Sgt. Bergdahl Returns to Army Duty, Fox News Goes Full Benghazi

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We have news today about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who was released by the Taliban after five years in captivity, setting off a right wing freakout that dwarfed all previous right wing freakouts: Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Is Back on Regular Army Duty in Texas.

Six weeks after his release from Taliban captivity, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has been returned to regular duty, the U.S. Army announced Monday.

In a brief statement, Army officials said Bergdahl had “completed the final phase of the reintegration process” and will be assigned to a base in Texas, where he has been recovering for the last month.

This development has sent Fox News’ show for complete idiots, Fox & Friends, into a psychotic break with reality, claiming that Bergdahl is being threatened into silence by the sinister Barack Obama. And also, inevitably, BENGHAZI.

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1 Kragar  Jul 14, 2014 1:04:44pm

But remember, only the “Real Americans” at Fox News really support the troops.

2 Tigger2  Jul 14, 2014 1:06:35pm

Fox host and their viewers have to be the dumbest people on the planet. Not so much the host they know what they are doing, but the viewers are for believing such garbage, All the Fox propaganda and brainwashing has worked.

3 alpuz  Jul 14, 2014 1:08:01pm

‘Interesting stuff’ /

4 Bulworth  Jul 14, 2014 1:08:11pm

From the link:

But then, right at the end, Steve Doocy got jiggy with it, and somehow managed to turn Bergdahl (and Lois Lerner?) into a martyred whistleblower, threatened into silence by the evil Barack Obama:

“As long as he has not been court-martialed, and hasn’t been released, he can’t do interviews. So, we really won’t hear that side of the story, as has been the case with this administration in the past, whether it’s Lois Lerner, or whether it’s the Benghazi people. Threaten them. Don’t let them talk.”

OMG…Obamathug threatened the Benghazi people!!!1 PROOF! Is there no low he won’t stoop to? ////

5 Charles Johnson  Jul 14, 2014 1:10:10pm
6 Bulworth  Jul 14, 2014 1:10:18pm

Also from the link:

Fill-in Clayton Morris began by informing Fox viewers that Bergdahl was traded for “five Taliban leaders who were sent right back, basically to the battlefield,” which is, basically, a total lie, but this is Fox and Friends, so that’s hardly remarkable.

Yup, “basically”, except, you know, not.

And even if they were back on the battlefield we could just DRONES!!!1

7 alpuz  Jul 14, 2014 1:13:22pm

I must of missed something. What’s the ‘pink slip’ reference all about?

8 darthstar  Jul 14, 2014 1:14:18pm

I think Fox was hoping he’d be returned to captivity so they could cry “Free Bowe!” again.

9 KerFuFFler  Jul 14, 2014 1:18:49pm

I hope Bergdahl is safe in San Antonio! There is so much extreme right wing sentiment in Texas that I worry some jerks may try to harm him.

10 philosophus invidius  Jul 14, 2014 1:21:59pm

re: #7 alpuz

I was wondering the same thing. Must be some stupid thing from Breitbart or something.

11 philosophus invidius  Jul 14, 2014 1:24:38pm

re: #7 alpuz

Actually, Fox News itself (of course):

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/07/13/pentagon-gives-pink-slips-to-hundreds-soldiers-including-active-duty-officers/

It’s a perpetual outrage machine.

12 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Jul 14, 2014 1:29:35pm

re: #3 alpuz

‘Interesting stuff’ /

Have you ever read an Abnormal Psychology textbook? That’s “interesting stuff” too.

13 Romantic Heretic  Jul 14, 2014 1:30:31pm

I am utterly without words.

14 Mike Lamb  Jul 14, 2014 1:32:32pm

re: #2 Tigger2

Fox host and their viewers have to be the dumbest people on the planet. Not so much the host they know what they are doing, but the viewers are for believing such garbage, All the Fox propaganda and brainwashing has worked.

Objection…facts not in evidence.

15 alpuz  Jul 14, 2014 1:32:39pm

re: #10 philosophus invidius

eesh. Figures.

16 b_sharp  Jul 14, 2014 1:33:28pm

re: #2 Tigger2

Fox host and their viewers have to be the dumbest people on the planet. Not so much the host they know what they are doing, but the viewers are for believing such garbage, All the Fox propaganda and brainwashing has worked.

They are completely convinced they are considerably smarter than ‘libtards’ and can see the truth lefties are too stupid to see.

17 Charles Johnson  Jul 14, 2014 1:35:42pm

How completely whack do you have to be to believe something like this?

18 petesh  Jul 14, 2014 1:37:18pm

Soooo Fox is now saying the White House is threatening Bergdahl … projection, right? Or are they complaining that’s their job?

19 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 1:40:40pm

Bat Bollard
Bees
Benghazi
Bergdahl

20 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Jul 14, 2014 1:42:34pm

Cool hwip.

21 Testy Toad T  Jul 14, 2014 1:44:47pm

First they brought me the ACORN!!!!! “scandal”, and I was absolutely certain that we had reached peak wingnut absurd scandal nothingburger nonsense absurdity, where absolutely nothing makes logical sense and everything is made up.

First they brought me the BENGHAZI!!!!1 “scandal”, and I was absolutely certain that we had reached peak wingnut absurd scandal nothingburger nonsense absurdity, where absolutely nothing makes logical sense and everything is made up.

Then they brought me the BERGDAHL!!!! “scandal”, where absolutely nothing makes logical sense and everything is made up. But I’ve stopped trying to convince myself that there’s such a thing as peak wingnut absurd scandal nothingburger nonsense absurdity.

Seriously: he’s being threatened? How? By whom? About what? What alleged badness is he being forced to hide?

Or just, like, whatever. There doesn’t need to be any actual cogent thought here. INPEACH!!!!1

22 Kragar  Jul 14, 2014 1:46:29pm
23 nines09  Jul 14, 2014 1:48:02pm

So either the entire Fox News empire and personalities are clinically insane, or they are just lying hyenas. Tough choice.

24 Testy Toad T  Jul 14, 2014 1:49:02pm

re: #23 nines09

So either the entire Fox News empire and personalities are clinically insane, or they are just lying hyenas. Tough choice.

Reject the tyranny of “or”.

25 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 14, 2014 1:49:06pm

re: #23 nines09

So either the entire Fox News empire and personalities are clinically insane, or they are just lying hyenas. Tough choice.

Neither option prevents it from being quite profitable for Murdoch. And that is the driving factor.

26 Kragar  Jul 14, 2014 1:49:07pm

re: #23 nines09

So either the entire Fox News empire and personalities are clinically insane, or they are just lying hyenas. Tough choice.

Why do you have to hate on hyenas?

27 nines09  Jul 14, 2014 1:49:53pm

re: #26 Kragar

Why do you have to hate on hyenas?

You do have a point. I think they have more class.

28 Randall Gross  Jul 14, 2014 1:51:22pm

The whole milblogger collective is up in arms over that “Pink Slips for the Miltary!” meme that they and Fox news are floating.
With Iraq over, and Afghanistan winding down to the finish everyone should be happy that we are able to reduce our military forces and return them to civilian life.

29 Tigger2  Jul 14, 2014 1:51:24pm

re: #16 b_sharp

They are completely convinced they are considerably smarter than ‘libtards’ and can see the truth lefties are too stupid to see.

That is because of the propaganda they hear all the time from right wing media,

30 piratedan  Jul 14, 2014 1:52:33pm

re: #21 Testy Toad T

this reply post inspired by the same folks that brought you the IRS scandal, Fast and Furious and Shirley Sherrod…. I don’t to be completely naive and say that the Obama Administration hasn’t made their share of missteps, although I’d be hard pressed to find a better run and scandal free administration in my lifetime.

31 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 1:52:53pm

re: #7 alpuz

I must of missed something. What’s the ‘pink slip’ reference all about?

OBUMMA IS LAYING OFF ALL ARE BRAVE SOLIDERS!!!!!!! AND GIVING THERE JRRBS TO TEH ILLEGAL ALIENS CHILDRENS WHO ARE FULL OF TEH DISEASE1!!!!!!!

32 S'latch  Jul 14, 2014 1:54:10pm

Goofball McDoozie just went full retard. That was hilarious.

33 Randall Gross  Jul 14, 2014 1:55:15pm

re: #31 Pie-onist Overlord

OBUMMA IS LAYING OFF ALL ARE BRAVE SOLIDERS!!!!!!! AND GIVING THERE JRRBS TO TEH ILLEGAL ALIENS CHILDRENS WHO ARE FULL OF TEH DISEASE1!!!!!!!

See 28 littlegreenfootballs.com

It’s about Obama’s reductions in military forces now that the two wars are over and winding down to the finish.

34 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 1:58:11pm

Mondoweiss going mainstream?

35 Randall Gross  Jul 14, 2014 2:00:11pm

Oops - rest of story partly due to GOP sequestration cuts….

Hrmmm - right now it’s all hearsay from right wing news site, not seeing anything like this at the Pentagon News Site.

defense.gov

36 JackBurton  Jul 14, 2014 2:01:06pm

Hey now, Fox is “just asking questions.”

37 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 14, 2014 2:01:27pm

re: #34 Pie-onist Overlord

Mondoweiss going mainstream?

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Should please KT.

38 Randall Gross  Jul 14, 2014 2:01:39pm
Air Force Announces Changes to Headquarters Organization

Air Force leaders announced changes to headquarters staff manning and organization today.
The Air Force will create efficiencies by deactivating and realigning organizations at headquarters Air Force, major commands (MAJCOMs), numbered air forces and field operating agencies, resulting in savings of $1.6 billion across the Air Force in the next five years.
“I will work to ensure the world’s best Air Force is the most capable at the lowest possible cost to the taxpayer,” said Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James. “Everyone knows our economy is still not where it should be; we have a responsibility to ensure that every dollar adds value to the taxpayers and our national defense.”
The changes are a result of a comprehensive effort to reduce overhead costs, increase efficiencies, eliminate redundant activities and improve effectiveness and business processes (also known as Air Force Management Headquarters Review). The efficiencies created through the reorganization will also help meet the Department of Defense’s directive to reduce costs and staff levels by at least 20 percent, eliminating 3,459 positions at headquarters across the Air Force, both in country and at overseas locations. As part of ongoing cost savings initiatives, the Air Force will also continue to reduce contract spending, operating budgets and travel expenditures.
To minimize the effect on civilian personnel, the Air Force will initiate Voluntary Early Retirement Authority programs and Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay to foster voluntary reductions before pursuing involuntary measures. As part of ongoing efforts to responsibly shape the force, military members were offered a variety of voluntary incentive programs.
“We are aggressively pursuing reductions within the first year, rather than spread them out over five years as allowed by DoD,” said James. “It’s better for airmen because it provides them predictability and allows us to re-stabilize our workforce sooner. It also allows us to harvest the savings earlier so that we can plow it back into readiness and some of our key modernization programs.”
The Air Force’s goal is to go beyond the 20 percent reduction mandated by the DoD so any additional savings can be achieved from staff functions above the wing level, and set to provide additional combat capability to the combatant commanders.

39 dog philosopher  Jul 14, 2014 2:06:18pm

liz cheney

“the Obama administration’s climate change policies are a thinly veiled attack on the coal industry”

at least i can console myself that the current president can be accused of conducting a thinly veiled attack on the coal industry

i’m sure president romney will never face such accusations…

40 Tigger2  Jul 14, 2014 2:07:33pm

re: #36 JackBurton

Hey now, Fox is “just asking questions.”

The question they need to ask is “Why is the GOP so out of touch with the majority of Americans”. Maybe that the GOP panders to the needs of the 1% might be a good pace for them to start to find an answer to that question.

41 Teukka  Jul 14, 2014 2:15:14pm

Somewhat off-topic, but I feel I need to share this one. Sudden hailstorm in Novosibirsk a coupla days ago:

Youtube Video

42 teleskiguy  Jul 14, 2014 2:18:59pm
43 Pie-onist Overlord  Jul 14, 2014 2:22:47pm

Little Miss Gun-Fucker Still Derping away:

44 teleskiguy  Jul 14, 2014 2:25:08pm

re: #43 Pie-onist Overlord

Little Miss Gun-Fucker Still Derping away:

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She’s holding the magazine. She’s got her hand on the fucking magazine! Rifle FAIL!

45 thedopefishlives  Jul 14, 2014 2:25:51pm

DERPGHAZI!!!!!!!

Evening Lizardim.

46 William Barnett-Lewis  Jul 14, 2014 2:27:27pm

re: #43 Pie-onist Overlord

Little Miss Gun-Fucker Still Derping away:

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Miss? Try my hat on for size…

(I’d tweet it if she were worth the trouble.)

47 allegro  Jul 14, 2014 2:30:02pm

If she was a responsible parent who wanted to protect her kids she wouldn’t have a fucking gun in the house.

48 Kragar  Jul 14, 2014 2:30:46pm

re: #43 Pie-onist Overlord

Little Miss Gun-Fucker Still Derping away:

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What are the odds she’s an antivaxxer?

49 danarchy  Jul 14, 2014 2:35:15pm

re: #44 teleskiguy

She’s holding the magazine. She’s got her hand on the fucking magazine! Rifle FAIL!

May have one of these, can’t really tell in the picture.
MWG

50 teleskiguy  Jul 14, 2014 2:35:57pm

Yeah. Let’s not do anything for our 1 in 9 bridges that are considered “structurally deficient” and yeah I-95 can fall apart, that’s totally cool.

Conservatives these days are completely divorced from reality.

51 thedopefishlives  Jul 14, 2014 2:37:06pm

re: #50 teleskiguy

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Yeah. Let’s not do anything for our 1 in 9 bridges that are considered “structurally deficient” and yeah I-95 can fall apart, that’s totally cool.

Conservatives these days are completely divorced from reality.

Yeah, living in a community that recently had a major infrastructure failure, I would like to inform the Club for Growth that they can all collectively die in a fire, thank you very much.

52 GlutenFreeJesus  Jul 14, 2014 2:41:47pm

re: #20 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Cool hwip.

You just roo-weened the thread!

53 alpuz  Jul 14, 2014 2:47:44pm

re: #51 thedopefishlives

Yep, and it looks like Club for Growth has quite the foothold across the Mississippi. I’ve been seriously considering a move to MN lately.

54 nines09  Jul 14, 2014 2:48:53pm

re: #43 Pie-onist Overlord

Little Miss Gun-Fucker Still Derping away:

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I often wonder just WTF people like this would do in a real life and death situation. In AMMOWORLD it’s simple. You have a weapon. You are protected. You are fucking delusional.

55 wrenchwench  Jul 14, 2014 2:49:58pm

re: #41 Teukka

Somewhat off-topic, but I feel I need to share this one. Sudden hailstorm in Novosibirsk a coupla days ago:

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That was awesome (I felt sorry for Mr. ‘Let’s wait it out under this towel’) but I’m afraid the lightning strike in the next comment wins.

56 Amory Blaine  Jul 14, 2014 2:51:11pm

It’s a symptom of our one size fits all, declare war on everything mentality.

57 thedopefishlives  Jul 14, 2014 2:54:00pm

re: #53 alpuz

Yep, and it looks like Club for Growth has quite the foothold across the Mississippi. I’ve been seriously considering a move to MN lately.

Come on over. We won’t hold your easternness against you. Forever. ;)

58 stpaulbear  Jul 14, 2014 3:11:09pm

re: #53 alpuz

You might want to check out this website before you make the move.

As a native, I had to quit reading it ‘cause it made me feel a little uncomfortable…

59 A Mom Anon  Jul 14, 2014 3:22:30pm

re: #43 Pie-onist Overlord

Oh, I see. So because I’m not armed up to my eyeballs I’m an irresponsible mom now? Really? This is their new thing? OFFFS, yes there’s an extra F just because this is extra fucking insane. Because I’m not scared of everything I’m irresponsible and more than likely, according to these buffoons, a bad mom.

So um, how many stories have there been in the last year of some little kid getting hold of Responsible Mom or Dad’s gun and killing a sibling, themselves or someone else? Can she not read? I have to assume she does, since she’s twittering all over herself. Maybe not a good reader, but I assume she has a basic grasp of most words. Kids and guns aren’t a good mix UNLESS there’s a smart and responsible adult teaching them safety. And even then, before about age 10, kids and guns should be a huge “Oh Hell NO”. And a gun safe in the house, and trigger locks. And whatever else a person can do safety wise.

God these people are just damned DUMB.

60 alpuz  Jul 14, 2014 3:37:47pm

re: #58 stpaulbear

I was born and raised in Wisconsin and live here now. I know Minnesota nice. I also know Wisconsin nice, and Texas nice. I’ll take St. Paul, and it’s St Paul Saints, and the German bar/restaurant(can’t remember the name) in the neighborhood near the stadium anyday over what the hell has been brewing here in Wisconsin.

I thought I had escaped the right-wing noise machine when I finally crossed the Oklahoma border in a U-Haul back in ‘06. Nope, it’s actually just as loud here.

61 alpuz  Jul 14, 2014 3:46:52pm

re: #60 alpuz

I’m not sure if this is by the Saints stadium(I had it mixed up with the Wild), but if I were to move to the Twin Cities, this is the neighborhood I would love to live in.

62 stpaulbear  Jul 14, 2014 3:59:22pm

re: #60 alpuz

MN was really very lucky when we just barely dodged having Emmer as our governor. He would have given Walker a run for the money. I hope WI can get rid of Walker in the next election. My sister moved from Mpls. to near Appleton after she got married and she doesn’t deserve to be stuck in a conservative WI.

The Glockenspiel is about four blocks from my house in the West 7th neighborhood. It’s about a mile from the Wild’s home. The Saints are getting a new stadium on the east side of downtown, which is going to be a mess for the people who live near there, but there are a lot of great restaruants in that neighborhood too.


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