Friday, June 6, 2014

Kos: Critics Of Bergdahl Swap Are 'A**holes' And 'Chickenhawks' --Elevating the debate

Kos: Critics Of Bergdahl Swap Are 'A**holes' And 'Chickenhawks' --Elevating the debate

June 06, 2014 Daily Kos , Hostage Exchange 2 Comments
By Tom Johnson, Jun 4, 2014, Newsbusters.org

Two of the leading lights of the lefty blogosphere weighed in Tuesday on the Bowe Bergdahl matter. Daily Kos founder and publisher Markos Moulitsas, who served a three-year stint in the Army just after graduating from high school, blasted the anti-Bergdahl rhetoric of bloodyhanded neoconservative "chickenhawks" who aren't ashamed to opine despite being "wrong about everything in the last decade."

Kos claimed that since the Afghan war "is now over," the five Taliban exchanged for Bergdahl had to be released anyway "under international law." From Moulitsas's post (emphasis added):
...It feels like deja vu, seeing our nation's blood-thirsty population of chickenhawks zero in on a new target...In their minds, this is worse than Hitler because either Bergdahl was a deserter or because he wasn't worth five Taliban officials or a combination of the two.

Yet our nation has always subscribed to "leave no one behind," whether alive or dead. It is a foundational principle for those of us who have served—we will lay everything on the line, including our lives, and in return America will make sure, no matter what, that we get to return home. It is sacrosanct...

The military will investigate the circumstances surrounding his capture...If [Bergdahl] acted negligently or maliciously, then he should be dealt with appropriately. But under no circumstances do we leave our own behind. Period.

Second, the Taliban officials were prisoners of war, officials in the Taliban government. The war is now over. Hence, under international law, they must be released. It's as simple as that...

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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 6, 2014 at 11:26 AM

    Um, the war is over? Was war ever even declared? Who won?

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  2. UnknownJune 7, 2014 at 2:44 PM

    I wonder if his family thinks the war is over
    http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-schuylkill-soldier-killed-afghanistan-0604-20140604,0,4212304.story

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