WASHINGTON (AP) — The father of the lone U.S. soldier held in Afghanistan, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, says the nature of his son’s recovery will never really be comprehended.
Bob Bergdahl stood with his wife, Jani, and President Barack Obama in the White House Rose Garden on Saturday and thanked everyone in the U.S. and around the world involved in his son’s release after five years’ captivity.
Said Bergdahl, quote, “We just can’t communicate the words this morning when we heard from the president.”
Jani Bergdahl said she and her husband will, quote, “continue to stay strong for Bowe while he recovers.”
The Taliban released Bowe Bergdahl to the U.S. in exchange for five detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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“That was a horrible, vicious thing the President did, freeing this POW after five years of capture.”
— the Republican Party
They’ve already started. All Presidents negotiate through third parties. Saint Ronnie negotiated arms for hostages.
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Haters gotta hate.
I heard on NPR this morning there has been some speculation Bowe was captured after “deserting”, so expect the mouth breathers to sling that dead cat around soon.
And, of course, the opposite is true at the very same time:
If POTUS pulled all US troops out of Afghanistan and left Bergdahl there, he’d be abandoning Americans.
Securing the release of Americans: bad
Abandoning Americans: bad