How the Hell Did This Happen?

Bowe Bergdahl got kicked out of the Coast Guard in 2006 for psychological reasons.

The Army accepted him in 2008.

Um, isn’t there some database they cross-check?

Miscalculating, Miscalculating

“The White House has been surprised by how much attention has remained on the questions about Bergdahl, from the circumstances of his disappearance to the wild beard his father grew while he was being held that’s even led to Bergdahl’s hometown canceling a celebration. All this, Obama aides say, is in their minds a proxy for the hatred toward the president.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/white-house-bowe-bergdahl-107452.html#ixzz33iYsvT3x

Well, then how do they explain me?  I don’t hate the president, I like the president, I voted for the president.  But I am furious about the Bergdahl deal.  They keep saying we don’t leave our soldiers behind.  But Bergdahl left us behind first.  So screw him.  I wouldn’t have paid a nickel to get him back, let alone give up five top Taliban leaders.  Bergdahl wasn’t drafted, he signed up.  Bergdahl had alternatives to deserting.  We let people out of the military who have emotional/psychological problems.  I haven’t seen any evidence that Bergdahl sought an honorable way home.

Besides being disturbed by this disgusting deal, I am further dismayed by the cluelessness of this White House, that they didn’t see the blowback coming from people who aren’t Sean Hannity.   Obama has failed not just as commander in chief, but as a basic politician — you have to have your finger on the pulse of your people.  What is going on in this White House?  Are they drunk and talking to the portraits?

Spinning Bergdahl

The DoD investigation into Bowe Bergdahl’s disappearance found in 2010 that he had willfully abandoned his unit.

Yet Jen Psaki at State says, “We would characterize him as a member of the military who was detained while he was in combat.”