Kidnapped Soldier

[simo1863]

BlackLabel said:

It's all very surreal.

"The Taliban commander who spoke to NBC News directly said Bergdahl was given a traditional Afghan turban as a parting gift before his release.

"It is war in which they kill us and we kill them, but we did whatever we could to make him happy and return with good memories," he said."

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/bowe-bergdahl-rel...

I wonder what the US gave the 5 Talibanis. 'I got waterboarded at Guantanamo bay and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt' shirts?

[pork911]

gpo746 said:

I'm an ignorant midlander unsophisticated and down market. Not at all like some of the much cleverer elite I see post on here.
When I saw the pics of him with Mr Obama I just thought "Homeland"

You mean his dad? (The elite tend to put the sound on ) The beard and hair weren't always his normal look.

There is and likely will be more homeland spin
http://nypost.com/2014/05/31/the-bizarre-tale-of-a...

[Rovinghawk]

simo1863 said:

I wonder what the US gave the 5 Talibanis. 'I got waterboarded at Guantanamo bay and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt' shirts?

They probably grew to love the sthole they were trapped in. (Stockport syndrome?)

[Lost soul]

Rovinghawk said:

(Stockholm syndrome?)

Stockport syndrome makes you want to kill yourself

[anonymous-user]

pork911 said:

gpo746 said:

I'm an ignorant midlander unsophisticated and down market. Not at all like some of the much cleverer elite I see post on here.
When I saw the pics of him with Mr Obama I just thought "Homeland"

You mean his dad? (The elite tend to put the sound on ) The beard and hair weren't always his normal look.

There is and likely will be more homeland spin
http://nypost.com/2014/05/31/the-bizarre-tale-of-a...

Very Homeland.

[Rovinghawk]

Lost soul said:

Rovinghawk said:

(Stockport syndrome?)

Stockport syndrome makes you want to kill yourself

If I meant Stockholm I would have said so.

[Lost soul]

Rovinghawk said:

Lost soul said:

Rovinghawk said:

(Stockport syndrome?)

Stockport syndrome makes you want to kill yourself

If I meant Stockholm I would have said so.

Double Fail

[Pesty]

Lost soul I think you need a parrot old boy.

it was clearly intentional

anyway its heksinky syndrome

edit just in case the smiley doesnt work thats one for the film buffs out there

[gpo746]

GravelMachineGun said:

pork911 said:

gpo746 said:

I'm an ignorant midlander unsophisticated and down market. Not at all like some of the much cleverer elite I see post on here.
When I saw the pics of him with Mr Obama I just thought "Homeland"

You mean his dad? (The elite tend to put the sound on ) The beard and hair weren't always his normal look.

There is and likely will be more homeland spin
http://nypost.com/2014/05/31/the-bizarre-tale-of-a...

Very Homeland.

I thought he was a mullah but your right its his dad

[BlackLabel]

The father seems to be some kind of anti-Guantanamo and anti-war activist. I wonder if those are his genuine views or if he just adopted that persona to help free his son? After all, he said he grew his beard and learned the local Pashtu language in order to try and help his son.



http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/06/01/was-sgt...

He also tweeted the following - in response to someone saying the Afghan elections are a farce and a face saving exercise for America:

[i]Agree! "Democracy" is a cult in the West. I think most of afgs see law in terms of sharia not secular democracy, man centric laws
4:40 PM - 29 Mar 2014 [/i]

[Rovinghawk]

Pesty said:

anyway its heksinky syndrome

edit just in case the smiley doesnt work thats one for the film buffs out there

Helsinki, Sweden?

I saw that film, too.

[MarqueMe]

XCP said:

One assumes the Taliban commanders have been turned.

So the CIA don't infect them with a time-activated virus to pass on to their comrades then? Opportunity missed one suspects, they must be slipping!

[ATG]

It's a face-saving way of emptying Guantanimo. You can't prosecute them, you can't just let them go ... so you swap them for a soldier, a go on their BMX and half a can of Vimto.

[Pesty]

Think this is going to go bad big time for the Obama administration. Even mad magazine are on his back.

http://www.madmagazine.com/blog/2014/06/03/barack-...

Seems a lot of people in the us think Obama wanted a nobody left behind arnt I great moment to divert from some recent bad press but it's blowing up. The bloke is a deserter who " hates "America he left on purpose and people died looking for him.

[Chlamydia]

According to my American friends in the military this is going to bite somebody on the bottom in a big way as nobody is going to come out of it looking good. Apparently it's common knowledge that he deserted and the fact other soldiers died trying to rescue him means that he will have to face a UCMJ court. Promoting him in his absence is not appreciated either when the usual punishment for desertion is removal of rank and a dishonourable discharge.

Edit: to say he's hated in the US military would be a huge understatement.

[BlackLabel]

cnn said:

Washington (CNN)The U.S. military has charged Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl with one count each of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, officials announced Wednesday afternoon.

Bergdahl left his post in Afghanistan before being captured and held captive for five years. For that, he faces charges that carry a maximum penalty of life in a military prison, and he could also have to forfeit pay and be stripped for his rank, Army Col. Daniel King said as he announced the charges.

Bergdahl now faces a military procedure similar to a grand jury deciding whether charges are appropriate, King said. Then, he could face court martial proceedings.

The decision comes nearly a year after Bergdahl returned to the United States as part of a prisoner exchange and since the Army began a formal investigation into his disappearance from his unit in eastern Afghanistan in June 2009.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/25/politics/bowe-bergdahl-charges-decision/

[Pesty]

Desertion? Should be treason.

[The Don of Croy]

Anybody know what became of the five released Taliban? Have they reappeared in new killing guise elsewhere, yet?

Wonder if Obama gives a damn.

[BlackLabel]

The fate of Bowe Bergdahl — the Army sergeant who pleaded guilty to endangering his comrades by leaving his post in 2009 in Afghanistan — now rests in the hands of a judge. A sentencing hearing for Bergdahl starts Monday at Fort Bragg and is expected to feature dramatic testimony about soldiers and a Navy SEAL badly hurt while they searched for the missing Bergdahl, who was held captive for five years by Taliban allies after leaving his post. Bergdahl faces up to life in prison on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy after pleading guilty to the charges last week.

Bowe Bergdahl Says Returning to U.S. Was as Tough as Captivity

[London424]

Not sure if others have listened to it, but Serial did their second season on this story.

https://serialpodcast.org/season-two