Posted on 06/02/2014 5:09:42 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
HAILEY - Mayor Fritz Haemmerle says Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's hometown and a planned celebration for the released soldier are coming under fire.
Hailey has received a flood of emails and calls since it was announced Saturday that Bergdahl had been released after almost five years as prisoner of the Taliban. US officials negotiated the exchange of Bergdahl for five Guantanamo Bay detainees.
Many of the comments the town has received come from "extreme polar sides," Haemmerle wrote in a Monday release. As the town celebrates the return of one of their own, he urged those with a dim view of Bergdahl not to"pre-judge" the man.
The circumstances around Bergdahl's capture have come under scrutiny, with some saying he lagged behind on a patrol and others branding him a deserter who snuck away from his post. There are still few details on how he was taken prisoner.
If Bergdahl did leave his post without official leave, he could face prosecution under military law. But Haemmerle says people should wait until an investigation is complete before railing against the soldier.
"If objective facts and a careful investigation reveal that Bowe Bergdahl should face consequences in a United States Courtroom, then the United States should do what it believes is necessary, " he wrote. "On the other hand, if the same investigation shows that there is no evidence to support any action, then the process has worked, and people should take comfort that due process has been served."
The rally-turned-celebration, the name of which was changed from "Bring Bowe Back" to "Bowe is Back" after news broke of his release, is scheduled for June 28.
...and so quickly too. It started immediately, the backlash. I consider this a very positive development.
It’s like a Preston Sturges movie. Fake war hero, pressured mayor, angry townspeople. Personally, I’m enjoying it!
Leavenworth Times, 9/15/2015
“If it weren’t for the honor of the thing, I’d just as soon be someplace else,”
said the ‘guest-of-honor’ at the Ft. Leavenworth Disciplinary barracks, as they adjusted the rope length.
The ceremony went without a hitch and there were no complaints.
In “Pulp Fiction” the black hit man tells his greaseball partner that he wants to “walk the earth”, like Caine in Kung Foo.
Tarantino (or whatever the ____ his name is) says, “So you want to be a bum. Because that’s what a bum does.”
Finally something useful occurred from social media. Been waiting for years for news of such an occurrence.
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There are two Hailey Idahos:The rich liberals with their million dollar homes, and the ordinary folks who run small businesses or work for the hotels etc.
Well he shares that trait with our Great Leader Emperor Zero.
Poor unhappy Hailey. All those years bamboozled by that crazy family.
I buried the pickup one time and we hiked out to the highway. A pickup with the dreaded 5B license plates stopped and two guys gave us a lift into town. As we rode my friend gently said, So you guys from Blaine county? Yeah, but we aren't like those *********s, we're normal people.
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