Posted on 06/08/2014 2:14:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was promoted while held prisoner by the Taliban, said he wants to be recognized by his old rank, according to a senior U.S. official.
"In his mind, he's a Pfc," the official told CNN Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr on Sunday.
Now in the beginning of the lengthy road to reintegration after his exchange for five Taliban commanders previously held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba, Bergdahl is letting those around him know he still feels like a Pfc, regardless of his in-absentia promotion. The U.S. official could not confirm to CNN whether Bergdahl has resumed wearing his uniform but added that doing so is part of the standard reintegration process.
The Pentagon issued a brief statement Sunday, declining to comment on Bergdahl's recovery process beyond saying the Defense Department continues to evaluate Bergdahl, provide him with medical and reintegration care and remains intent on conducting a comprehensive review of the circumstances surrounding his disappearance.
"Our focus remains on providing him with the care he needs," Rear Adm. John Kirby said in a statement.
The few details emerging around the soldier's recovery after his five years in captivity are a prelude to what's shaping up to be a week defined by confrontation over President Barack Obama and his administration's move to exchange Bergdahl for five Taliban hardliners previously determined too high a risk to release....
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Ever since he violated his oath, how can we believe anything he says?
“convict” sounds a lot better.
fertilizer even better.
The corrupt enterprise will give the “child” care
(he is not, but that is what they purport)
instead of the US vets who actually deserve it.
The rest of US taxpayer money, the corrupt enterprise
will split between beneficiaries of the EXEMPT Congress,
and the EXEMPT Congress and al Qaeda.
They are in the process of reinventing Bergdahl.
Now begins the spin that he’s been physiologically unstable for his entire lifetime and he can’t help himself.
He seems like a fairy to me. Probably why 0bama wanted him out so badly. He was poor fairy getting bullied.
How is it that we keep hearing all of these revelations while he is still in the hospital?
Before the end of the week, we’ll hear all about his side of the story from sources who wish to remain anonymous
No doubt the next thing is that he will want to be called Barbra
they don’t seem to want to name the “senior US official”
Susan Rice?
The primary reason he’s being held in isolation is that they have to install their narrative. This proclamation is simply one of many points he is being taught and there will be many more that fit the story that the administration wants, little to none factual.
The “elite” truly do believe that the majority of the citizens in this country are not bright enough to see through their machinations.
Called by his old rank....yet still get paid by his new one?
They’re putting all this crapola out there so we can realize how “humble” he’s being, look at him he could be called Sergeant, but no....*rolling my eyes*
Thanks 2ndDivisionVet, for staying on top of all these Bergdahl articles! I should quit reading, for my blood pressure’s state, but just can’t.
As soon as he's released from the hospital, he'll be taken to an undisclosed location for debriefing, and will be unavailable for questioning until November 5th at the earliest, if ever.
I don’t believe a thing put out in the media about him. This is just the re-inventing him process.
How did he get promoted to SGT? He was not able to appear before a promotion board, so how in the world is he promoted to E-5?
Reminds me of how they invented Obama himself.
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