Sergeant’s Release from Taliban Control Exposes Hypocrisy all around
The news of Army Sergeant Bowie Bergdahl exposes mixed emotions for me as a former member of the military. It also creates lots of questions not only for those responsible for his release but for the choices made that caused his capture and it especially compels me to slap the media for how they are about the manipulated this news to gain them more viewers and page viewers instead of just trying to report the truth. My first is the choice Sgt Bergdahl made to join the Taliban. I say join because unless you were experiencing a “Gandhi” moment and thought just your very presence would make the relationship between Americans and the natives better, leaving the camp with just a compass and a bottle of water makes no other sense. Once you were there and found that what you were hoping to maybe accomplishing was to no avail, where are the bruises and injuries from trying to escape during your capture for all those years? I see no evidence that you made any attempt...