This is like releasing the top Nazis instead of trying them at Nuremberg.
Posted on 06/02/2014 3:36:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A former U.S. officer who served in Afghanistan with Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl claims that soldiers were threatened by U.S. authorities if they questioned his story.
After he was captured, Bergdahl said on a video from his captors that he lagged behind on patrol, although other sources in the military suggested anonymously that he walked away from his post.
“Not only has this nebulous non-story been put out for years but you know these soldiers of 4th Brigade 25th Infantry Division were threatened with legal repercussions if they spoke about Bergdahl. Everybody officially mandated silencing of what we saw has been so frustrating,” Bethea explained on BBC World Service Radio today.
Bethea served in Sgt. Bergdahl's unit, and was an infantry officer in the U.S. Army from 2007 to 2014
CNN’s Jake Tapper also reported that many of Bergdahl's fellow troops signed nondisclosure agreements agreeing to never share any information about Bergdahl's disappearance and the efforts to recapture him.
Bethea explained that now he was safe, more soldiers would be trying to tell the truth of his disappearance.
BBC interviewed Bethea after he wrote an article for the Daily Beast, asserting that Bergdahl was a deserter.
“He is safe, and now it is time to speak the truth,” he wrote. “And that the truth is: Bergdahl was a deserter, and soldiers from his own unit died trying to track him down.”(continued)
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You are right of course. I honestly believe the Obungler gets his rocks off by doing stupid stuff that we believe to be utter BS. By the way, I spent 20 years in the Air Force, questioning utter BS from day 1. The fact that these other troops were ordered not to talk about the situation, just screams coverup.
This story is accomplishing exactly what it was supposed to. It was supposed to be a major distraction from the VA scandal, enlist the support and sympathy for the administration in getting a (deserter) soldier back from the enemy and generating an additional distraction about the legality of the whole thing.
Think back to all the other scandals and within days a distraction was launched and perfectly coordinated with the MSM administration pimps and pimpettes. 24 X 7 coverage on every other distraction or non-news story.
This is like releasing the top Nazis instead of trying them at Nuremberg.
This is an evil communist regime that MUCH go!
Who says he is in bad physical condition? Obama?
Dana Perino - Establishment Republican. You can count on them to defend Obama when the going gets tough.
News reports said he was undernourished. Also said he is being built up with supplements at the hospital. I based my supposition on those reports. I have no way of knowing their accuracy but assumed them to be correct.
If I am the Taliban, I now know two things…the US is pulling out of Afghanistan and the US will trade 5 for 1 prisoners for deserters. Just think what they will trade for soldiers!
Representative Wolf says Benghazi survivors were forced to sign non-disclosure agreements
“Who had them sign non disclosure orders?”
Exactly - that could be the smoking gun. We deserve to know who asked them to sign. We need copies of these agreements. Need to follow this up the chain of command. This has conspiracy written all over it.
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