“We have met the enemy and he is us,” so said a Pogo cartoon
of some years ago. It couldn’t be more true today than it was for the Roman
empire a millennium and a half ago. Are we really celebrating the heroism of this man. The puzzling aspect of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s
release is disturbing when one takes into account the revelations emerging from
this incident and what, if anything, it has to do with obfuscating the VA
scandal of last week.
First there’s questions of how he was captured. Some of
the members of his platoon have said he deserted his post. Six GI’s were killed
trying to rescue him. Five Taliban savages were released from Guantanamo to
secure his release. They’ll soon be back in the jijad looking to separate
infidels from their heads.
Bergdahl’s father inexplicably spoke to him in Arabic
welcoming him back to freedom. Outgoing press secretary, Jay Carney, spoke in
the platitudes he has become infamous for, about the release. He was quoted, as was President Obama
saying Americans never leave anyone behind. It’s a great ideal to adhere to but
hardly etched in stone; and is usually reserved for the most elite military
personnel who take on the most dangerous missions. Never thought it would be
applied to a soldier with questionable character who may have deserted. Right now there’s a marine
being held in a Mexican jail by our friends south of the border. Why hasn’t his
release been secured.
It was reported that Bergdahl was a private when he
disappeared but he returns as a sergeant? How was he promoted leaving his post,
endangering his American brothers and sisters. There’s more twists and turns in
this story than there is in a Rubik’s cube. But can we depend on the feckless
media to dig into this story? Or the VA scandal for that matter?
Every Obama bungle ( and they’re getting too numerous to
count) gets swept under the rug with the rapidity of a hobo on a ham sandwich.
Any media person who questions any administration proclamations is figuratively
tarred and feathered as a right wing extremist.
If the president thought this prisoner exchange would make
the VA scandal disappear he is wrong like so many other times. Every effort he
makes to mitigate the coming fallout in the upcoming fall elections results in
more separation with mainstream America.
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