Bowe Bergdahl walks free with only a dishonorable discharge and a fine

A military judge has found that Bowe Bergdahl should serve no prison time for endangering his comrades by walking off his Afghanistan post.

The judge also gave Bergdahl a dishonorable discharge, reduced his rank to private and said he must forfeit pay equal to $1,000 per month for 10 months. The judge made no other comments.

Bergdahl appeared tense, grimaced and clenched his jaw. His attorneys put their arms around him and one patted him on the back.

Bergdahl pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy and had faced up to life in prison. The judge had wide leeway because Bergdahl made no deal with prosecutors to limit his sentence.

Prosecutors had sought stiff punishment because of wounds to service members who searched for Bergdahl after he disappeared in 2009. He was held captive by Taliban allies for five years.

The defense sought to counter that evidence with testimony about Bergdahl’s suffering during five years as a captive of Taliban allies, his contributions to military intelligence and survival instruction and his mental health problems.

The White House says it has no comment on the sentence given to Bowe Bergdahl for leaving his post in Afghanistan.

Instead, White House officials referred back to a previous statement from several weeks ago.

The statement said President Donald Trump “expects all military personnel who are involved in any way in the military justice process to exercise their independent professional judgment, consistent with applicable laws and regulations.”

A military judge in North Carolina ruled Friday that Bergdahl should serve no prison time for endangering his comrades by walking off his Afghanistan post. The judge also gave Bergdahl a dishonorable discharge, reduced his rank to private and said he must forfeit pay equal to $1,000 per month for 10 months.

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The reason I ask is if he was a military judge I cannt see him getting off. This is like a liberal judges showing who is boss like with the bans. But you are right it is a disgrace just the fact that he stat that islamics were easier then Americans should have put him in a deep hole.

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Now private Bergdahl got a very easy retirement from committing treason against the US military. Perhaps stupid enough to understand that when he walked out and sought shelter from the Taliban, he will get an easy life there, and could help the Taliban. Or perhaps he had more sympathy to the Taliban than US Army. There were 10 men on the army who died looking for him.

He got a heroes welcome under Mr. Obama. In exchange for his release, Mr. Obama released the FIVE (5) GITMO AL QAEDA Muslim/Taliban leaders back to the field to fight against the US military. Then Rice and Mr. Obama called Bergdahl a hero.

Mr. Obama presented the parents of Bergdahl to the American people at the WH Garden. Mr. Obama hugged them, and presented them to the world as parents of Bergdahl, the hero. Then the father of Bergdahl then PRAISED ALLAH in Arabic, and Obama was very happy hearing that. He embraced him. Obama's face was so happy after the father praised the Islam god in Arabic. I think the family of Bergdahl is a MUSLIM.