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TwilightGardener

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8. Bergdahl was supposed to die in captivity.

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 12:15 AM

Jun 2014

That was the plan. Trading Gitmo prisoners was forbidden, no one was going to send helicopters and commandos into Pakistan to free him, and the Haqqanis/Taliban weren't just going to nicely give him a plane ticket home. The anger is because the White House and the DoD and State Dept. managed to pull off a pretty huge and successful operation in a totally airtight manner that thwarted the plan to let Bergdahl die. Dianne Feinstein didn't get a second chance to deny this soldier a chance for freedom with her leaky-ass stupid mouth, and boy, she's pissed.

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if the right knows that bergdahl deserted, shouldn't they be glad he's been captured... [View all] spanone Jun 2014 OP

They should be.. but, NOOOOO. It's President Obama who's done it and the gop must Demonize.. Cha Jun 2014 #1

bush would have been hailed as a hero for bringing him to justice... spanone Jun 2014 #5

Oh yeah, the little pretend f*C*er.. Cha Jun 2014 #6

I think it's more about the release of the taliban higher-ups than about Begrdahl. n/t Skip Intro Jun 2014 #2

It's about.. President Obama. They cannot handle that he actually got Sgt Bowe Bergdahl Cha Jun 2014 #7

Not sure that is the reality of the situation. n/t Skip Intro Jun 2014 #9

I am. Cha Jun 2014 #10

The most horrific crime a nationalist can commit is to separate himself... Gravitycollapse Jun 2014 #3

They're foaming at the mouth mostly because FIVE TERRAISTS GOT EXCHANGED for him Warpy Jun 2014 #4

Bergdahl was supposed to die in captivity. TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #8

And, lets not forget this.. Cha Jun 2014 #11