Posted on Dec 3, 2016
Should President Obama pardon SGT Bowe Bergdahl?
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U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the former prisoner of war who's accused of endangering comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan, is asking President Barack Obama to pardon him before leaving office.
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Bergdahl should have been removed from the frontlines sooner so as to not comprise his fellow soldiers.The chain of command shares in some of the blame and to bad they won't admit it,because to fix the next problem you have admit you dropped the ball.All this shaming does is makes it harder for the next soldier having issues to come forward.
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SFC Arthur Tucker
He should have been shipped back to the US before that happened and given an undesirable discharge. Now he should be given an execution.
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PFC Stephen Eric Serati
As Infantryman/doorgunner in Iraq,or standing guard,and going on combat patrols in the DMZ.Leaving your post is one of worst acts of betrayal to your fellow Grunts that you can do.I totally agree with execution,during war time conditions.Me not knowing what was going through his head,his mental conditions,or the operational activities in his forward operation base.Was he being pushed to things or think things that would normally be thought of as ilmoral I don't know.Was really heading to his Commander to disclose these issues.Even at E-3 he would have known the dangers of leaving your weapon and the safety of the operating base.One thing I do know is what happens on the frontlines stay on the frontlines.We will never know,totally,what happened.But I can't put my support behind execution,or prison.It is my humble opinion this young soldier will be haunted by this for the rest of his life.
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PFC Stephen Eric Serati
I got a phone call which threw my train of thought off,so since I can't edit for what ever reason.I"ll repeat it.Was he being pushed to do,or think things that would normally be thought of as ilmoral,I don't know.
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Should President Obama pardon SGT Bowe Bergdahl? | RallyPoint
U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the former prisoner of war who's accused of endangering comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan, is asking President Barack Obama to pardon him before leaving office.
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GySgt David Weihausen
HELL NO! A pardon for that freaking coward would be a slap to every service member who has ever served in a combat area.
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I agree 100% with Gunny. He deserted his post. At night leaving his group defenseless. He then Joined the Enemy Not captured & taught them better ied production skills & placement for better 'KILL rates' ! The province he was in was the Deadliest in AFG, I was in AFG at the time ! I know ! All of these Crimes individually are Treason & punishable by Death but added together, the total is incomprehensible !!! DEATH & to the Traitor that traded him !!!
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SGT Philip Timmerman
Right nco witch he is not in the moral since. The assholes left his post once what would he do when the shit goes sideways. RUN......
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It is not beyond the realm of possibility that our honored POTUS would/could pardon him prior to Jan 20th. After all, Sgt Bergdahl is a national hero, so proclaimed by POTUS on national TV, at a ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House. As a national hero it would seem very inconsistent for him to at the same time be a deserter, so it would follow that POTUS would issue a pardon to relieve him of such a life-long stigma.
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No. The line started forming many months ago. DOJ has a listing of commuted and pardoned sentences. I looked at some and they were mostly for drugs. I was amazed at the large amounts of crack or cocaine that were given the nod. I noticed ACLU is also seeking pardon for Pvt. Bradley Manning a.k.a. Chelsea. Surprised we haven't heard Snowden's name yet but maybe we will. I'm for some leniency with limits but never with anything involving National Security or what Bergdahl did. They had firing squads in years past, such as Pvt. Slovik. Although over 21,000 American soldiers were given varying sentences for desertion during World War II, including 49 death sentences, Slovik's death sentence was the only one that was carried out. He was the first and only one since the Civil War.
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Should b up to those he left unprotected when he walk away. He's a disgrace to the uniform I wore mine proudly sorry but fuck that bastard
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If there's one lesson I learned from 20 years of service, we are unlikely to get the full story - even if there were court martial proceedings. First off, the President as Command in Chief clearly has the authority to pardon the accused. Second, his promotion may be struck by Court Martial, should he be convicted of charges warranting reduction and less-than-general discharge. Last, I dread any precedent that does less than deter such actions by other service members today or at any future date. Duty, honor, and courage - none of which asserts the latitude to walk away from your post and potentially cost the lives of other soldiers to search you out in order to someday learn the truth of what happened and why you went AWOL.
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