Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

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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GmanTerry

The sentence is a slap in the face of those who did their duty and sacrificed for our country.

Semper Fi

Dummy Boy Loc: Michigan

There are causes worth dying for, but none worth k*****g for....

plainlogic

I'd say, assign a passport to him then revoke it. Send him to Afghanistan and leave him.

Dummy Boy Loc: Michigan

People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves....

E

I would think that desertion in the face of the enemy would deserve a hell of a lot more of a punishment then that. The fact the the enemy didn't welcome him with open arms has nothing to do with his desertion. Lives were endangered in attempting to find him, rescue him, or who knew what at the time. Men were injured in these attempts to find him. And he just walks. Just doesn't seem right. I would have put it at 20 years minimum. What does this say to anyone else who might desert in the future? That it will be okay.

Dummy Boy Loc: Michigan

"For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.”

Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

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I think 6 men were k**led searching (to rescue him)
He should get the FIREING SQUAD

padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al

It says, in part, that under Obama's administration and leadership that discipline and good order suffered within our military. This verdict was disgraceful. You should hear the problems being caused by homosexuals and the g****r confused. Supervisors are told to keep it to themselves. And, of course, some liberal judge just temporarily stopped Trump's ban on t***ssexuals.

S. Maturin

WE, the American people have been betrayed once more.

"the judge", "the judge".. who the 'F' is that "judge"?!?

I have some vets as friends who are positively incensed about this treatment of a DOCUMENTED/VETTED t*****r. I agree with them..

S. Maturin

"life", "life", "life" well, dummy, whose life is most precious to YOU? Obviously it is NOT the "life" of the soldiers who served honorably and lost their lives searching for that deserter, that T*****R(some just lost body parts, so Dummy won't blink), right?

"BO" gave us all a clear view as to what sort of soldier BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA really preferred. <SPIT!>

"The 31-year-old soldier from Hailey, Idaho, was brought home by President Barack Obama in 2014 in a swap for five Taliban prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Obama said at the time that the U.S. does not leave its service members on the battlefield."

MS. FACTUAL

???????? Wtf is THAT???

S. Maturin

It's the unmistakable whine of the liberal/progressive jellyfish.

bobebgtime Loc: Virginia

unmistakable whine of the liberal/progressive jellyfish. Your right the sound of the liberal whine is like nothing else. In fact, worse than Fingernails Scraping On a Blackboard and Justin Bieber's Voice. The constant droning makes me ill.

Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

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