Early Saturday it was announced by the administration that the only American prisoner of war in Afghanistan was released in exchange for 5 Guantanamo Bay terrorists being set free to Qatar. [Explicit language below.]
The circumstances of the capture of Bowe Bergdahl had been in question long before his release – supposedly he had wandered off and captured by the Taliban.
But a soldier on Twitter is claiming that the official story is untrue, and has posted his version of the events that led to Bowe’s capture as I originally posted on my blog.
Towards the end of his story, he says he fears reprisal from the Obama administration, and asks for legal help. It must be noted also that he has a avatar that bears a picture of Bowe with the word “traitor” posted over it.
After stating that “F[***] what you I heard. I was there.,” here are the tweets telling his version of the story so far:
There is testimony on the web, at least it's there for the moment, soon to be scrubbed?
from a fellow soldier alleging that Bergdahl actually deserted his post and ended up in the hands of the enemy.
""Just before his disappearance Bergdahl packed up his computer his clothes, randomn shit, etc. Minus camera and journal and shipped them home. Why would someone do that in the middle of a 12 month deployment, Hmmmm”?" [slightly paraphrased TM version]
If the soldier is correct, this whole story STINKS!!! just like everything else from this administration, the trade for terrorists and the situation of Bergdahl's disappearance all reeks of Obama style corruption.
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The Christian Science Monitor (yeah, the CSM) has a good article which lays out the case that Bergdahl was actually a deserter.
Did Bowe Bergdahl go AWOL in Afghanistan?
After five years as a POW, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is headed home. But the circumstances of his capture by the Taliban in Afghanistan remain unclear, indicating he may have walked away from his base.