At the time Obama didn't know the specifics of Bergdahl's disappearance or capture by the Taliban.
Regardless, the U.S. military doesn't allow soldiers to desert and decide their punishment is to be held as a captive by a terrorist organization.
IN most cases, if you go AWOL, the military will do its very best to track you down and bring you up on court martial charges.
That's how thing are done, not right wing talk radio vigilante justice.
How the heck did it cost the military heavily?? Seriously.
Did Congress slash the Pentagon budget and somehow I missed it???
Cost heavily in terms of soldiers dying indirectly (we disagree on it, l understand), soldiers
almost dying and suffering
immeasurable pain, disfigurement and brain damage, the cost in time grave effort and money to
capture 5 taliban enemies, only to release them back...do you think there is no cost there?
Furthermore, while the Military's priority is to vigorously track down deserters to bring them home to a court martial, we still have POW's whom are still waiting long before Bergdahl.
"Obama didn't know the specifics of his disappearance or capture at the time"? When he made the deal?? That makes no sense, AB.
Bergdahl's record was evident to the Military
before he ever was deployed; he washed out in Coast Guard training. He had a mental break. Yet he was still accepted? That's crazy.
Now look at who was released...these top ranking men absolutely will kill more Americans and likely have since.
Bowe Bergdahl's 5 traded Taliban commanders: Here’s who they are -
And what might they do when released?
The little information we know about them comes from their Guantanamo case files. All of them are described as "high risk, as he may pose a threat to the U.S., its interests and allies."
Khirullah Said Wali Khairkhwa
This 47-year-old was once the Taliban's interior minister, actually helping to create the Taliban movement in 1994. His Guantanamo case file
released by WikiLeaks, described him as a “hard-liner in his support of the Taliban philosophy” and “known to have close ties to Osama bin Laden.”
Captured by Pakistani border patrol on Feb. 16 2002.
Mullah Mohammad Fazl
Guantanamo case file also describes him as being present at a 2001 prison riot that led to the death of CIA operative Johnny Michael Spann, the first U.S. citizen killed in the Afghan war. "If released, detainee would likely rejoin the Taliban and establish ties with ACM elements participating in hostilities against US and Coalition forces in Afghanistan," his case file reads.
Fazi surrendered to a Northern Alliance commander in November 2001, and was transferred to U.S. custody in December.
Mullah Norullah Noori
His Guantanamo case file says that he "continues to be a significant figure encouraging acts of aggression."
Noori turned himself in to a Northern Alliance commander in November 2001.
Abdul Haq Wasiq
his Guantanamo case file, he “utilized his office to support al Qaeda” and was “central to the Taliban’s effort to form alliances with other Islamic fundamentalist groups.”
Wasiq was detained in November 2001.
Mohammed Nabi Omari
member of a joint al-Qaeda-Taliban cell in eastern Khost province, according to his case file, and “one of the most significant former Taliban leaders detained” at Guantanamo.
Omari was captured in September 2002
Everyone in this whole case walked. That's bullshit.
