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US soldier Bowe Bergdahl: 'Our son needs time to decompress' (VIDEO)
BBC ^ | 1 June 2014

Posted on 06/02/2014 4:25:57 AM PDT by kingattax

A US soldier who has been released after nearly five years in captivity by the Taliban in Afghanistan needs time to ''decompress'', his parents have told a news conference.

Jani and Bob Bergdahl also said they had not yet spoken to their son, Sgt Bowe Bergdahl, 28, who was handed to US forces on Saturday in exchange for five Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Jani Bergdahl began by reading a letter to her son.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bergdahl; bobbergdahl; bowebergdahl; gitmo
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To: kingattax

> yep. kodiak island wouldn’t be a bad idea either.

Slathered in bacon at that.


21 posted on 06/02/2014 5:05:10 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: miss marmelstein

This whole scenario is a reminder of the TV show, Homeland. You just can’t make this crap up.


22 posted on 06/02/2014 5:06:41 AM PDT by kenmcg (b)
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To: T-Bird45

> You’re spot on. The way I expressed it to my wife was “this situation is more squirrely than a bag full of a$$holes.” Those forum posters advocating Ft. Leavenworth and a firing squad are also right on the mark but it’s unrealistic to expect the current Occupant to allow such against his co-religionist.

He will probably be knighted and given the title of Saint since he converted to Islam.


23 posted on 06/02/2014 5:07:48 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: jsanders2001

Actually, the Democrats are trying to decide which congressional seat he’s going to run for..


24 posted on 06/02/2014 5:08:57 AM PDT by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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To: kingattax

http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/may/31/bowe-bergdahls-father-bob-interview-video

wierd


25 posted on 06/02/2014 5:09:54 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: kingattax

It’s starting to come out. This soldiers buddies are saying that he was fleeing the battlefield and is a traitor.


26 posted on 06/02/2014 5:12:37 AM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes mandatory ... Thomas Jefferson)
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To: ken5050

> Actually, the Democrats are trying to decide which congressional seat he’s going to run for..

Or put him in charge ofthe VA now that there’s an opening .../s


27 posted on 06/02/2014 5:13:59 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: kenmcg

Well, the writers of Homeland did! Now all we need is a female CIA operative to fall in love with this creep.


28 posted on 06/02/2014 5:14:17 AM PDT by bonfire
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To: kingattax
"Jani and Bob Bergdahl also said they had not yet spoken to their son, Sgt SGT* Bowe Bergdahl,

There, fixed it.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

* for promotion to Sergeant, a soldier must do at least three things...attend Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC), successfully appear before a promotion board, and attain enough promotion points (given for awards, schools attended, etc.). As a PFC, Bergdahl would not have done the first two, and it's doubtful he earned the points before he deserted. His two promotions were PR stunts, designed to make low-information types think this administration actually cares about our servicemen and women.

29 posted on 06/02/2014 5:21:10 AM PDT by wku man (Veterans, it's up to us to save the Republic...let's roll.)
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To: miss marmelstein
Typical Blaine Co. Idaho low-information Leftist. The Hailey/Ketchum/Sun Valley area is like a Commiefornia blight on otherwise gorgeous Central Idaho.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

30 posted on 06/02/2014 5:24:21 AM PDT by wku man (Veterans, it's up to us to save the Republic...let's roll.)
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To: kingattax

Title -— US soldier Bob Bergdahl: ‘Our son needs time to decompress’.
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The title should read: ‘Our son needs time to get his story straight’.


31 posted on 06/02/2014 5:25:00 AM PDT by House Atreides
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To: kingattax

My guess is this story was timed.to get the leaking of.the CIA station chief in Afghanistan out.of.the news.

If that gets too much time it will be discovered that the plame fiasco.was a whole lot of lies cooked up by democrats. Can’t have that.


32 posted on 06/02/2014 5:25:39 AM PDT by what's up (sun)
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To: what's up

Their son needs time to “de-compose”, not “de-compress”


33 posted on 06/02/2014 5:30:00 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: yldstrk

For starters...

Note to DAD: Clean the darn house before letting a film crew into it....Yuck.

Reading a few of the comments on the bottom my guess is that some are too stupid to realize the circumstances behind this kids capture.


34 posted on 06/02/2014 5:51:41 AM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes mandatory ... Thomas Jefferson)
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To: DaveA37

Ouch, lol!


35 posted on 06/02/2014 6:13:58 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: alice_in_bubbaland
I couldn't get any sound on this no matter how many times I hit the sound button, lol! Tried to watch it without sound and got totally bored with this awful hippie and his boring trek through snow.

The comments afterwards were the usual sick blend of anti-American hatred and pro-Jihadi exuberance. P.S.: I was listening to talk radio this morning and they were going on about how Obama kept touching the hippie chick wife during the press conference. I didn't see that particular conference - anyone see it?

36 posted on 06/02/2014 6:22:28 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: miss marmelstein

‘Our son needs time to decompress and grow a beard and pick out a muslim mosque’


37 posted on 06/02/2014 6:30:00 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: bonfire
Well, the writers of Homeland did! Now all we need is a female CIA operative to fall in love with this creep.

Does Bergdahl have a the smoking hot long-suffering wife waiting for him? I Doubt it!


38 posted on 06/02/2014 6:30:17 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: kingattax

Why does obama do this now? Who benefits politically, specifically at this moment, from this lopsided and ridiculous exchange?


39 posted on 06/02/2014 6:31:23 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: minnesota_bound

And maybe he’ll shack up with Johnny Jihad when he gets out of prison in a few years!


40 posted on 06/02/2014 6:32:41 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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