Posted on 06/11/2014 9:47:07 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
Bowe Bergdahl: a Prisoner of WAR, a deserter taken hostage by the Taliban or an enemy combatant?
If it isn't the first of the three rather the second, why then are all cable news outlets describing this as a prisoner swap?
Why aren't they calling this an enemy combatant ( Taliban 5)/deserter or a EC/deserter swap?
If Bowe Bergdahl deserted, then would he have then as well forsake the military, and thus his uniform?
Would Bowe Bergdahl then be an enemy combatant?
Bergdahl was never carried by the US Army as a “prisoner of war” (POW).
He was listed as “missing/captured.”
POW? No. Deserter? Depends on the evidence, and they’ve done a good job of covering that. Besides what “war” are we talking about? The non-terrorists at Gitmo are not ‘POWs’ (detainees), so Bergdahl neither can be. Neither was he taken in battle or kidnapped (unless I’ve missed something or they’ve created a new fairy tale).
Conscientious Objector? At best? But he signed a contract and is subject to UCMJ.
So at this point the details really don’t matter. What matters is whether or not they prosecute him, as NO ONE can demonstrate he was ‘taken hostage’ or ‘taken prisoner’.
If they don’t prosecute, that decision will have far more serious ramifications than simply debating labels...
I say that this is not the time to have the discussion. I say that, perhaps unwittingly, you are taking the bait that The Regime is trolling with.
At the hearing yesterday, every Democrat Congressman began with "We do not leave a soldier behind."
Right now, the reaction to that should be to ignore it. There is nothing to be gained by trying to engage it on any level. That time WILL come.
Make them OWN this decision. Let them say stupid stuff like Hillary did. She said that the Five Taliban are not a danger to Americans, just a danger to Afghans.
With the MSM saying over and over ad nauseum the words “prisoner swap,” the implication is that Bowe Bergdahl was a POW.
At the same time, though, they call the Taliban 5 terrorists “enemy combatants.”
How can this be?
Were these Taliban 5 waging war against the U.S.? If so, then aren’t they POW’s?
And if Bergdahl ceased waging war, then why isn’t the Obama administration saying that he wasn’t a POW?
When will all world bodies that emet in the UN come up with terms that work each way, and cover every situation?
Right now, the Zero adm. is using its MSM mouthpieces to shill for it the following “Bowe Bergdahl was later caged by his captors.”
How can Bowe Bergdahl have been captured IF he willingly deserted, IF he willingly ceased waging war, and IF he willingly went looking for them?
Given that the Zero adm. won't/doesn't answer certain questions (some of =which are here on this thread) it allows them to throw out the shiny object of “The Taliban put Bergdahl in a cage. Surely then Bergdahl was an enemy of the Taliban!” and other red herrings...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.