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Bowe Bergdahl’s Roommate: Court-Martial Him for Desertion
The Daily Beast ^ | January 18, 2014 | Tim Mak

Posted on 06/18/2014 4:52:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

At a tense congressional hearing, retired Army Spc. Cody Full called the former Taliban prisoner’s decision to walk off his post ‘the ultimate betrayal.’

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s actions in Afghanistan constituted the “ultimate betrayal”—and he deserves to be charged with desertion, his former Army roommate told a charged congressional panel Wednesday.

“Bowe Bergdahl needs to be charged with desertion,” said retired Spc. Cody Full, who served in Bergdahl’s unit, listing off a series of violations he said the sergeant should be investigated for. “Countless people looked for him when he went missing, putting their own lives on the line for him…Knowing that someone you needed to trust deserted you in war and did so on his own free will is the ultimate betrayal.”

Full didn’t hold back on his apparent disdain for Bergdahl, striking at the former prisoner’s integrity. The military creed should be “leave no honorable man behind,” Full said, implying that Bergdahl didn’t fit the bill and shouldn’t have been rescued by U.S. special forces after walking off his post in 2009 and being captured by the Taliban....

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; army; bergdahl; bowebergdahl; gitmo; kenyanbornmuzzie; military
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To: PAR35

I’m not going to second guess him. What did Barry & Michelle do for all the benefits they receive?


21 posted on 06/18/2014 6:23:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million for ANY 2016 pro-2nd Amendment candidate.)
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