Bergdahl: Taliban asked me if Obama is gay

New York Post ^ | December 24, 2015 | Beckie Strum

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Bowe Bergdahl compared his first year in Taliban captivity — starved, stinking and chained to a bed — to being tossed in a closet and forgotten.

“Picture someone taking a bag, throwing it into the closet, shutting the door and just forgetting about it. That was basically how they treated me,” he said.

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Although watching over Bergdahl was a high honor, the guards were often bored and would pass the time by making videos of him, interrogating him with ridiculous questions or shaving his beard into shapes they found amusing, he said.

“They ask you, is Obama gay and sleeps with men?” he recalled. His young guards were also curious about where US military bases got their prostitutes, alcohol and drugs, and were obsessed with American soft drinks, he added.

“They love Mountain Dew. If you want to piss people off in that country, all you do is cut off their sugar supply,” he said.

[Salman]

Nothing Bergdahl says is worth bothering about.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I hope he answered “Is the Pope Catholic?”

[BookmanTheJanitor]

and his answer was?

[ClearCase_guy]

"Picture someone taking a bag, throwing it into the closet, shutting the door and just forgetting about it. That was basically how they treated me", he said.

I think his future may look a lot like his past.

[livius]

Poor little wookie. He expected to be treated like royalty when he betrayed his country, and instead he was treated just like any other low-value traitor. And he really thought he was so special....

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Something similar to a bear and what the bear does while in the woods.

[Rome2000]

Har!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It used to be a rhetorical question.

[V K Lee]

What is obvious to some is always questioned by those of lesser intelligence.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Bergdalh is an idiot and a traitor. If he got treated badly by the Taliban, he deserved the treatment he received.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

;-)

[JudyinCanada]

Well, how is it he’s not still in the closet? I’ve had bags in my closet for years.

Speaking of closets, wondering if he outed his buddy in the WH.

[lakecumberlandvet]

The taliban may not be as stupid as they look.

[Above My Pay Grade]

A real American soldier would have answered, “Of course he’s gay, he’s a Muslim.”

[iowamark]

Yes, he expected the Taliban to welcome him as their hero. He probably expected to lead them in attacks on Americans.

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

A real American soldier would have answered, “Of course he’s gay, he’s a Muslim.”

Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!

Regards,
GtG

[MinuteGal]

Bringing Obambi's gay issue to the fore right now may not sit too well with the president.

Bergdahl's ongoing big mouth might obviate that last-month presidential pardon he and his family are hoping for.

Leni

[A Navy Vet]

Is the above really true? I suspect so.

I'm still surprised that the military charged him with desertion and bad behavior with the enemy. I would have thought that Opeasor's loyal generals would have done less. This gives me hope that the military still has some honor.

[Liberty Valance]