By Dan Barber
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, 'a case nobody wants to see go to trial'
Here is another sympathetic story in a progressive newspaper to soften the blow to the Obama administration.
This isn't an embarrassment to the Army, however, it is a huge embarrassment to Obama's attempt to make this alleged coward look like an alleged hero to support a false narrative about the threat of Islamic terrorism.
What about all the casualties Bergdahl's actions caused, besides those soldiers who were killed while trying to initially rescue him. To start with that list of casualties are his own parents, who at best cheapened themselves to publically pander to the butchering Taliban so they might save their son's life. At worse, they converted to the Islamic religion to show unity with their son's choice of career and new religion and then joined Obama in a Rose Garden ceremony to celebrate the President's heroic actions in getting a "hero" soldier's return home or was the purpose to get some high-value terrorists released from Guantanamo ?
The other potential casualties are those soldiers who have had to continue to serve in an organization with this "political celebrity." I'm convinced they did and do a professional job, but at what cost to their own psyche. Other casualties are the senior Army General Officers who have to investigate and eventually mete out punishment to Bergdahl in a dangerous balancing act to protect their own careers while considering the good order and discipline of thousands of honorably serving military people in all branches of the American Forces... I hope those General Officers aren't afraid of the wrath of an inexperienced and woefully naive Commander in Chief. The decision of those senior officers could have a lasting effect on the trust of the civilian leadership over our uniformed service personnel for decades to come. The final casualties could be the American public. What effect can the release of the five high-value terrorist prisoners in exchange for Bergdahl have on our future security?
In my opinion, to start with don't allow Bergdahl the honor of having our flag used as a backdrop for any future photos, if you need a graphic, use the Taliban photo of Bergdahl with the little Taliban provided skull cap that represents his adopted religion. If he does everyone a favor and pleads guilty then he should serve a long prison sentence before he is allowed to go home to Afghanistan if that's what he wants.
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