Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is facing charges including desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, and more information is coming out about Bergdahl’s side of the story:
Sgt #Bergdahl says leaving post in #Afghanistan was "self-sacrifice," @CBSNews/@AP report: https://t.co/k6XYO1Gh1y pic.twitter.com/oSDpn1N9KB
— Mark Albert (@malbertnews) March 17, 2016
Bowe Bergdahl says he left his post in Afghanistan as an act of 'self-sacrifice' https://t.co/WnSDZNqBe5 pic.twitter.com/on4d16suSU
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) March 17, 2016
Self-sacrifice?
Via CBS News:
Bergdahl told a general who investigated the case that he hoped to cause an alarm by leaving his post, then walk to a larger base in Afghanistan so he could have an audience with a top commander.
“So, the idea was to — it was — literally, it was a sacrificial — it was a self-sacrifice thing,” Bergdahl said, according to the transcript of a 2014 interview with Maj. Gen. Kenneth Dahl.
Bergdahl’s not winning any sympathies:
https://twitter.com/verylightnosuga/status/710336616083095552
https://twitter.com/realmdj550/status/710455681057296385
The Obama administration released five Taliban commanders from Gitmo in a swap for the return of Bergdahl.
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