Bergdahl says he was tortured by Taliban captors

AP ^ | 6/8/2014 | Lolita C. Baldor

[mojito]

U.S. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has told people treating him at an American military medical facility in Germany that he was tortured, beaten and held in a cage by his Taliban captors in Afghanistan after he tried to escape, a senior U.S. official said Sunday.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss what Bergdahl has revealed about the conditions of his captivity. The New York Times first reported on the matter.

The official said it was difficult to verify the accounts Bergdahl has given since his release a week ago.

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Military doctors at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center say that while Bergdahl is physically able to travel he's not yet emotionally prepared to be reunited with his family. He has not yet spoken to his family.

[Lazamataz]

On another thread, a Freeper who has worked extensively in Iraq and Afghanistan remarked that the first and most definitive proof that Bergdahl went to become a Taliban, is that he is still alive.

Apparently, unless you are one of them, they do NOT keep you alive.

[b4its2late]

If the Taliban were serious this dude would’ve had his head lopped off and posted on their websites.

[justa-hairyape]

The man should be thankful he lived through the ordeal. 99.9 % of the other prisoners did not.

[wku man]

Bergdahl's Number 6 is a goat. Literally.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[Telepathic Intruder]

By way of that, I don't think anyone was executed for his crime of being a little too self-indulgent at the expense of 50 billion people getting vaporized. He outed #5 purely by accident:

and was almost caught twice, voted president, captured by the cylons, tortured by the cylons, made into a Jim Jones but without the suicide complex and lots of sex partners, then turned into a good guy again. And all of that time, there was this:

Not bad, eh?

[Timber Rattler]

So I guess the Taliban was not better than the Army psychopaths he was supposedly running away from...boo hoo!

[DUMBGRUNT]

Do not forget. he was writing notes on the helicopter during the pick up!

Any other adults that forget their mother tongue after a few years?

[GirlShortstop]

Bump I wondered about that.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

How was he tortured?

They denied him his own goat . . .

[Hattie]

Wait for the Taliban to release pics of him enjoying himself while in supposed captivity.

[lightman]

He thought this was a basic human right:

[Jane Long]

Mark my words, this is going to backfire BIG time on the GOP and Conservatives for not taking a wait and see attitude. BIG time.

I've seen this exact statement/point made on lefty sites. Strange seeing it here. Something's not passing the smell test.

[1010RD]

Exactly. He leaked to the mouthpiece of the DNC. Is it even a “he”?

[DocJhn]

Torture could be the 72 Virgins depending on their demands and of course their SEX or Species!

[ExTexasRedhead]

Let him try the Hanoi Hilton for six or seven years!!!

[Bigg Red]

We need to take the focus off Bergdahl right now and concentrate on Obama’s treasonous act of releasing 5 terrorists who have vowed to destroy us.

Even if Bergdahl had been a paradigm of combat heroism, the focus would rightly be directed at this treasonous act.

Everyone, please, please call your congressmen to demand impeachment.

[Bigg Red]

They both look like they smell like a goat.

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Which is why Obama was all over them at the WH.

[leapfrog0202]

Wait for what? Did the guy walking to the helicopter appear to you to be in poor physical shape? Do you think all his platoon-mates are lying (why?)? Why is the US government breaking from tradition and not letting this guy see family or even speak to reporters?

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And why were members of his platoon forced to sign non-disclosure agreements? Because this administration wanted to keep it all hush hush. Obama probably realized right away that he could release some of his fellow American-haters using this guy.

[leapfrog0202]

Do not forget. he was writing notes on the helicopter during the pick up!

Any other adults that forget their mother tongue after a few years?

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Funny how he couldn’t speak or understand English, but could write the special forces a note. I’ve been saying that all along. Just one more lie to place at the liar-in-chief’s feet.

[5th MEB]

Nah; they took away his Sugar Pops and substituted Cheerios.