Posted on Sep 12, 2015
Does Bergdahl deserve to be punished? Navy SEAL shares dramatic attempt to save Bowe Bergdahl.
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When Navy SEAL Jimmy Hatch first heard of the captured Bowe Bergdahl, he thought to himself, "Somebody's going to get killed looking for this kid -- killed or hurt." He was right.
There are two videos on this page, I encourage you to watch both of them and then provide your feedback, your thoughts. Was the cost of lives and injuries worth it to go after him? and was it worth it to trade five enemy combatants for him?
When the two helicopters touched down during a rescue attempt shortly after Bergdahl vanished, the team immediately came under heavy fire. With a dog named Remco -- who ended up being shot -- they advanced. But Hatch was eventually shot right above his knee, and the helicopters had to be called back in to extract the wounded SEAL.
"I took a lot of that on myself. I felt like maybe if I had done things just a little differently -- not gotten hurt -- you know, the mission wouldn't have failed," Hatch said. "There's no way to know that. At the time, it was a failure to me and I was the cause of it."
Was the cost of lives and injuries worth it to go after him? and was it worth it to trade five enemy combatants for him?
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/11/politics/navy-seal-bowe-bergdahl-anderson-cooper/index.html
There are two videos on this page, I encourage you to watch both of them and then provide your feedback, your thoughts. Was the cost of lives and injuries worth it to go after him? and was it worth it to trade five enemy combatants for him?
When the two helicopters touched down during a rescue attempt shortly after Bergdahl vanished, the team immediately came under heavy fire. With a dog named Remco -- who ended up being shot -- they advanced. But Hatch was eventually shot right above his knee, and the helicopters had to be called back in to extract the wounded SEAL.
"I took a lot of that on myself. I felt like maybe if I had done things just a little differently -- not gotten hurt -- you know, the mission wouldn't have failed," Hatch said. "There's no way to know that. At the time, it was a failure to me and I was the cause of it."
Was the cost of lives and injuries worth it to go after him? and was it worth it to trade five enemy combatants for him?
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/11/politics/navy-seal-bowe-bergdahl-anderson-cooper/index.html
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To answer the main question directly, yes he deserves to be punished if the crimes he is accused of are proven in a court. As for the sub-question, was it worth it to risk injuries or lives in an attempt to rescue a missing Soldier, the answer is yes. Without having concrete facts of why/how he left in those early days, it is our obligation to leave no Soldier behind. As for the sub-question on trading 5 enemy combatants for Bergdahl, the answer is a resounding NO. If a private is worth 5 enemy, how much more can they get for a senior NCO or officer? Now, terrorists know we are willing to "negotiate" for prisoner swaps and they will now target senior military personnel, since we must be more "valuable".
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There were also a lot of my buddies who suffered while out looking for this piece of trash! Prison is where he needs to spend the rest of his life!
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Obviously they won't charge him with treason, although I feel like they probably could considering they are charging him with Misbehaving Before the Enemy and Desertion.
If he is found guilty of the Misbehaving charge, he will be serving life in prison. If he is put into General Population, it will be a very short life sentence.
If he is found guilty of the Misbehaving charge, he will be serving life in prison. If he is put into General Population, it will be a very short life sentence.
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Yes he deserves to be punished, and deserves a traitors fate. The cost of the lives lost or injured was not worth this POS. Definitely not worth trading 5 Gitmo Taliban leaders. Worst part was Susan Rice trying to justify this move saying the POS served with honor and distinction. Should have been charger with treason, and the murders of the lost servicemen.
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