Bowe Bergdahl

This is my issue with it.  Does this not add incentive to kidnapping more Americans to get what they want?

I think... wait, you said objective....

There are alot of reports stating that he walked away, that he was not left behind...

This guy is from my town here in Hailey.  Let's just say the Obama admin has done next to nothing for 5 years.  This is a PR move and a huge mistake.  I'm glad to see Bowe come home, but at what cost?  I see his dad probably 3-4 times a week, but don't know him beyond he's a UPS driver here in town.  

Since I wasn't a part of his unit, and wasn't there, I'll take the word of the men who were......they don't have any use for this guy. 

He deserted during combat and men were killed trying to find him. 

Leave him behind.

Some background.

That pretty much says it for me. Being from Idaho I am well aware of the campaign to get him back, but I personally have always been skeptical. Now that his combat peers are coming out of the woodwork and confirming that he deserted I see no reason we should have tried to get him back at all. 

Generally speaking I'm for doing whatever we can do to bring back any American, but this guy is a rat and according to this article he is facing desertion charges.

Then you throw in the administration trying to spin him as a war hero serving with "distinction and honor" it just boils my blood.  This guy is a coward and a traitor to his fellow soldiers and country.

Now the real question is what the heck was the Obama administration trying to accomplish with this?  Sending 5 of the most dangerous dudes from Getmo in exchange for a deserter?  Really?

I almost need to dust off my conspiracy hat because there's just too much weird stuff with this deal.  The president even violated Federal law (that he just signed 30 days earlier) by releasing the prisoners without notifying congress.  The answer was that "time was of the essence" from the administration, but I don't buy it.  It seems to be more like, I really want to get these guys out of Getmo and here's my chance.  Congress will never approve of it, so I'm just going to do it anyways.

Then to top it all off is this dudes Dad sounds like he's working for Al Qaeda,  WTF with a capital F.

https://twitter.com/slone/status/473451566934917120/photo/1

Wow, nice cherry pick.  lol

The Taliban is an enemy of the United States and wants us all to die.  His Dad, who is a private citizen, was communicating directly with the Taliban via twitter and empathizing with them that God will repay for the death of every Afghan child and informing them that he is actively working to free all their Taliban buddies from Getmo.  This tweet pre-dated the release by a few days, so he was ultimately successful in his quest.

I think if you or I were to send tweets to the Taliban making statements like this, it would not be received very kindly by our buddies at the Government.

To just focus on the God repaying part is kind of silly.  The last I checked there aren't too many Pro Life Christians who are empathizing with and trying to help enemies of the United States.

lol, hopefully I didn't bite too hard.  

There certainly are some really odd things about this whole story.  The conspiracy nuts are going to be going crazy, that's for sure.