Fox News Guest Ralph Peters Suggests Taliban Should Kill U.S. Soldier If He Deserted

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Fox News Guest Ralph Peters Suggests Taliban Should Kill U.S. Soldier If He Deserted

Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who has been captured by the Taliban and appears in a video released this weekend by his captors, “went missing from his base in eastern Afghanistan on June 30.” The circumstances of his capture are still unknown. ABC News reports, “Defense officials said it appeared he somehow left his base in Paktika Province at night, likely accompanied by several Afghan soldiers.” On July 6, the Taliban claimed that “a drunken American soldier had come out of his garrison” and was captured by them.

On Fox News yesterday, guest Ralph Peters, a retired Army Lt. Col., urged against leaping to conclusions. “I was to stress first of all that we must wait until all of the facts are in until we make a final judgment,” Peters said, but quickly added, “He is an apparent deserter,” “he is collaborating with the enemy,” and “we know that this private is a liar.” Peters then suggested that if Bergdahl is a deserter, the Taliban should kill him:

I want to be clear. If, when the facts are in, we find out that through some convoluted chain of events, he really was captured by the Taliban, I’m with him. But, if he walked away from his post and his buddies in wartime, I don’t care how hard it sounds, as far as I’m concerned, the Taliban can save us a lot of legal hassles and legal bills.

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http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/20/ralph-peters-kill-soldier/

[atreides1]

1. Then What's McCain's Status?

[MADem]

3. ??

McCain didn't walk away from his post (which is what this guy is charging, and which may, or may not, be true), McCain had Airplane Number Three shot out from under him.

Not an appropriate comparison.

[atreides1]

6. McCain did collaborate with the enemy

To get medical treatment! After all he did provide more then his name, rank, and serial number as required by the Code of Conduct at the the time.

And this kid is being accused of collaborating with the enemy by Mr. Peters, as well as desertion.

[Buzz Clik]

8. Excellent point. Peters suggestion that the Taliban off this kid is unreal.

Aiding and abetting the enemy? Sedition?

This guy should be gone forever.

[MADem]

2. If he deserted, he's mentally ill.

You don't desert OVER THERE, you do it OVER HERE.

Sheesh. We hold some truths to be self evident.

The balance of his mind is disturbed, if he deserted while deployed.

[babylonsister]

4. He supposedly went to see some friends off-base. Could have been

a set-up, I dunno. But for this clown to suggest he should be permanently silenced for any reason is beyond the ken. You're right, if this proves to be some kind of PTSD, he deserves our sympathy, not silencing.

[chelsea0011]

5. It makes sense what you say. If I'm reading the reports correctly he just walked away.

So you have to ask, where was he walking to?

[ScottLand]

7. For someone who thinks we should get the facts first

he certainly seems to have his mind made up.