His comrades who have accused him of desertion and treason say they have not been contacted by Army officials. It seems unlikely that there will be a serious investigation at this point of whether Bergdahl deserted and sought out the Taliban, as several members of his unit have stated. The Obama Administration doesn’t seem interested in letting that story get a wide airing — for obvious reasons, since they traded five top jihad commanders for this man.
“Freed American POW Bowe Bergdahl to return to active duty with US Army TODAY, one month after his release,” by James Nye, David Mccormack and Lydia Warren, Daily Mail, July 14, 2014:
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is to return to active duty with the US Army on Monday just four weeks on from his return to the United States after spending five years in captivity with the Taliban.
According to the New York Times, Bergdahl will begin work at the Army North headquarters in San Antonio’s Fort Sam Houston, the same base where he has undergone therapy and counseling to deal with his reintegration back to the West.
The soldier will also meet with Major General Kenneth R. Dahl, who is investigating the controversial and still publicly unexplained circumstances surrounding his disappearance in 2009 and imprisonment.
According to the New York Times, Berghdal will move from therapy to a regular soldier’s job as part of his reintegration process and will live on barracks and share with two soldiers who will help with his readjustment.
Since his return from Afghanistan, Sgt. Bergdahl has been involved in debriefings with his superiors about his time as a Taliban prisoner after he was released six weeks ago in exchange for five Taliban detainees.
Just last week, a photo of Bergdahl, smiling and posing with a former senior Taliban official in Afghanistan was posted on Twitter.
The undated photo, likely taken during Bergdahl’s five years in captivity, was posted on the social media site on Wednesday by @khorasan3, an account associated with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
Along with the image were the words ‘#US Solider #Bergdahl with Martyr #Taliban Leader Badar’udin Haqqani(RH) S/O Shaykh Jalaludin Haqqani(HA).’
The Middle East Research Institute has confirmed that the man in the photo is Taliban Commander Badruddin Haqqani, a senior member of the Haqqani network in Afghanistan.
He was considered the organisation’s day-to-day operations commander and was killed in a U.S. drone strike in August 2012. He was also the son of Haqqani head Jalaluddin Haqqani.
The Haqqani Network is an Islamist insurgent group allied with the Taliban and using asymmetric warfare to fight against US-led NATO forces and the government of Afghanistan.
Later @khorasan tweeted a series of messages in which they claimed Bergdahl was never tortured by the Taliban and only treated with kindness during his five years in captivity.
Former POW Bergdahl was controversially released by the Taliban in May in exchange for five Guantanamo Bay detainees.
Since arriving back on American soil, he has been held at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio as part of his ‘reintegration.’
Last week it emerged that he is being allowed to wander off the Texas base and while under supervision he has visited a library, a supermarket, stores and fast-food chains near the camp.
During the trips, Bergdahl sometimes wears civilian clothing and other times dresses in his military uniform, leading passersby to recognize him and shake his hand, an Army spokesperson told CNN.
The details have emerged as soldiers who served with Bergdahl before he left his post in Afghanistan in 2009 revealed they have still not been contacted by military investigators.
The former soldiers have said that they believe the Army has failed to contact them because it has already made up its mind about how Bergdahl ended up in the hands of the Taliban.
Members of Bergdahl’s unit – including the platoon leader – have previously said they believe he deserted his post in June 2009 before seeking out the enemy.
But when he was swapped for five Guantanamo Bay detainees on May 31, President Obama gave him a hero’s welcome and said the switch had been prompted by Bergdahl’s poor health.
Two-star general Major General Kenneth Dahl is now conducting a new investigation to determine whether Bergdahl did desert his post or went AWOL, which would suggest he intended to rejoin.
But for former platoon leader Army Sgt. Evan Buetow, who left the Army in 2012, the answer is the same as it always was.
‘I think it’s very clear he deserted his post,’ Buetow told FoxNews.com. ‘He thought about what he was doing, he mailed some things home, he walked away and we have witnesses who saw him walking away.
‘And if you’re walking away in one of the worst, most dangerous areas of Afghanistan without your weapon and gear, I don’t believe you’re planning on coming back.’
Of the investigation, he added: ‘They’ve already concluded what they want to be said. They know exactly what happened.’
Former Army Sgt. Matt Vierkant also said he had not been contacted by Army officials, but said there are probably still sworn statements by the unit’s members made after he left the post.‘I have confidence that they’re going to do what’s right,’ Vierkant said….
You do? Why?
RG says
‘I have confidence that they’re going to do what’s right,’ Vierkant said….
RUBBISH! NOT IF THE SUPREME MULLAH OBAMA HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT!
mariam rove says
Exactly! Though I must say this that I had a lengthy conversation with my son who as a Marine served three times in the s…hole called Afghanistan…to my shock, he said hold on judging him until the facts….. m
Fr. Basil says
I agree with your son.
Guy Macher says
Was your son in Bird dog’s platoon? If so, why is his view polar to the rest of the men?
rev g. says
Hopefully this is just a way of keeping him on a short leash until he is fully investigated and brought to justice.
Mo says
I can’t finish reading the story. I can’t.
This cannot be happening.
Angemon says
“Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is to return to active duty with the US Army on Monday just four weeks on from his return to the United States after spending five years in captivity with the Taliban.”
Why? Does he have a knowledge of Islam that could benefit his military and his country, like major Malik Hasan?
Charlie Griffith says
If that Army Major General actually does interview Sergeant Bergdahl – personally – then that ought to indicate to us that the Army is all too well aware that it’s got a really hot potato on its hands. The UCMJ is going to be under a great testing period.
There’s a lot more going on here than is meeting the public eye. So many unanswered questions, or even unasked questions.
One thing seems apparent, Sergeant Bergdahl [the promotion came routinely during his captivity?] seems to be emotionally unstable and will continue to be a threat to the Army in unknown ways.
Don’t believe he’s not under surveillance.
Jay Boo says
What could go wrong while he is under surveillance.
Ft Hood workplace violence
D J says
At least one of the Boston bomber Tsarnaev brothers was under surveillance. Oops.
bobm says
Sanitized.
dgala says
The sad part is sooner or later he will announce Allahu akbar just prior to opening fire on other U.S. Soldiers.
John C. Barile says
But the Taliban are MODERATES! And that Haqqani fellow was a real nice guy! A-an-and Bergdahl was just doing cultural exchange when swapped IED-assembly and bomb planting techniques with his Afghan buddies–!!
/sarc
jewdog says
This could be an opportunity. Bergdahl could serve as a liaison to the moderate Taliban to help with a solution for a new, moderate, democratic, pro-Western, true-Islam-as-religion-of-peace Afghanistan.
John C. Barile says
Exactly.
Myxlplik says
LOL, whew thanks I needed a good laugh.
I bet this guy doesn’t pass gas without the NSA knowing. It’s sad though, this could be another Ft. Hood in the making, seems letting a traitor and a convert to Islam loose in the ranks is putting our soldiers at risk. Even if this is some sort of CIA covert deal, if they let him amongst the general population it’s just negligence.
medina says
The military at its highest levels is afraid to frown at this fraud. He belongs in confinement until the full story is known.
Bro. Nick says
The near-end result of Political Correctness (PC) running amok in the society of ‘Amerika’ – and the world – except for the ‘peace loving’ followers of the Satanic prophet Mohammed.
Richie says
Expect Obama to give him a medal of honor
Jay Boo says
possibly a pardon
Ivan Bogdanov says
Bergdahl look like Badar’udin Haqqani’s biatch. Same like J_Boo be Fill_Itsarseski’s biatch.
More Later….
Myxlplik says
Bacha bazi, yup. I’ve seen the pic with Bergdahl in that little red cap. The jihadis turned him into their dancing boy for sure.
http://m.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afganistans-dancing-boys-are-invisible-victims/2012/04/04/gIQAyreSwS_story_1.html
gravenimage says
Why are you going after staunch Anti-Jihadist Jay Boo?
John C. Barile says
He’s having one of his relapses, one of those episodes. He needs to get back on those medications of his.
Jay Boo says
No big deal
Myxlplik probably overlooked Ivan Bogdanov trickery
instead of Jay Boo Ivan snuck in J_Boo
instead of PJ Ivan snuck in Fill_Itsarseski’s
After I refused to play Ismail’s game on another post Ivan Bogdanov mysteriously and ‘coincidentally’ tried to bait me.
Carlos Danger says
Can a promotion to E-6 be far behind?
Bradamante says
This is making me ill, but I’m holding onto some hope that this doesn’t mean they’re no longer investigating the circumstances of his disappearance.
islamisdeath says
I feel more and more like I have somehow been sucked into a Kafka novel and cannot find my way out! Right now listening to the news where Holder has stated that anyone against Obama is in fact a racist! To say he is a socialist, you want to take the country back or referring to him as a monarch are all signs of racism? Say wwhat????!!!
Franz please let me out!
Viet Vet says
Today Rush played democrap/leftist, after democrap/leftist advocating taking their country back, from campaigns over the last several years. Howard Dean, Al Gore, Bill Klinton, Odumbo, etc., etc.
Jay Boo says
Rush may have some good points at times but Rush is a little bit much on the hype and blabber. I don’t know how anyone listening to him manages to make it all the way through his talk show. There must be other hosts with less noise and more info.
Quotha Raven says
I’ve been thinking I’m living in “Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carrol)”, but I think Kafka-land is more a propos. Having conducted and supervised countless, though not military, investigations in my day, I’m baffled by the visible methods and approach being employed with Bergdahl’s. But details and the reality being investigated are being withheld from the public, so we have to hope that what is now being hidden will eventually be revealed to provide clarity. Meanwhile, the press and the pols are feeding us fetid swill, and my stomach churns.
Bro. Nick says
Are my comments not welcome on “Jihad Watch”?
Please let me know if I have been ‘barred’ – several of them take a fair amount of time to compose.
I will very much appreciate your reply. I will not make ‘a fuss’ about your decision, for it is your website.
Thank you,
Bro. Nick
gravenimage says
There doesn’t appear to be any problem with your comments, Bro Nick. Sometimes you have to hit “refresh” to see if your comments have posted.
Bro. Nick says
Thank you – and I am familiar with the ‘refresh’.
Several other of my comments have not been posted – on this and other articles.
I was attempting to contact ‘Jihad Watch’ with the inquiry – but can’t find how to contact them.
Bradamante says
There’s a little form to the right side of the website that you fill out to send something in directly.
gravenimage says
I hope you don’t have any more posting problems, Bro. Nick.
Bro. Nick says
Thanx very much!
I didn’t see the forest for the trees.
Bro. Nick says
Jihad Watch replied most courteously – my other ‘posts’ were removed because of my strong CHRISTians statements.
ploome says
his boyfriend?
Davegreybeard says
This is really disgusting.
Another attack on our Military by Obama. But it fits with other things he has done to damage morale, such as allowing Gays to openly serve and allowing Muslims to wear turbans.
And yes, I suspect that there is a Gay component of this story also.
Viet Vet says
Not doubting that at all.
Dave Person says
Do you have a grey beard??
VLParker says
No surprise here since the Pentagon thinks the Tea Party is the biggest threat to America.
Viet Vet says
That’s not the Pentagon, that’s Odumbo and Holder. It was Napolitano who, upon instructions from dear Leader, put that crapola out (veterans, tea party, constitutionalists, religious people) are all considered enemies of the State, by this despotic administration. Anything coming from the Pentagon along this line is Odumbo driven.
Viet Vet says
Oh, and of course pro-2nd Amendment and NRA people. That would actually be under the constitutionalists category I guess.
John C. Barile says
First the Second Amendment people, then the First Amendment people.
John C. Barile says
Eliminating your enemies piecemeal, just like Muslim supremacists do–you, know, “first the Saturday people, then the Sunday people.”
gravenimage says
John C. Barile wrote:
First the Second Amendment people, then the First Amendment people.
………………………..
Your take on “First the Saturday People, then the Sunday People” is just brilliant, John—and spot on!
John C. Barile says
I value your praise, dear graven.
gravenimage says
Despite accusations of treason, Bowe Bergdahl to return to active duty with US Army today
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Yeah—I heard this on KCBS this morning. When the journalist asked the Army spokesman what capacity Bergdahl would be serving in, he said—I kid you not—”security”.
It seems that the military is just intent on hoping that the public forgets that he has been suspected of colluding with our enemies.
Suicidal madness…
Viet Vet says
Note my comment below.
Gail Griffin aka Duituturaga says
Yes, madness!! No right from wrong. Generals, President and top dogs all are cowards. I only see Netanhayu as a real man.
momof5 says
Last I heard, he was too traumatized to reunite with his family. Now he is back in active duty a month later??? Since when do captives return to military duty so quickly??? I wonder what is really going on here.
Viet Vet says
You can bet your bottom dollar that Odumbo is running the show all the way on this one. It’s essentially out of the military’s control and the military better toe the line (a la Benghazi investigation). Bergdahl is Odumbo and the left’s kind of “soldier.” The hapless marine in Mexico, not so much.
ApolloSpeaks says
OBAMA’S BLACK SIDE:
If I would have a son he’d look like Trayvon Martin.
OBAMA’S WHITE SIDE:
I f I would have a son he’d look like Bo Bergdahl.
gizmo says
Maybe he’ll meet with an accident once he’s back in the country.
Chrisleo says
Not really my place to comment, however, as a former British soldier, what I can say is, if he ever got back to barracks in the British Army, his life would be a living hell every day.
gravenimage says
Chrisleo, I believe—like Philip—that it is absolutely your right to comment.
If it were a British or French or Canadian or Israeli or Australian or other Western soldier in question, I would not hesitate to weigh in. The fact is that this happening in *any* civilized nation is a matter of grave concern.
And I’d like to thank you for your service—and hope you never had to serve with the likes of Bowe Bergdahl.
Gail Griffin aka Duituturaga says
I am feeling all hollow inside. Nothing is as it should be. Bergdahl was a leftist uppie who wanted to make the world a better place. DON”T WE ALL!! He probably thought he could make friends with the Taliban and show how much he understood their plight. Well, he did get an education on the real world and it isn’t what he imagined. He probably doesn’t want to see his parents because he might just feel they led him astray with all that kumbiya crap. Speaking of Kumbiya, just how peaceful is Africa these days? Just saying. Bergdahl and Obama’s peacenik outlook will destroy this country. There is a time to be just, fair and compassionate and a time to let justice be served. People need to see that what Bergdahl did was wrong in endangering other lives and not being honorable to his vows. (like many a man.) Just saying!!!
Islofob IS-1 says
As many with Military service would know, when he left his unit and was reported missing, they would have investigated at that point. The report from that event in 2009 will show what they found, they most likely know what happened and if he should be on charges.
The core leadership of today are obama’s yes people however, and they have taken a vow to obey our great leader.
Those who have love of Service and Country are issued pink slips, or are long gone.