made a big mistake.

Does this mean they were wrong in getting him back? That he wasn't worth it?

Or that the military should look at its applicants better in the future to avoid potential issues, like with Steven Green? That part I agree with.

sent overseas. Someone on CNN said he must have been given a waver to join the army due to the fact he was let go for psychological reasons from the Coast guard. He never should have been put in that situation.

not. This one? I need to read more as so far I see rumors.

In one article the Post writes he was discharged for unspecified reasons but, in another report, the Post writes it was for psychological reasons.

I mean this information sounds like a new rumor planted. For each day a scoop to drown more him. Disgusting.

the army in keeping him if they knew he was let go from the coast guard for psychological reasons. And someone with psychological issues should not be blamed for how he washes out when it is known he has a history of psychologically washing out in stressful jobs.

RE-4 keeps you out if the military and RE-1 mean you can reenlist

There are many other codes so what was his?

If they do not have a copy if his USCG DD214 it is a BS story

Bergdahl began to communicate with friends about his disaffection with war and other people generally, focusing on his personal development and sharing a passion for Ayn Rand, the intellectual defender of capitalism and selfishness, and a favorite of many conservative thinkers and politicians:

On June 27, he sent an e-mail to his friends titled "Who is John Galt?," a reference to the hero of Ayn Rand's novel "Atlas Shrugged," about individualism in a dystopian America.

"I will serve no bandit, nor lair, for i know John Galt, and understand .?.?." Bergdahl wrote. "This life is too short to serve those who compromise value, and its ethics. i am done compromising."

Three days later, Bergdahl walked off his post.

The intimation is that Bergdahl didn't desert as a liberal peacenik with pro-Taliban tendencies, but rather that he was "going Galt"—dropping out of modern society to pursue individual freedom in the mold of Rand's capitalist hero.

http://gawker.com/taliban-pow-had-psych-issues-before-enlisting-may-have-1589299406/all

He clearly wasn't well to begin with. There's no telling what 5 years with the Taliban did to him on top of his other issues. It's really sad.

probably so that the right wing hardliners won't look as stupid as they are.

I don't care if he was going to the john in the middle of the night and decided to take a walk because he couldn't sleep or he ran off to join the Taliban and got captured, instead. He was a US citizen being held in appalling conditions and he needed to be freed.

Now if the Army had gone in on Obama's orders, guns blazing, and dragged him out of there with "friendly fire" bullet holes, the right wing would likely be quite happy about it. They hate that they were deprived of a vicarious shoot out by sissy diplomacy.

That's the real reason for their ire, Obama just isn't enough of a manly man for them, they preferred Stupid's style. They're just taking it out on Bergdahl.

psychological tested and records...he must have been given a 'waver' (CNN reported) to be allowed to serve in the army. And that is a problem. This is not about dirt but is about someone serving who should not have been. How many others are there out there that are being similarly exploited by the army.

The impression I get is that he was a drifter and his daddy thought the military would be the making of him. Maybe it would have been, but a couple of stupid and unwinnable wars got in the way.

WTF does that have to do with anything at all?