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Look at this report by Fox News citing a "secret" report:
EXCLUSIVE: Bergdahl declared jihad in captivity, secret documents show | Fox News
Bergdahl was reported to be happily playing soccer with the Haqqani fighters, taking part in AK-47 target practice and being permitted to carry a firearm of his own, laughing frequently and proclaiming "Salaam," the Arabic word for "peace."
Bergdahl has converted to Islam and now describes himself as a mujahid.
Then you look at what other papers are saying and citing their "source":
Bergdahl Is Said to Have History of Leaving Post
A classified military report detailing the Armys investigation into the disappearance of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in June 2009 says that he had wandered away from assigned areas before both at a training range in California and at his remote outpost in Afghanistan and then returned, according to people briefed on it.
The roughly 35-page report, completed two months after Sergeant Bergdahl left his unit, concludes that he most likely walked away of his own free will from his outpost in the dark of night, and it criticized lax security practices and poor discipline in his unit. But it stops short of concluding that there is solid evidence that Sergeant Bergdahl, then a private, intended to permanently desert.
the report is said to contain no mention of Sergeant Bergdahls having left behind a letter in his tent
The narrative about Sergeant Bergdahl over the past few days has undergone a rapid evolution based on accounts by current and former soldiers, which have grown increasingly dark. They have gone from saying he should not be treated as a hero because he was a deserter and blaming the subsequent search for him for every American combat death in the province over a three-month period, to alleging that there is evidence that he was trying to meet up with the Taliban.
It quotes colleagues as saying that he expressed some boredom and frustration that they were not kicking down doors more to go after insurgents who were destroying schools.
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The more we hear about this guy, the more to me, he seems like "Forrest Gump". Taking "strolls". Where were his commander and squad leader. You can't do that. If a soldier doesn't have a feeling of personal danger, he won't care about the danger he brings to the members of his squad. To me, he seems more like an airhead than anything else. Punishing him is like punishing a tire. You can deflate it, but will it understand why it's being deflated?
The real question to me is why Republicans wanted to leave him behind to die at the hands of religious Islamic extremists? Isn't that what they accuse Obama of doing in Benghazi? Leaving American behind? And there were only two choices here, only two, bring him home or let him die at the hands of Islamic Extremists.
EXCLUSIVE: Bergdahl declared jihad in captivity, secret documents show | Fox News
Bergdahl was reported to be happily playing soccer with the Haqqani fighters, taking part in AK-47 target practice and being permitted to carry a firearm of his own, laughing frequently and proclaiming "Salaam," the Arabic word for "peace."
Bergdahl has converted to Islam and now describes himself as a mujahid.
Then you look at what other papers are saying and citing their "source":
Bergdahl Is Said to Have History of Leaving Post
A classified military report detailing the Armys investigation into the disappearance of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in June 2009 says that he had wandered away from assigned areas before both at a training range in California and at his remote outpost in Afghanistan and then returned, according to people briefed on it.
The roughly 35-page report, completed two months after Sergeant Bergdahl left his unit, concludes that he most likely walked away of his own free will from his outpost in the dark of night, and it criticized lax security practices and poor discipline in his unit. But it stops short of concluding that there is solid evidence that Sergeant Bergdahl, then a private, intended to permanently desert.
the report is said to contain no mention of Sergeant Bergdahls having left behind a letter in his tent
The narrative about Sergeant Bergdahl over the past few days has undergone a rapid evolution based on accounts by current and former soldiers, which have grown increasingly dark. They have gone from saying he should not be treated as a hero because he was a deserter and blaming the subsequent search for him for every American combat death in the province over a three-month period, to alleging that there is evidence that he was trying to meet up with the Taliban.
It quotes colleagues as saying that he expressed some boredom and frustration that they were not kicking down doors more to go after insurgents who were destroying schools.
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The more we hear about this guy, the more to me, he seems like "Forrest Gump". Taking "strolls". Where were his commander and squad leader. You can't do that. If a soldier doesn't have a feeling of personal danger, he won't care about the danger he brings to the members of his squad. To me, he seems more like an airhead than anything else. Punishing him is like punishing a tire. You can deflate it, but will it understand why it's being deflated?
The real question to me is why Republicans wanted to leave him behind to die at the hands of religious Islamic extremists? Isn't that what they accuse Obama of doing in Benghazi? Leaving American behind? And there were only two choices here, only two, bring him home or let him die at the hands of Islamic Extremists.
