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Bowe Bergdahl seeks pardon from President Barack Obama on court martial
 [UPI] Lawyers for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have applied for a pardon from President Barack ObamaThey get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them... , seeking to avoid court martial proceedings over desertion charges. The New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... reported Bergdahl's lawyers filed a clemency application with the White House, the Pentagon and the Justice Department, formally requesting Obama consider granting Bergdahl a pre-emptive pardon on the military criminal charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. If convicted, Bergdahl faces a potential life sentence. His court martial is scheduled to begin May 15. Bergdahl was a U.S. Army lieutenant Just sigh, say something about journalistic incompetence, and move on... stationed at a remote outpost in Afghanistan in 2009 when he left his post and walked away without permission, setting off a massive military rescue operation that included thousands of soldiers conducting hundreds of raids across the country, often under dangerous circumstances. At the time, After the fact... Bergdahl said his plan was to leave the remote outpost and travel by foot to a larger Army base dozens of miles away, where he intended to report problems to a superior officer. Rather than make a phone call, send an email, or write a letter... Instead, Bergdahl was captured by Taliban fighters and held prisoner for five years under brutal conditions. ... playing volleyball with them... Am I allowed to put quotes around "captured", or does that violate the Rantburg style guidelines? Army doctors have said Bergdahl was suffering from a psychiatric disorder when he left his post. "That's right, sergeant! He's a nut!" "I'm a colonel." "Whatever." The B.O. regime negotiated Bergdahl's release in 2014, apparently unaware of the looming controversy over the circumstances surrounding his capture. At first, Obama stood with Bergdahl's parents and praised the man's military service. "If I had a soldier, he'd look like Bowe Bergdahl!" "You've got the entire 3rd Infantry. None of them looks like him." "Whatever." But as fellow soldiers came forward with conflicting accounts and accusations of desertion, the incident quickly unraveled into a political firestorm. "Major, how do you spell 'dirtbag?'" "D-i-r-t-b-a-g. And I'm a sergeant." Posted by: Fred 2016-12-04 |
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