The Bergdahl Saga Could Explode in the GOP’s Face ("If only more American troops had deserted")

The Nation ^ | June 9, 2014 | Bob Dreyfuss

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Alright. I read the article: It moved me...literally.

Gotta go.

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Same advice for the female soldiers?

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If only more American troops had deserted that war, or refused to serve, or simply stopped enlisting in the “volunteer army.”

"Cocaine is a helluva a drug..." - Rick James

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I agree that this could explode in the GOP’s face if the Obama administration decides to run an operation against the American people as they did with Benghazi. They could come up with paperwork that shows Bergdahl had been a long time spy. They could come up with paperwork showing they had been in a subterfuge operation with the entire Bergdahl family. They could come up with paperwork showing Bergdahl had a psychotic break years ago.

They could do a number of things, and the media would be their lackeys, as usual.

The problem for the GOP is covering all the available types of lies they could come up with prior to their coming up with them.

Undercover agent: send inquiries NOW to all agencies and to the administration, to his platoon, and they would have to have senior military, in my opinion, at about the brigade/division level aware of what was going on, so also to the entire chain of command.

Family subterfuge: this is best disproven by Bergdahl’s packing his possessions prior to his desertion. So, the desertion charge would still stick. It would make it hard to disprove collaboration, though, since family subterfuge would include that. Of course, if there were ever evidence that Bergdahl fired on or planned the firing on American troops, then that would override any subterfuge plot.

Psychotic break: if the government comes up with such paperwork, then it had to exist prior to the desertion. One has to be highly skeptical of the authorities/chain of command not taking action when that came to their attention.

Claiming a psychotic break the time frame of the desertion would be conjecture.

Packing his possessions and shipping them home is a huge argument against a host of claims that could be made, in my opinion.

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If this were true, Obie would be standing his ground instead of trying to implicate Chuckie Hagel for the wrap.

Someone has not gotten the memo.