Sgt Bowe Bergdahl, newly-released from his Taliban captors (having been in their custody for five years, missing since May 30th of 2009) in exchange for five very high-ranking Taliban leaders from Gitmo, has been isolated from the media and the rest of the world since his recovery. There is no so-called “ticker tape parade” in honor of his recovery. There is only silence. He is, officially, being attended by psychiatrists and doctors. Information indicates he is having trouble speaking English.
[That said — the exchange was absolutely unprecedented in the history of presidents. No one has done so under these conditions, save Mr Obama.]
On Saturday, May 31st, the parents — Bob and Jani — of Sgt Bowe Bergdahl spoke in the Rose Garden of the Spite House with Mr Obama present.
It looked like this:
Bob Bergdahl concluded his remarks about the release of his son Bowe, praised “Allah,” and then Mr Obama hugged him.
“To the people of Afghanistan, the same.”
People are ascribing Islam to Mr and Mrs Bergdahl. I’m not so sure. I’m wondering if Bowe was raised Calvinist in Idaho.
“To the people of Afghanistan, the same.”
If not Calvinist, then Bob and Jani instilled various Pacifist philosophies into the wheelhouse of Bowe. He was rejected from the French Foreign Legion. He looked for ways to change society and — the biggest potential point yet — sought them in the US military. This was a guy who was not only tone deaf, ignorant of history, poorly educated, naive, but sufficiently arrogant to think that he could simply change Life as we know it.
But one path proscribes another which led to: joining the US military.
The UKMailOnline said:
Taliban prisoner swap was ILLEGAL claims GOP as former federal prosecutor says it could lead to Obama’s impeachment
- The president ignored a law – which he signed last year – requiring him to notify Congress 30 days before releasing anyone from Guantanamo Bay
Add it all up.
It is a work in progress but it is not a good work.
BZ
P.S.
Like any good Millennial, as far as Bowe Bergdahl was concerned, it was all about him.
And what about the timing?
