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Bowe Bergdahl expected to plead guilty
October 07, 2017, 09:43 AM
dewhorseBowe Bergdahl expected to plead guilty
quote:
Originally posted by craigcpa:
Luke 6:36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Yes, he deserves punishment. Be merciful in your punishment.
Not to put too fine a point on it but mercy has no place in this, military discipline is more important.
I might say different if his cowardice did not cause the death /injury of my brothers but that is not the case.
There is a reason they would have the unit watch punishments....
He needed to be put against a wall
October 07, 2017, 10:56 AM
BMRThere is no doubt that if we still had a military that imposed punishment as we did in WWII, this traitor would have been executed within 6 months of our getting him back.
November 03, 2017, 10:48 AM
feersum dreadnaughtthis sucks. DD and out the door?
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November 03, 2017, 10:49 AM
Balzé HalzéNo jail time!?
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November 03, 2017, 10:51 AM
PDWTF!!
November 03, 2017, 10:54 AM
JALLENquote:
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) -- The Latest on the sentencing hearing for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (all times local):
11:40 a.m.
A military judge has found that Bowe Bergdahl should serve no prison time for endangering his comrades by walking off his Afghanistan post.
The judge also gave Bergdahl a dishonorable discharge, reduced his rank to private and said he must forfeit pay equal to $1,000 per month for 10 months. The judge made no other comments.
Bergdahl appeared tense, grimaced and clenched his jaw. His attorneys put their arms around him and one patted him on the back.
Bergdahl pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy and had faced up to life in prison. The judge had wide leeway because Bergdahl made no deal with prosecutors to limit his sentence.
Prosecutors had sought stiff punishment because of wounds to service members who searched for Bergdahl after he disappeared in 2009. He was held captive by Taliban allies for five years.
The defense sought to counter that evidence with testimony about Bergdahl's suffering during five years as a captive of Taliban allies, his contributions to military intelligence and survival instruction and his mental health problems.
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ChicagoSigManDishonorable discharge and $10K fine.
What a crock.
November 03, 2017, 11:00 AM
OzarkwoodsNo friggen jail time! No death sentence! This is BULLSHIT!!!!!
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November 03, 2017, 11:00 AM
rduckworStreet justice takes over?
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November 03, 2017, 11:02 AM
gw3971A fine and a dishonorable discharge? WTF???
November 03, 2017, 11:07 AM
stickman428UnFUCKING believeable.
Yet another example of why the US military might not ever win another war.
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November 03, 2017, 11:11 AM
BMRquote:
Originally posted by rduckwor:
Street justice takes over?
RMD
Let's hope not. This vermin isn't worth anyone spending jail time over. Let him spend his days hated by his community. Unless he moves to Berkley, that is, where he'll be treated as a hero.
November 03, 2017, 11:13 AM
46and2?
WTF
This sentence makes no sense.
November 03, 2017, 11:14 AM
MRMATTHe'll probably be Jimmy Kimmel's next guest.
No f'ing justice at all!
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November 03, 2017, 11:28 AM
dsmackI am a former member of the US Army. I formerly held the service in high esteem.
The "Judge" in this case should be carefully evaluated by his superior officers, as his decision in this instance is an absolute miscarriage of "Justice", to say nothing of an abject failure to uphold the tenets of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
He, along with Bergdahl, should be riffed to Pvt E-3 and sent to Leavenworth.
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November 03, 2017, 11:36 AM
RAMIUSIf I were him, I'd feel safer behind bars.
November 03, 2017, 11:50 AM
parabellumThat is not Justice. Quite the opposite.
November 03, 2017, 11:54 AM
spunk639This Col. had made comments concerning the President and what he said about this traitor and hinted he was retiring and not concerned whatsoever about what the CIC thought, more deep state.
November 03, 2017, 12:01 PM
nhtagmemberok, so desertion in the face of the enemy and being the reason for several people being killed is apparently all you need for a dishonorable discharge...
imagine that
ask me again why I think the 'justice system' is totally fucked up
what exactly is the 'justice system' - apparently any resemblance to justice is only lip service
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November 03, 2017, 12:02 PM
BamaJeepsterWith Manning's sentence being commuted and now this scumbag getting away with basically no punishment, it sends a dangerously strong signal about the costs of betraying America. It will certainly embolden those domestic enemies who hate this country.
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