They hate this President more than they love the troops.

[kpete]

Every Time the Sun Comes Up, I’m In Trouble
Posted by constitutional mistermix at 8:48 am
Jun 02 2014

So let me get this straight. A young soldier who was clearly having a hard time with the most awful thing human beings do, war, should not be rescued because: (a) it’s not crystal clear how he was captured, or (b) he sent a few emails home questioning the war, or (c) the people we are fighting are “terrorists” so we can’t negotiate with them as we would in any other POW situation, even though we call what we’re doing a “War on Terror”?

And this is coming from the people who still support a war where we wasted, squandered, frittered away and otherwise burned up $6 trillion?


MORE:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/01/bergdahl-afghanistan-taliban-speaking-english-release
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/mixed-reaction-to-bergdahls-recovery-by-service-members-who-consider-him-a-deserter/2014/06/01/3713e3ce-e9c5-11e3-b98c-72cef4a00499_story.html?hpid=z1

[kelliekat44]

1. +++1,000,000 nt

[Takket]

2. That's not saying much

Rethugs never show any respect for anyone in the military. Yet somehow they are seen as the party of the troops. I have never understood where that came from.

[sarisataka]

13. You took the words out of my mouth

[dembotoz]

3. guess LEAVE NO MAN BEHIND doesn't apply anymore

republicans flying pow flags is a joke

[m-lekktor]

4. then his fellow troops who call him a deserter must really hate the president.

people are picking sides and spinning away without anybody knowing the facts for sure yet.

[spanone]

7. cnn cites one fellow soldier who calls him a deserter......it's the main story on their website.

one soldier.....www.cnn.com

[alsame]

8. The only fact that

matters to me is that an American POW was released.

If he is indeed a deserter, the US military should deal with him appropriately. Leaving him behind is not appropriate.

[MH1]

11. Let the military investigate and UCMJ handle if appropriate.

You KNOW the reaction from the reich-wing would be different if this had been done by a Republican president.

[earthside]

5. If Bergdahl had died or been killed in captivity ...

... the Tea Party-Repuglicans would have been screaming their bloody heads off about Pres. Obama abandoning a GI to the enemy.

It is so easy to point out the hypocrisy, double-standard and just plain ol' Obama hate in this particular episode.

[Jefferson23]

6. Where is the evidence Republicans were ever concerned about the troops welfare?

They've always been pawns in their foreign policy endeavors and they have a history
of taking away funding when they get home.

Pretty much, fuck you, has been their approach.

[tridim]

10. You haven't seen their bumper stickers?

What more proof do you need!?

[11 Bravo]

12. Plus ... YELLOW RIBBONS!

I'm convinced.

[oldandhappy]

9. t-folk love no one 'cept themselves

They only want to blast and blame -- no accountability. Hard to understand all the people who keep voting for them.