Washington Post: Disillusioned and self-deluded, Bowe Bergdahl vanished into a brutal captivity
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Tex. — Army Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl was fed up. He was five weeks into a deployment in southeastern Afghanistan and frustrated with his mission and his leaders. He and his fellow soldiers weren’t going after the Taliban as aggressively as he wanted, and his sense of disillusion added to the disgust for the Army that he had begun developing while still in basic training.
Looking to make a stand, Bergdahl hatched a plan: He would run away from his platoon’s tiny outpost in Paktika province late on June 29, 2009. He would stay away from the Army a day, maybe two, and then reappear about
19 miles away at a larger installation and demand to air his grievances with a general. He knew that the region was crawling with insurgents, but he had “outsize impressions of his own capabilities,” according to an investigating officer, and was determined to create enough chaos to get the attention of senior commanders.
WNU Editor: Regardless of his intentions .... he still left his post.
More News On The Preliminary Hearing For Army Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl
Head investigator: Bergdahl shouldn't go to prison -- AP
Army general: Prison 'inappropriate' for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl - UPI
Bowe Bergdahl Should Not Be Imprisoned, Army Investigator Says -- NYT
Bowe Bergdahl investigation leader says GI should not face jail time -- CNN
The Bergdahl Case Gets Curiouser and Curiouser -- Jonathan F. Keiler, American Thinker
Grieving Parents: Jail Bowe Bergdahl -- Daily Beast
No comments:
Post a Comment