Posted on 10/10/2015 5:51:39 PM PDT by PAR35
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An Army officer is recommending that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl face a lower-level court martial and be spared the possibility of jail time for leaving his post in Afghanistan, his lawyer said Saturday.
Defense attorney Eugene Fidell said Lt. Col. Mark Visger has decided Bergdahl’s case should go to a military system similar to civilian courts that handle misdemeanor charges. It limits the maximum punishment to reduction of rank, a bad conduct discharge and a short jail term, though that isn’t being sought, Fidell said.
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Paul Boyce, a spokesman for the U.S. Army’s Force Command, released a statement Saturday that didn’t confirm Visger’s decision.
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I agree. No jail time. Firing squad instead.
If this goes through, you can kiss military respect for the justice system goodbye.
Forgot to add, I smell a Dorkbama the Muslim pressure here.
Well, the Obama’s army knew what it was doing in selecting this officer to handle the Article 32. Like many compliant officers in today’s military, he is likely more interested in career advancement than in doing the right thing.
This whole thing stinks...Obama’s rot is spreading throughout the government and the military.
Why?
People died and were injured looking for him while he wanted to go play house with the Taliban!
What an absolute disgrace.
Could morale in the armed services get any lower than it must be these days?
A travesty, for sure. This is a backhand to the faces of every man and woman who ever wore the uniform of this once great nation.
This traitor should be spending the rest of his miserable life at hard labor in a most unforgiving environment, or face a firing squad.
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A firing squad is too quick, but, it's an end to him and THAT is the point.
Treason -- not something you hear about too often. One wouldn't expect to find it in an ALL-VOLUNTEER military.
If he decides he’s transgender, he also gets a Purple Heart.
But yet Kim Clark had to go to jail...
2. This whole thing stinks...Obama’s rot is spreading throughout the government and the military.
The pitifully few American voters who actually got off their butts to vote: voted in this rotten POTUS TWICE!
Even "I'm all ears" Perot looked good next to him.
Nah, the transgender trend is out of style these days. But, I get your drift and you are correct.
Well, not if he’s executed by a firing squad . . . then there’d be no jail time. Execute him for being a filthy traitor and deserter, and for directly causing the death of some of our faithful Nothing less!
Out of style?! Glamour magazine just made Bruce Jenner its Woman of the Year.
0bumba’s purge of the military is bearing rotten fruit.
In WWII a sort of sad sack named Slovik was executed by firing squad. He had basically gotten lost and wandred around various commands including staying with a British outfit.
He should have made more of an effort to find hise own Battalion but he was far, far less venal than Bergdahl.
Begdahl should have been executed with special circumstances.
They should give every service member who so desires an opportunity to spit in his face, if it’s not enough to drown him, cashiered him out and drop him off in the middle of Detroit.
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