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According to the investigating officer, Bergdahl had no intention of deserting, but was a really naive GI who thought he could waltz over to another base and inform the commander there that Afghans weren't being treated fairly by his fellow soldiers. If true, he didn't desert. He went AWOL.
The punishment should fit the actual crime. His time with the Taliban is on him. No breaks because of it.
Their "court", their affair. If anyone has accurate information of what happened, it should be them. If they say no jail time, I will go with that, even if press and popular opinion says otherwise.
That officer most likely came to his conclusion on Bowe's fate after getting legal "advice" from the white house. I'm a veteran and I know the military loves to punish their own.
That officer most likely came to his conclusion on Bowe's fate after getting legal "advice" from the white house. I'm a veteran and I know the military loves to punish their own.
Military punishment is very often a lot "lighter" than people may think. To a far greater extent than civilian courts, courts-martials are a "judgment of peers"--people who have "been there, done that" in that same war and same time period. Their final judgment might be surprising mixure of "I was there and I'd never have done that" and "I was there, and I damned nearly did that" plus "What the hell was his chain of command thinking in the first place?"
If he is truly a deserter, it would not be the first time an American deserter will have gotten off the hook.
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Doesn't it?
