Received from a USARPAC soldier this morning:
“Please don’t list my name– I am here in Afghanistan– I know the story and the accounts that he was drunk or that he was lagging behind on patrol are not true– this soldier planned this move for a long time. He walked off the post with a day’s supply of water and had written down before that he wanted to live in the mountains. He has violated the Code of Conduct in his 28 minute speech and he is an e[m]barrassment to everyone who has worn the uniform. He made it to two towns and was asking for water when the locals turned him over to the Taliban. That is really all I can say– since we are still looking for this soldier.”
And from P.J. Tobia:
I’ve been reporting for over a week (along with the AP and WaPo) that Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, the US soldier who’s gone missing in eastern Afghanistan, walked off the base on his own accord.
Now, somebody close to the people searching for Bergdahl has repeated this assertion saying that the soldier left “a note behind that said he was going to the mountains to find himself. He took a journal and 4 or 5 knives with him.” My source tells me that Bergdahl arrived at a village and asked if anybody spoke English. That’s when he was captured.
My source tells me that there is no doubt Bergdahl deserted, which in a time of war is punishable by a court martial at the least, or even execution.
So very troubling.
If this report is true, then this individual needs to be court martialed and imprisoned IMO. Provided that justice isn't done before then at the hands of his captors.
Posted by: Locutisprime | Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 10:04 AM
If this is true, then he needs to be dragged away from his captors before he spills information and endangers his brother soldiers. What a selfish (can't find a word bad enough).
Posted by: Mommynator | Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Oh, I can find plenty of words mommynator. Just can use them here.
Posted by: Locutisprime | Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 05:34 PM
God works in strange ways.
I do hope that this is his work and not the Devils.
The TaliBan wouldn't give two cent for him.
Maybe the U.S. won't either.
Posted by: buck | Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 08:53 AM