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Some here have indicated he should be executed, I am just responding asking for the historical examples. Should be easy since there were a few hundred thousand deserters over the last 80 years.
He likely won't be executed, so will serve a long prison sentence.
He'll feel a little safer in solitary, and his parents can visit him at his new address.
He wouldn't last month if he were to walk the streets.
Once this is put to rest, the Left can find another anti-American low life to make excuses for.
Think about it, this guy Bowe Bergdahl really does not have "his side of the story" to tell. He was certainly not an 'honorable' soldier as he had been described. He volunteered. A mental instability defense might be used to get discharged but can't credibly be used to desert and he away with it. War is tough.
I am glad that military culture is still military culture. Very happy about this.
Think about it, this guy Bowe Bergdahl really does not have "his side of the story" to tell. He was certainly not an 'honorable' soldier as he had been described. He volunteered. A mental instability defense might be used to get discharged but can't credibly be used to desert and he away with it. War is tough.
I am glad that military culture is still military culture. Very happy about this.
No, he does have a story. He was captured on his way to another US base 19 miles
away and it is not unreasonable to argue that he would have made it. It can also
be argued that he only "converted" to Islam to save his life or get better treatment
while in Taliban custody.
He will plea down on mental illness.
This story is boring now.
No, he does have a story. He was captured on his way to another US base 19 miles
away and it is not unreasonable to argue that he would have made it. It can also
be argued that he only "converted" to Islam to save his life or get better treatment
while in Taliban custody.
He will plea down on mental illness.
This story is boring now.
When I said "He does not have his side of the story to tell." I actually meant he really does not have any excuses. He was a soldier, not a doctor without border. He needs to follow rules because he is an U.S. property. People should just keep it simple.
So what he had a nervous breakdown. I mean yeah, it is easy for me to say because I've never served. But If I were a soldier, I would have tried my hardest to follow order, so that I won't put my fellow soldiers lives in danger. Military service is not for everybody, obviously. He knew the consequences, and should stop whining.
One of the questions military leaders do ask--and he will be judged by military leaders--is "what the hell was his chain of command thinking?" as they review his record, which clearly shows he should have been booted long before he deserted
Following the Ft Hood shooting--which was also a severe case of "what the hell was his chain of command thinking?"--this kind of thing should get a lot more attention in the Army.
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