Re: We Lost Soldiers in the Hunt for Bergdahl, a Guy Who Walked Off in the Dead of Night

[Steve Pirk <pirkster () gmail com>]

If it is any consolation, Regan gave Iran 1,500 missiles in exchange for
the American hostages in 1980. It was what won him the presidency over
Carter. Regan set up a private deal to hold on to the hostages until after
the election. What a dick :)
On Jun 2, 2014 1:04 PM, "Andre DiMino" <adimino () sempersecurus org> wrote:

> Not only that, but the trade made to secure his release certainly
> seems.....asymmetric??
>
> http://thehill.com/policy/defense/207930-graham-obama-released-taliban-dream-team?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > This is interesting reading.... I have not seen it reported like this
> > by US Central Media.
> >
> >
> > http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/02/we-lost-soldiers-in-the-hunt-for-bergdahl-a-guy-who-walked-off-in-the-dead-of-night.html
> >
> > It was June 30, 2009, and I was in the city of Sharana, the capitol of
> > Paktika province in Afghanistan. As I stepped out of a decrepit office
> > building into a perfect sunny day, a member of my team started talking
> > into his radio. "Say that again," he said. "There's an American
> > soldier missing?"
> >
> > There was. His name was Private First Class Bowe Bergdahl, the only
> > prisoner of war in the Afghan theater of operations. His release from
> > Taliban custody on May 31 marks the end of a nearly five-year-old
> > story for the soldiers of his unit, the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute
> > Infantry Regiment. I served in the same battalion in Afghanistan and
> > participated in the attempts to retrieve him throughout the summer of
> > 2000. After we redeployed, every member of my brigade combat team
> > received an order that we were not allowed to discuss what happened to
> > Bergdahl for fear of endangering him. He is safe, and now it is time
> > to speak the truth.
> >
> > And that the truth is: Bergdahl was a deserter, and soldiers from his
> > own unit died trying to track him down.
> > ...
> >
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