Posted on 06/01/2014 6:54:36 AM PDT by RummyChick
Early Saturday it was announced by the administration that the only American prisoner of war in the Afghanistan was released in exchange for 5 Guantanamo Bay terrorists being set free to Qatar. The circumstances of the capture of Bowe Bergdahl had been in question long before his release – supposedly he had wandered off and captured by the Taliban. But a soldier on Twitter is claiming that the official story is untrue, and has posted his version of the events that led to Bowe’s capture.
Towards the end of his story, he says he fears reprisal from the Obama administration, and asks for legal help. It must be noted also that he has a avatar that bears a picture of Bowe with the word “traitor” posted over it.
Here are the tweets telling his version of the story so far:
(Excerpt) Read more at soopermexican.com ...
Did B serve his purpose from day 1?
This has been making the rounds. I’m posting it verbatim as I saw it:
From Jeff Howard. “We were at OP Mest, Paktika Province, Afghanistan. It was a small outpost where B Co 1-501st INF (Airbone) ran operations out of, just an Infantry platoon and ANA counterparts there. The place was an Afghan graveyard. Bergdahl had been acting a little strange, telling people he wanted to “walk the earth” and kept a little journal talking about how he was meant for better things. No one thought anything about it. He was a little “out there”. Next morning he’s gone. We search everywhere, and can’t find him. He left his weapon, his kit, and other sensitive items. He only took some water, a compass and a knife. We find some afghan kids shortly after who saw an american walking north asking about where the taliban are. We get hits on our voice intercepter that Taliban has him, and we were close. We come to realize that the kid deserted his post, snuck out of camp and sought out Taliban… to join them. We were in a defensive position at OP Mest, where your focus is to keep people out. He knew where the blind spots were to slip out and that’s what he did. It was supposed to be a 4-day mission but turned into several months of active searching. Everyone was spun up to find this guy. News outlets all over the country were putting out false information. It was hard to see, especially when we knew the truth about what happened and we lost good men trying to find him. PFC Matthew Michael Martinek, Staff Sgt. Kurt Robert Curtiss, SSG Clayton Bowen, PFC Morris Walker, SSG Michael Murphrey, 2LT Darryn Andrews, were all KIA from our unit who died looking for Bergdahl. Many others from various units were wounded or killed while actively looking for Bergdahl. Fighting Increased. IEDs and enemy ambushes increased. The Taliban knew that we were looking for him in high numbers and our movements were predictable. Because of Bergdahl, more men were out in danger, and more attacks on friendly camps and positions were conducted while we were out looking for him. His actions impacted the region more than anyone wants to admit. There is also no way to know what he told the Taliban: Our movements, locations, tactics, weak points on vehicles and other things for the enemy to exploit are just a few possibilities. The Government knows full well that he deserted. It looks bad and is a good propaganda piece for the Taliban. They refuse to acknowledge it. Hell they even promoted him to Sergeant which makes me sick. I feel for his family who only want their son/brother back. They don’t know the truth, or refuse to acknowledge it as well. What he did affected his family and his whole town back home, who don’t know the truth. Either way what matters is that good men died because of him. He has been lying on all those Taliban videos about everything since his “capture”. If he ever returns, he should be tried under the UCMJ for being a deserter and judged for what he did. Bergdahl is not a hero, he is not a soldier or an Infantryman. He failed his brothers. Now, sons and daughters are growing up without their fathers who died for him and he will have to face that truth someday.”
So ... In an effort to divert attention away from all the other scandals - O has created a brand spanking new scandal hasn’t he?
It’ll give Carney some new material to lie about before he leaves.
Hey!
You!
Put me on the list or I’m going to mash the abuse button!
Guys like Cody get punished whole traitors and terrorists get rewarded.
Everything is bass ackwards nowadays
I have deployed three times to AFG and it is always good to know some of the enemies lingo, the more the better.
Done.
“....is Qatar really on our side....”
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After everything that happened since 9/11/2001, you still think that there is ANY Muslim country on our side?
Sheesh.
Glad you posted this link. I watched the whole thing go down on Twitter last night from the beginning and believe every word this soldier is saying. Other sources collaborate his account and there have been questions about Bowe from the beginning. I am hoping he chooses Grennel to handle his story. People are working to get him a good lawyer. More revelations to come.
The whole thing is disturbing and the American people deserve the truth.
The link will no longer open.
Me too please
Link is dead. site must be over-run by all the links to it i`m seeing on the interweb
Link’s not working for me! 504 Error. Timed out.
Somebody shut it down?
There is no law forbidding release of military prisoners. That is a presidential prerogative. Same with pardoning those who are in prison due to breaking federal laws. The president has pardon power, and also has exclusive power, short of declaration of war, in foreign affairs.
At least more likely than not, and I suspect same could be proven beyond a resaonable doubt. Obabam essentially freed 6 terrorists.
Bookmark.
Second bkm
Barry’s scandal of the week. It’s something horrific every week now. Guess he wanted to take attention off the VA scandal so on to another. Will the media report the sordid details? I doubt it. Wonder what’s next week.
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