re: #173 HappyWarrior

What annoys me though about the whole Bergdahl thing is the lack of empathy for the guy. Okay, you’ve been a captive of the Taliban five long years. And good news, you’re finally going home. Oh and by the way a bunch of people are calling you a traitor and saying you should be shot. Lots of scummy people out there who are going to make what already one would be a difficult transition back to mainstream society for Sgt. Bergdahl more difficult. I don’t fault the Army for doing an investigation. I do have a problem with wingnut assholes like Todd Kinkannon telling the guy’s father that if Bowe were his son, he’d want him shot or the two faced wingnuts who wanted him released by all means turning on him because they hate the President who secure the release more than anything else.

Sadly this has quickly turned into a partisan pissing match and the first thing to go out the window is simple cognitive thinking. We do have a lot of reports that Bergdahl may have deserted but now I’m seeing speculation (without any supporting evidence) that his unit is lying, swift boating and trying to cover up their own wrong doing. Now there’s an automatic assumption that if you believe Bergdahl may have deserted you’re a wingnut falling for some sort of cover up. There’s a lot of bitching about smearing Bergdahl from people willing to smear the rest of his unit as liars. There’s more interest in winning the partisan pissing match than learning what actually happened.