Thank Malkin for referring to him as Pfc. I’m already sick of everyone referring to him as Sgt.
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The article was written by Michelle back in 2009, when Bergdahl was a PFC who had newly deserted to the Islamists.
So they promoted him in absentia? How’s that work?
Someone upthread mentioned President Selfie wanting this to be a way to make it look like he really cares about the troops, in light of the VA scandal. I think it’s more. Zero wanted this to be his “Jessica Lynch” moment; a way to rally the US behind the military and by extension himself. This particularly in light of his pending (and badly thought-out) timed withdrawal. Given that the withdrawal timeline has everything to do with political expediency and nothing to do with actual conditions on the ground, he’ll need all the support he can muster to keep himself “loved” in light of the disaster about to erupt over there.