Investigating General Recommends Against Jailtime for Bergdahl. What do you think?

Was the General name Bergdahl before he shortened it to Dahl? Was they kin or what?
I agree a deserter don't deserve jail because of the cost to feed, medicine, clothes, and other expenses.
I am going to stop before I say something wrong!

Good guys died looking for this shit head. It's not his fault that he's too dumb to understand the callous and satirical commentary of any and every senior NCO in the U.S. Military??

What garbage. Either way, if he doesn't die in prison, I'm sure people will be looking to do away with him if he ever is free. Dumbass.

This is why the military as a whole needs to go back to the mindset of training people to our standards not bending them to fit the ideals of the civilians when they enlist.

“I think he actually believed that if five Taliban rolled up on him, he would have been able to dispose of them,” Dahl said.

He is clearly insane

Bergdahl also found his pre-deployment training at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., “lame,” and was surprised that he was told to lock his wall locker to protect his possessions on an Army post, Dahl said. Soldiers should be able to trust one another, Bergdahl reasoned.

And past delusional.

He was surprised to be told to lock his wall locker?!? I bet he never had a problem at BCT doing that! The drills loved to find an unsecured wall locker!

Even if you consider his intentions in the process, you still have to look at what his actions cost us... money, injuries/lives, and 5 high-level bad guys. "But I didn't mean to..." doesn't quite cover it.

Sadly the general may prevent this traitor from getting proper punishment. I wonder if this decision was influenced from higher up. I.e. The president.

I respectfully disagree with this officer's assessment. But if Bergdahl (I can't refer to him as a Soldier) is not convicted on the charges against him, I would recommend an immediate chapter for failure to adapt.

I'm not a lawyer or a General, so I guess i have no real position to comment, but I will anyway... to me the guy is guilty and should face the consequences of it. I have to wonder why he was cleared of desertion charges.

I am sure this response will be voted down, but... The General Officer investigating this case is entitled to his OPINION regarding this case. That is why we have due process (even in military cases). The General's opinion will be among many that the Article 32 panel will hear in rendering its decision (as a grand jury) to the Commanding General (and Court Marshal Authority) in this case. I still have faith that 'the right thing' will be done regarding this case. And...that is the great thing about our country...even an unpopular person like Bergdahl who allegedly abandoned his post, gets an Article 32 (Grand Jury) hearing and (if probable cause exists, which it probably does), a trial instead of a bullet in his head. A silly little thing called the Constitution is one of the reasons we serve (and last I knew we swore to protect and defend it). So let the investigating officer say what he will. The process will work in the end (and if it does not, I guess Congress will need to do something about the way UCMJ is administered so justice is served next time...I'm OK with that, it is part of the protection WE ALL HAVE! And anything different would be really scary!)