked that frylock Jun 2014 #14
what was Mr. Wallace's military service? Skittles Jun 2014 #16
You need to ask? Of course he has none. hobbit709 Jun 2014 #19
a chickenhawk, judging a combat veteran Skittles Jun 2014 #20
We DO NOT execute soldiers who go AWOL npk Jun 2014 #17
Every soldier I encountered facing AWOL charges was disciplined with Brother Buzz Jun 2014 #28
The death penalty for Fox should be on the table. hobbit709 Jun 2014 #18
Why hasn't Chris Wallace been jailed for selling kidnapped children struggle4progress Jun 2014 #21
^excellent point^ Iris Jun 2014 #34
He went AWOL just like George W. Bush. Elwood P Dowd Jun 2014 #22
They forced him to take jobs he didn't want and wasn't good at jmowreader Jun 2014 #30
that is the sickest fucking excuse for a news channel i've ever encountered. spanone Jun 2014 #23
The right wingers want him dead Cali_Democrat Jun 2014 #24
This is just TV bullshit. Jenoch Jun 2014 #25
Definitely for all the asshats at faux news that have incited people to threaten the Bergdahl's, and lostincalifornia Jun 2014 #26
I think Bowe should be elected President by the GOP. Ilsa Jun 2014 #27
His father would be ashamed of him. SummerSnow Jun 2014 #29
What a disgusting excuse for a journalist. lpbk2713 Jun 2014 #31

Iris

(15,632 posts)
1. what the hellos wrong with these people?
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 07:36 PM
Jun 2014

Could we just go back to daily news reports in the morning, at lunchtime, and in the evening? This 24-hour bullshit has truly ruined us.

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
32. thank you! You get it!!
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 05:02 PM
Jun 2014

I'm so tired of people commenting all over the internet that the Country has gone to hell... when in fact the MEDIA has gone to hell.

Aristus

(66,095 posts)
4. God damn, Chris Wallace!
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 07:39 PM
Jun 2014

Is he guilty of this? Is he guilty of that? Can we have the death penalty, please? Please? Oh, pretty please? Ratings! Outrage! Patriotism! Freedom! God bless America!

God!

What a vile fuck that rotter is...

lordsummerisle

(4,649 posts)
7. I don't get how the right wing media
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 07:47 PM
Jun 2014

Thinks it knows better than the military when it comes to how to deal with a soldier...

dilby

(2,273 posts)
12. Absolutely it should be on the table and I highly encourage it.
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 08:59 PM
Jun 2014

I think even if this man is found innocent that he should be executed and it should be Televised. And it should be required that every Republican Member of Congress should shoot this guy and they should then make a statement that this is what happens to people who go against the Republican Party.

This is exactly what I tell any right winger who says this kid should be tried for desertion. Gets them to back pedal real quick because they know deep down inside it's only their party that wants this.

frylock

(34,825 posts)
15. yep. sometimes you have to throw a handful of shit in people's faces like that..
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 10:08 PM
Jun 2014

just to impress upon them how fucking disgusting they sound.

npk

(3,660 posts)
17. We DO NOT execute soldiers who go AWOL
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 10:19 PM
Jun 2014

If, and I repeat "IF" it is proven that Bergdahl went AWOL, he would face a dishonorable discharge and that is it. The man was tortured for years while in captivity, and all these Republicans can do is think of more ways to torture him. There is no proof, not even a hint that Bergdahl provided any aide or comfort to the enemy, or anything close to that.

What the hell is wrong with these people?

Brother Buzz

(36,214 posts)
28. Every soldier I encountered facing AWOL charges was disciplined with
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 11:29 PM
Jun 2014

an Article 15. I suspect some would have preferred a dishonorable discharge, but it was just not in the cards; warm bodies were just to hard to replace.

struggle4progress

(118,039 posts)
21. Why hasn't Chris Wallace been jailed for selling kidnapped children
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 10:42 PM
Jun 2014

into sexual slavery to support his expensive heroin habit?

I mean, aside from the fact that we don't actually have any evidence Wallace has a heroin habit or ever sold any kidnapped children ...

Elwood P Dowd

(11,443 posts)
22. He went AWOL just like George W. Bush.
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 10:57 PM
Jun 2014

What kind of penalty did Bush receive after mommy and daddy covered for his AWOL ass?

jmowreader

(50,451 posts)
30. They forced him to take jobs he didn't want and wasn't good at
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 04:28 PM
Jun 2014

Shrub's dream was to be Commissioner of Baseball.

Baseball wants someone who's smart and competent to be its commissioner, so he had to go into politics.

spanone

(135,635 posts)
23. that is the sickest fucking excuse for a news channel i've ever encountered.
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 10:58 PM
Jun 2014

they should be shuttered and disinfected

 

Jenoch

(7,720 posts)
25. This is just TV bullshit.
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 11:05 PM
Jun 2014

Nobody that matters is asking that Bergdahl be exucuted for deserting the U.S. Army during wartime.

lostincalifornia

(3,639 posts)
26. Definitely for all the asshats at faux news that have incited people to threaten the Bergdahl's, and
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 11:07 PM
Jun 2014

for just being fox

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
27. I think Bowe should be elected President by the GOP.
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 11:08 PM
Jun 2014

Since that's what Rethuglucans do with AWOL soldiers like W.

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