Breaking: Photo of Bergdahl with Haqqani Official Surfaces - Polidicks

[img]http://images.military.com/media/news/people/bergdahl-haqqani-600x400-ts300.jpg[/img] [quote]The Middle East Research Institute (MEMRI) has identified a photo tweeted out by the Taliban that shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl posing with a senior member of the Haqqani network in Afghanistan. MEMRI, a think tank, said the Twitter account @khorasan3, which is associated with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, showed an undated photo Wednesday of an apparently happy Bergdahl posing with Taliban Commander Badruddin Haqqani. Haqquami, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in August 2012, was the son of Haqqani head Jalaluddin Haqqani. It was not immediately clear when the photo with Bergdaal was taken. The Idaho native was freed by the Taliban May 31 in a deal struck by the Obama administration in which five senior Taliban officials were released from detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Bergdahl had disappeared from his post in Paktika province in eastern Afghanistan on June 30, 2009. Some former members of his unit have said that he left of his own accord.[/quote] [url]http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/07/10/photo-of-bergdahl-with-taliban-official-surfaces.html[/url] disgusting

Homeland v2

Best buddies.

And we [I]promoted[/I] him Is their any investigation against him underway by the way?

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;45349900]And we [I]promoted[/I] him Is their any investigation against him underway by the way?[/QUOTE] Being locked up for so long is bound to cause a bit of stockholm syndrome. I can imagine some of the Taliban actually being alright guys, just misled or fighting for the wrong cause. Being a leader hes probably very charismatic.

The Haqqani guy actually reminds me a bit of Paul Bunyan in a way.

So what, people think he's literally with the Taliban now? Because a Taliban sympathizer posted a picture that could have easily been staged to make them look good?

Am I supposed to be upset, I don't understand? He spent half a decade in a foreign country, as a prisoner of people who could have easily just killed him. The idea that he should face further reprimand is idiotic. Also before anyone parrots that bullshit about "good soldiers died searching for him" yeah and about 7,000 good soldiers died in 2 pointless wars, with 51,000 wounded of which some lost their genitals, legs, arms and other appendages. Not to mention the 320,000 who may be suffering from mental health problems and TBI's from their time in Iraq or Afghanistan. So please, spare me the manufactured outrage over Bowe fucking Bergdahl.

[QUOTE=Srillo;45350125]Am I supposed to be upset, I don't understand? He spent half a decade in a foreign country, as a prisoner of people who could have easily just killed him. The idea that he should face further reprimand is idiotic. Also before anyone parrots that bullshit about "good soldiers died searching for him" yeah and about 7,000 good soldiers died in 2 pointless wars, with 51,000 wounded of which some lost their genitals, legs, arms and other appendages. Not to mention the 320,000 who may be suffering from mental health problems and TBI's from their time in Iraq or Afghanistan. So please, spare me the manufactured outrage over Bowe fucking Bergdahl.[/QUOTE] Thank you. The "controversy" is manufactured bullshit by the same people that brought you Benghazi(c), chemtrails, FEMA camps, and the IRS scandal. :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;45350319]Thank you. The "controversy" is manufactured bullshit by the same people that brought you Benghazi(c), chemtrails, FEMA camps, and the IRS scandal. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE] are you sure the controversy has existed since the dude was captured in the first place [editline]10th July 2014[/editline] but the media is definitely riding on it now

[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;45350319]Thank you. The "controversy" is manufactured bullshit by the same people that brought you Benghazi(c), chemtrails, FEMA camps, and the IRS scandal. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE] You mean the "controversy" which has existed because the guy decided to go AWOL purposefully in the middle of the night, and from eye-witness accounts from his fellow soldiers, was talking weird shit before doing so? Because that's not a controversy, that's eye witness accounts his fellow soldiers gave and are still giving.

[QUOTE=Srillo;45350125]Also before anyone parrots that bullshit about "good soldiers died searching for him" yeah and about 7,000 good soldiers died in 2 pointless wars, with 51,000 wounded of which some lost their genitals, legs, arms and other appendages. Not to mention the 320,000 who may be suffering from mental health problems and TBI's from their time in Iraq or Afghanistan.[/QUOTE] Thats kind of shitty.

[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;45350319]Thank you. The "controversy" is manufactured bullshit by the same people that brought you Benghazi(c), chemtrails, FEMA camps, and the IRS scandal. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE] Umm, no. Most of the controversy was created and fostered by other soldiers, not politicians and mouthpiece media.

Bergdahl looks uncomfortable as shit in the photo tbh, looks staged.

"Smile or you die." Looks staged, has he even talked about what happened yet or are we going to let the media run rampant.

[QUOTE=Srillo;45350125]Am I supposed to be upset, I don't understand? He spent half a decade in a foreign country, as a prisoner of people who could have easily just killed him. The idea that he should face further reprimand is idiotic.[/QUOTE] When eyewitness accounts from his fellow soldiers testify that he went AWOL in the middle of the night, then was found to be in the hands of the enemy, there should at least be an investigation. If he deliberately defected to the Taliban for whatever reason he should face punishment, and if he's innocent then he deserves to have his name cleared after full review.

He needs to undergo a full 15-6 and a court martial. That way we will all find out the truth.

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;45350838]You mean the "controversy" which has existed because the guy decided to go AWOL purposefully in the middle of the night, and from eye-witness accounts from his fellow soldiers, was talking weird shit before doing so? Because that's not a controversy, that's eye witness accounts his fellow soldiers gave and are still giving.[/QUOTE] I think he's referring to the outrage about us trading a few Taliban prisoners away for him. Yeah, the sketchy stuff he was talking about, coupled with the fact that he deserted in the middle of the night is certainly important, and will certainly warrant a trial before the military. But there are a number of people outraged, outraged that we didn't just leave him to be further tortured, and eventually executed by the Taliban instead. Regardless if you think he should be imprisoned for what he did, or have leniency and consider what he went through with the Taliban as enough instead, it's sort of disgusting seeing the number of people act so furious that we didn't leave him behind to rot. Desertion or not, it's hard to justify knowingly leaving one of your countrymen behind to die when you have an alternative. Plus, the prisoners we released are unlikely to pose much if any harm, as the deal specified a number of restrictions, and I think we can both imagine that security agencies across the world will be keeping a very close eye on them. With the amount of scrutiny they'll be under, they'll be lucky if they can even get in correspondence with a Taliban representative or similar organization before they get arrested.

There are people out there who legitimately still believe desertion warrants execution though

[QUOTE=Venezuelan;45352540]There are people out there who legitimately still believe desertion warrants execution though[/QUOTE] Going AWOL, desertion, loss of friendly life to his stupidity, and possibly getting tagged with collaboration with enemy forces? That list would probably at best warrant life in prison, if not the possibility of being executed. Soldiers have been executed for far less in the US Military. The last guy to be executed(Eddie Slovik), was executed to be made an example of.

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;45352737]oss of friendly life to his stupidity[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/08/us-usa-afghanistan-bergdahl-search-insig-idUSKBN0EJ0WD20140608"]Arguable[/URL]

[QUOTE=Jacam12SUX;45351784]Bergdahl looks uncomfortable as shit in the photo tbh, looks staged.[/QUOTE] he's tsundere

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;45352737]Soldiers have been executed for far less in the US Military.[/QUOTE] no, only murder and rape, at least from WWII on. Eddie Slovik is the sole exception. I'm anti-death penalty and I don't buy the excuse that war is any different, but if what you said were actually true that would be [I]super [/I]bullshit and unacceptable to any sane person. So even though it's not true, if you legitimately believed the U.S. executed soldiers for less than desertion and that's justified you're a sociopath.

[QUOTE=darunner;45350909]Umm, no. Most of the controversy was created and fostered by other soldiers, not politicians and mouthpiece media.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27688219[/url] Wrong. Demonstrably wrong. Those soldiers didn't just magically start crawling out of the woodwork, they were located by experienced Republican PR people to gin up more anti-Obama sentiment. It's plain as day. Also, none of those soldiers are seriously suggesting that we should have left him in Taliban custody, regardless of what he did.

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;45350838]You mean the "controversy" which has existed because the guy decided to go AWOL purposefully in the middle of the night, and from eye-witness accounts from his fellow soldiers, was talking weird shit before doing so? Because that's not a controversy, that's eye witness accounts his fellow soldiers gave and are still giving.[/QUOTE] wouldn't all the weird shit he was talking be a bit of a warning sign that he might not have been in the sanest state of mind when he walked out?

[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;45353813] Also, none of those soldiers are seriously suggesting that we should have left him in Taliban custody, regardless of what he did.[/QUOTE] I don't think anyone else is suggesting that either.

[QUOTE=mdeceiver79;45349943][b]Being locked up for so long is bound to cause a bit of stockholm syndrome.[/b] I can imagine some of the Taliban actually being alright guys, just misled or fighting for the wrong cause. Being a leader hes probably very charismatic.[/QUOTE] Not necessarily, see: POW's during the Vietnam War. This is the precise reason we have the code of conduct, it works when adhered to.

[url]http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/10/taliban-bergdahl/12479075/[/url] like the pentagon said, its just propaganda and its working.

[QUOTE=InvaderNouga;45354200]Not necessarily, see: POW's during the Vietnam War. This is the precise reason we have the code of conduct, it works when adhered to.[/QUOTE] It's obvious they didn't put him in a fucking cage though, as long as you're treated properly it's very easy to get stockholm syndrome.

[QUOTE=formatme;45354363][url]http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/10/taliban-bergdahl/12479075/[/url] like the pentagon said, its just propaganda and its working.[/QUOTE] The Pentagon desperately need a "success story" to sell to the public in this decade long quagmire. And rescuing a soldier held hostage by the enemy force is that.