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Bergdahl’s Letters From a Taliban Prison
Daily Beast via Yahoo! News ^ | 2014-06-12 | Kimberly Dozier

Posted on 06/12/2014 12:32:27 PM PDT by justlurking

Writing from a Taliban “prison,” Bowe Bergdahl urged his family and his government to wait until they had all the facts before judging him for leaving his base. Then Bergdahl explained, at least in part, why he left his fellow troops in 2009.

“Leadership was lacking, if not non-existent. The conditions were bad and looked to be getting worse for the men that where actuly (sic) the ones risking thier (sic) lives from attack,” he writes in a letter dated March 23, 2013 and obtained by The Daily Beast. It’s one of two letters sent by Bergdahl to his parents during his five years held by the Taliban-allied Haqqani Network in the tribal region of Pakistan.

“If this letter makes it to the U.S.A., tell those involved in the investigation that there are more sides to the cittuwation (sic),” he adds. “Please tell D.C. to wait for all evadince (sic) to come in.”

The copies of the two letters were given to The Daily Beast by sources in contact with the Taliban. U.S. and western officials confirmed they were the same letters delivered by International Red Cross from the Taliban to Bowe Bergdahl’s family. Together, they represent the first comment from Bergdahl himself on the controversy over his departure from his base in June 2009, leading to his capture. Fellow troopers have attacked Bergdahl, saying soldiers were injured and killed as military resources were devoted to the search for him.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bergdahl
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1 posted on 06/12/2014 12:32:27 PM PDT by justlurking
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To: justlurking

Sure, let’s withhold our judgment until we review all of the “evadence.” Like the rest of the letters he wrote, not just these two.


2 posted on 06/12/2014 12:35:53 PM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: justlurking

Holy crap. Obviously a product of gummint schools.


3 posted on 06/12/2014 12:35:53 PM PDT by tgusa (gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .......)
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To: justlurking

Sounds like he wuz edukated in a libiral run publik skool


4 posted on 06/12/2014 12:36:56 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
He was home schooled.
5 posted on 06/12/2014 12:38:35 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: justlurking

he splet cittuwation rong. Evryboy nos it spelt sichuwation.


6 posted on 06/12/2014 12:39:14 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: Chgogal

Seriously? He parents must be brainiacs.


7 posted on 06/12/2014 12:40:19 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: justlurking

“Leadership was lacking, if not non-existent. The conditions were bad and looked to be getting worse for the men that where actuly (sic) the ones risking thier (sic) lives from attack,”


Not reason to desert even if it was the truth!


8 posted on 06/12/2014 12:40:53 PM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: justlurking

Boy, I bet half the grunts who ever served thought the conditions were bad and some of the officers were idiots. (and they were probably right) but that doesn’t give leave to just take off and go over tot he enemy. This dude should be in jail for a long time turning big rocks into little rocks. If he was really collaborating then.....well, we know what the penalty is for that.


9 posted on 06/12/2014 12:42:51 PM PDT by circlecity
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Not sure how these letters can amount to anything significant from any perspective.


10 posted on 06/12/2014 12:44:18 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Gene Eric

Not sure how these letters can amount to anything significant from any perspective.


This is going to be Obama’s reason to not do any investigation or court martial.

Of course you can’t court martial a guy who was in a unit as bad as Bergdahl claim’s his was. /s


11 posted on 06/12/2014 12:45:57 PM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: justlurking

Do we even believe he wrote this? Just wondering...


12 posted on 06/12/2014 12:46:58 PM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: justlurking

Bergdahl planed his desertion and defection.

Bergdahl mailed home his possessions, sneaked out during the night, and sought the enemy to join them.

He is a defector.


13 posted on 06/12/2014 12:47:48 PM PDT by Ray76 (True change requires true change - A Second Party ...or else it's more of the same...)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Well, the father speaks Pashto on national TV and looks like a redneck jihadist. ; )

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/06/03/bergdahl-home-schooled-performed-in-ballet-before-joining-army/

14 posted on 06/12/2014 12:54:32 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: henkster

If you are a fluent speaker of ‘bullsh*t’ maybe that’s how you spell “evadence.”


15 posted on 06/12/2014 12:55:36 PM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: leapfrog0202

Regardless of the letters, I’m confident a court-martial could be properly conducted.

But the motives behind the letters written while in “captivity” are seemingly dependent on the determined preceding motives that landed Bengdahl in “captivity.” I would think...

Of course, the regime will try to use any balloon that can hold its weight for more than a couple of days.


16 posted on 06/12/2014 12:55:38 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: justlurking

Excuses. Desertion is desertion.


17 posted on 06/12/2014 12:56:00 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" means something different to 0bama.)
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To: justlurking

Even if that’s all true, Bergdahl just admitted to going AWOL. He may be able to duck the desertion charge by claiming that he intended to return to post (but got captured). Walking off the post is still a violation of regulations.


18 posted on 06/12/2014 1:06:19 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: justlurking

Odd that he would misspell those particular words when other ones which can be harder to spell were correct. So were these written under duress by order of his “captors” with the errors a red flag to his parents about his situation? This is not a guy lacking in intelligence and I’m pretty sure his homeschooling would have covered spelling so the mistakes just stand out to me.

There is no excuse for what he did.


19 posted on 06/12/2014 1:08:10 PM PDT by lastchance ("Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis" St. Augustine)
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To: Gene Eric

I totally agree there could be a court martial. The letters, IMO, prove nothing except he was trying to cover his ass and make excuses as to why he deserted.


20 posted on 06/12/2014 1:23:50 PM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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