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I'm surprised there isn't already a thread about this; it's a fascinating story both humanly and politically.
Now that the veil of secrecy has been lifted there's an interesting account from an ex-marine who is now a trainee writer. In that, as I'm sure we already know, he asserts that Bergdahl made good on his promise to "walk to Pakistan" and simply deserted his post (original Daily Beast article).
The captor intercepts suggest that they actually grabbed him while he was having a ****... which would also explain why he'd removed some of his equipment I guess.
Now I see that the American media seems to be splitting along political lines, even the father's beard (a very clever bit of thinking from him) seems to be under criticism.
If the guy did desert from the unit due to the conditions that other members describe then, whatever happened, he should eventually be disciplined once his physical and mental health have been somewhat repaired.
I'm still not sure about the desertion story though; it all seems to come from that single ex-marine-turned-writer... who probably had the book ready for the day that Berdahl was found dead. Finding him alive and, potentially brain-fried, well, that still works. Get the book out early enough and it'll be fine
The final interesting twist is the death of the author of the Rolling Stone article, does anyone have any spicey sources for that?
EDIT: This seems to carrry the overall theme (link). A quote from the Sergeant so villified in other reports of the platoon, quotes from soldiers who supposedly say "we don't know if he was deserted or taken" but then supposedly say "yeah, he deserted!".
Finally there's the army's own account that he was relieved from duty and then went missing. Perhaps that's the point where he put down his weapon and armour and clapped on the dunny?
The article above suggests he walked away while on active sentry duty... that's a new bit to me but seems to be spread around many of the reports of the last few days.
Now that the veil of secrecy has been lifted there's an interesting account from an ex-marine who is now a trainee writer. In that, as I'm sure we already know, he asserts that Bergdahl made good on his promise to "walk to Pakistan" and simply deserted his post (original Daily Beast article).
The captor intercepts suggest that they actually grabbed him while he was having a ****... which would also explain why he'd removed some of his equipment I guess.
Now I see that the American media seems to be splitting along political lines, even the father's beard (a very clever bit of thinking from him) seems to be under criticism.
If the guy did desert from the unit due to the conditions that other members describe then, whatever happened, he should eventually be disciplined once his physical and mental health have been somewhat repaired.
I'm still not sure about the desertion story though; it all seems to come from that single ex-marine-turned-writer... who probably had the book ready for the day that Berdahl was found dead. Finding him alive and, potentially brain-fried, well, that still works. Get the book out early enough and it'll be fine
The final interesting twist is the death of the author of the Rolling Stone article, does anyone have any spicey sources for that?
EDIT: This seems to carrry the overall theme (link). A quote from the Sergeant so villified in other reports of the platoon, quotes from soldiers who supposedly say "we don't know if he was deserted or taken" but then supposedly say "yeah, he deserted!".
Finally there's the army's own account that he was relieved from duty and then went missing. Perhaps that's the point where he put down his weapon and armour and clapped on the dunny?
The article above suggests he walked away while on active sentry duty... that's a new bit to me but seems to be spread around many of the reports of the last few days.
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