More information is coming out aboutt he big swap our government did for a captive soldier. A two-fer.
First - from ABC News:
Vets Accuse Bowe Bergdahl of Walking Away
As the White House praised the return of soldier Bowe Bergdahl from the Taliban, some Afghan war veterans answered with anger over how the young soldier fell into enemy hands in the first place and the price the U.S. has paid to get him back.
Some more:
"And that the truth is: Bergdahl was a deserter, and soldiers from his own unit died trying to track him down," Bethea wrote in The Daily Beast Monday. “Bergdahl was relieved from guard duty, and instead of going to sleep, he fled the outpost on foot. He deserted. I’ve talked to members of Bergdahl’s platoon—including the last Americans to see him before his capture. I’ve reviewed the relevant documents. That’s what happened.”
Second - from the New York Post:
6 soldiers killed searching for ‘deserter’ POW, fueling backlash
Six soldiers died in the frantic search for Sgt. Bowe Bergdhal immediately after his mysterious disappearance five years ago, fueling the increasing backlash over the POW’s recovery.
And as I had mentioned last night, President Stompy Feet was more than comfortable breaking a law that he signed into being doing this. Why? Because it provided a diversion from the VA scandal, the IRS sandal (over a year and still going strong), the Benghazi scandal. And the list goes on and on...
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