The Pentagon has already reviewed the casualty records and can't connect the 6 (or is it 2?) deaths to searching for Berdahl.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025041947

As a salesman I knew used to say to one of our suppliers, "why don't you sharpen up that pencil and see if you can find me a better price".

I had someone use that on me towards the end of the negotiation once...I told him that I had used a laser to sharpen this pencil and from here on out the pencil would only get more dull. So let's go ahead and wrap this deal up quickly. LOL.

Well done

Regardless of Bergdahl's status a mission was created to find him. Our soldiers do not get to pick the missions nor do they get to bemoan the results.

they have been contemplating this deal at least since 2012, I imagine every political aspect has been vetted thoroughly.

They'll keep doing this until their lies are exposed. All you need to look at are the Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch stories to see what I'm talking about.

on who was doing what/where.

for various purposes, or just didn't know what their people were doing--it's also possible, as the NYT article puts forth, that Bergdahl's platoon mates simply blame him for every death for four months after he left, true or not.

Time will tell.

The furious search for Sergeant Bergdahl, his critics say, led to the deaths of at least two soldiers and possibly six others in the area. Pentagon officials say those charges are unsubstantiated and are not supported by a review of a database of casualties in the Afghan war.

The soldiers began a frantic search for Sergeant Bergdahl using Predator drones, Apache attack helicopters and military tracking dogs. The most intense search operation, leaked war reports show, wound down after eight days — well before the deaths of six soldiers on patrols in Paktika Province in late August and early September. But, complicating matters, some soldiers contend they were effectively searching for 90 days because of clear orders: If they heard rumors from locals that Sergeant Bergdahl might be nearby, they should patrol the area.

The anger toward Sergeant Bergdahl increased exponentially after Sept. 4, when they learned that two members of Third Platoon, which routinely went on tandem missions with Second Platoon and who they believed were also searching for Sergeant Bergdahl, had been killed in an ambush. Pfc. Matthew Martinek and Lt. Darryn Andrews, both of them friends of Mr. Cornelison, died in the ambush. A Defense Department official said it was unclear whether the two men were killed directly because of the search for Sergeant Bergdahl.


read more: http://t.co/gD6ayvekFR

DU link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025041947

The soldiers need a justification for their lost comrades, and a "failure of intelligence" due to "drones being used for the search" is that justification.

"Faux Noise" sees to it that the five minute attention span of it's viewers is filled with misinformation and lies.

examined thoroughly. Mental efficiency, PTSD from violence and gore. The insanity of war can be explained to NO ONE who has not been in the thick of it. I refuse to judge this individual because I did not walk in his shoes. Combat assignments sometimes CAN BE too hard on some. No judgment until all facts are known. This RW frenzy of lies, rumors and downright 'hang em high' shows me how many "82nd Chairborn Div." people are out there. Disgusting and revolting. If you weren't there, STFU!!!!!

to do so within hours of Bergdahl's release? The Pentagon doesn't have this info amassed the same way, obviously. I believe the GOP knew that Bergdahl was going to either die (bash Obama), languish (bash Obama), or get sent home (bash Obama), and had a plan for all three outcomes--including bringing forth evidence against Bergdahl before he even landed on US soil. I think the attacks against Bergdahl, some of which may have merit and should be considered at some point, were coordinated in advance.

That's what I took from this.

"Really - we sent 6 guys to their doom looking for this dude?"

No Way...

I'm sure six guys were killed in the weeks following Bergdahl's disappearance/capture...but I doubt there was much of an attempt to find him beyond the first few hours of his disappearance.

Patrols went on as usual. "Keep an eye out for..."

Guys were killed

BAS

Business As Usual...

This Fox story/headline is GOP propaganda.

of this claim...If FOX is walking it back...well...

On the contrary. Fox is suggesting the military is now looking into the deaths as being caused by Bergdahl. Which is bullshit.

What is it you think Fox is walking back? They've gone full Benghazi on the Bergdahl story.

That makes a big difference...doesn't it?

of course republican fox doesn't care about those facts.