Besides, as we can see, there is a right way and a wrong way to wear facial hair.
Posted on 03/25/2015 11:04:10 AM PDT by kristinn
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who was recovered in Afghanistan last spring after five years in captivity, faces charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, according to his lawyer.
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UCMJ Article 104:
“(1) aids, or attempts to aid, the enemy with arms, ammunition, supplies, money, or other things; or
(2) without proper authority, knowingly harbors or protects or gives intelligence to, or communicates or corresponds with or holds any intercourse with the enemy, either directly or indirectly;”
My guess is that the Army does not have enough evidence to proved him guilty of Art 104. One can assume or think that he may have done that, but an Article 32 hearing and subsequent courtsmartial would require hard evidence.
OK I looked and it wasn’t very specific. More hard numbers were in the (granted it’s NYT) piece from 2007.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/us/09awol.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Phil would be annoyed you compared him to that Islamist creep, even if it was favorably...
It was “Officer” Krupke!
If Cruz wants to win, he needs to commit to Phil Robertson as VP, right now!
I believe you're correct. Of those thousands of desertions only a handful occurred while deployed. And many are downgraded to AWOL thus the short sentences. 99 refers to Misbehavior specifically before the enemy, far more serious charge and less common charge.
So MG Dahl was not the Article 32?
Wow. They can drag this out for a while yet.
Like I said, he needs to plea. In the military he gets the lesser of the agreement or the judge’s sentence on hearing the guilty plea. The judge is not permitted to know the plea deal.
So, if a judge heard his confession and gave him 10, and the plea was for 7, then he gets the 7. The military prosecutor or the judge could both highball it, though. If they thought they could curry favor with the CIC, then they would lowball it. Obama’s only got less than 2 years left. The Army went out on a limb charging him with both desertion and misbehavior. Down the road, favor curried today wouldn’t look so good under a more conservative administration.
Worst Than:
Boston Red Sox trade future baseball god Babe Ruth for $100,000 and a $300,000 loan to finance the No, No, Nanette musical.
Red Sox owner Harry Frazee dealt Ruth to the archival New York Yankees and watched them dominate in the World Series for the next 20 years while his own team won absolutely nothing.
Joking aside, Obama has blood on his hands as those released terrorist rejoin the fight.
Could they charge him with that 104 if the Grand Jury uncovers more info during its sessions?
This country has to go into rebellion, this government is completely out of control. We got a hard core blatant traitor as President and a Congress that is complicit.
104 would be hard to prove.
I don’t think you’ve mentioned that to me. Do we even know who’s in the Jirga?
“The Army went out on a limb charging him with both desertion and misbehavior.”
I agree with you and hopefully our fellow Freepers will realize that.
“Sergeant Bergdahl wasn’t simply a hostage; he was an American prisoner of war captured on the battlefield,” National Security Adviser Susan Rice asserted Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”
“We have a sacred obligation that we have upheld since the founding of our republic to do our utmost to bring back our men and women who are taken in battle, and we did that in this instance,” Rice told George Stephanopoulos.
Man oh man does seeing something like that drive me freakin’ up the wall. All the vets who died, were maimed for life and this piece of rat filth posing as our POTUS surrendered everything they fought for back to the enemy, and not only that, he is also HELPING THEM FIGHT THE UNITED STATES and our allies! This is just utterly unbelievable, they forced Nixon to resign over a freakin’ 18 minute tape, and this PUNK just commits one blatant act of treason after another after another after another after another. I got it down on my tagline, I’ve been counting them... 15 acts so far! This country has to rebel, it really does.
Looking at the guy I'm guessing that's not the only misbehaving he performed before the enemy.
A firing squad is too good for Bergdahl. He should be hanged from the tallest tree.
Obama says he is a hero. Dudnt they promote him?
The US military has voted about 2/3rd conservative and 1/3 liberal over the last four decades at least since I’ve been paying attention. By nature, the military does not like leadership that doesn’t understand the military’s mission is winning wars. Anything that makes that less likely threatens the nation and threatens lives. Obama has made that less likely.
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