This would be the just and proper thing to do, but it seems unlikely that it will happen: such an investigation would embarrass the Obama Administration even more than it has already been embarrassed by this incident, and the mainstream media will do all it can to make sure that such embarrassment is kept to an absolute minimum. And Boehner will just bust out crying and give Obama whatever he wants.
“Army to investigate desertion claims against Bergdahl: Gen. Martin Dempsey,” by David Sherfinski, The Washington Times, June 3, 2014:
Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday the Army may still pursue an investigation into the conduct of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was recently freed after nearly five years of being held captive in Afghanistan.
Gen. Dempsey told The Associated Press that U.S. military leaders “have been accused of looking away from misconduct” but said “it’s premature” to assume they would do so in Sgt. Bergdahl’s case.
Sgt. Bergdahl was recently freed from nearly five years of being held in captivity by the Taliban in Afghanistan in exchange for the transfer of five former Guantanamo Bay prison detainees to Qatar.
Some of Sgt. Bergdahl’s fellow soldiers have in recent days said he essentially abandoned his post in 2009 when he was taken captive by the Taliban. The Washington Times also reported Monday that the Pentagon on multiple occasions knew where Sgt. Bergdahl was being held but commanders scrapped rescue missions because they were unwilling to risk casualties for a man they believed to be a “deserter,” according to sources familiar with the plan.
In defending the administration’s actions Tuesday, President Obama said the top priority right now is to care for Sgt. Bergdahl.
“With respect to the circumstances of Sgt. Bergdahl’s capture by the Taliban, we obviously have not been interrogating Sgt. Bergdahl,” Mr. Obama said. “He has been recovering from five years of captivity with the Taliban. He’s having to undergo a whole battery of tests and he is going to have to undergo a significant transition back into life. He has not even met with his family yet, which indicates I think the degree to which we take this transition process seriously.”…
mariam rove says
Tuesday the Army may still pursue an …
what does this mean? May? They should. People lost their lives and a bunch of vile terrorist got a free ride home most likely on a private jet to Qatar. Let’s get real. M
Jay Boo says
We should pursue an investigation into the conduct of Obama.
Five Taliban to honor the five pillars of Islam
Arms shipments allowed into Libya to kill our US Ambassador and three others.
The flood of arms from Libya to terrorists in Egypt and northern Nigeria.
Support of an Islamist state in Syria.
ssoldie says
The definitive word is ‘may’ watch the words.
jihad3tracker says
I believe the investigation will be a thorough one — and not “spun” in Obama’s favor, or predominantly exculpatory for Bergdahl, because —
1. General Dempsey is on top of the military totem pole / knows what a combatant’s first duty is / has too much respect for soldiers who did it right and died for their service.
2. Congress — including many Democrats — is going to ride the behinds of anyone who tries to weasel out of an honest conclusion.
Jay Boo says
Even shameless NPR held back for a few days on their usual knee-jerk praise of Obama’s decision this time.
“Congress — including many Democrats” — are facing an election year.
jihad3tracker says
Writing this as a lifelong Dem myself, in the party which once upon a time — in a previous CENTURY !!! — had testosterone & courage to actually NAME an enemy and then fight it effectively….
However, as an exception, senator Diane Feinstein spoke over the weekend about Obama’s refusal to properly notify the Congress on the hand-over.
And I will never forget seeing her with a Repub colleague, Mike Rogers, approximately in March 2013, talking about the morphing of terrorism into smaller pieces to spread wider geographically.
I kid you not : she had that classic deer-in-the-headlights expression : “They have absolutely huge truck bombs that can …. ” etcetera.
It was a rare moment showing that private briefings in closed-door sessions finally penetrate thick egotistic financially comfy skulls on the necks of ranking members.
BW022 says
I don’t get this. Wouldn’t the army already have investigated? Five minutes after noticing he was missing, wouldn’t the first questions be something like… hey… why did he wander off? Did someone order he out? How saw him last? Did he talk with anyone before leaving? Was he being abused, ill-treated, suffering from depression, etc., etc.? Wouldn’t they have gone through is emails, letters, spoken with family, etc.? Did the Taliban sneak in and grab him?
Sorry… but they must have had some idea what happened? They would have had to make some working determination in order to decide on how to go about finding him, increasing security, reviewing check-in/out policies, etc.
I’m not sure what is worse… they are playing politics to cover up the administration’s conduct… or that they wouldn’t have investigated the reason why one of their soldiers wanders off four years ago? (or that we are too stupid to know that they did and came to a conclusion back then) It must be comforting to current US soldiers that if you go missing… no one is going to investigate or make any determination how or why you went missing until four years later when you are released.
rabrooks says
Because obozo has done so little, he can’t even come up with a decent lie.
The answers they give reflect their total ignorance of any area involved. The lies that seem like “logical” answers to him and his circle, don’t cut it with the real world. Soldiers don’t just dissapear and get written off. What he has done is attempt to make the military look incompetent. Bad move! Image is half the job to them. They ain’t going for that. Looks like he is on his own. The rats are already abandoning his ship.
Paleologos says
While they’re at it, they can investigate his Dad too.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/06/sgt_bowe_bergdahls_father_tweets_controversial_message_at_pro-taliban_group.html
“I am still working to free all Guantanamo prisoners. God will repay for the death of every Afghan child, ameen.”
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Paleologos
RG says
Ya know, I really bet he told his mommy and daddy that he was tired of wiping his butt w/o paper. Besides it’s too hot in Afghanistan anyway! No wonder BHO said he needed medical attention–that’s enough to gag a real maggot!!!! Amazing how arrogant these American converts are until they get a real good dose of reality!!!
Leith Wood says
……..may still persue gives us a clue. That leaves the door wide open for the top brass to do nothing. Of course there should be a trial and a strict following of the rules, but not always the case under Obama.