<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>There is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING contradictory in my earlier post.</div><div><br></div><div>Prior to thus just-announced Army investigation "Sergeant Bergdahl was never considered to be a deserter" and he has been promoted in absentia TWICE.</div><div><br></div><div>Yes. IF SERGEANT BERGDAHL IS CONVICTED OF DESERTION, he deserves severe punishment.</div><div><br></div><div>Grow up, Scottie, ok?<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div></div><div><br>On Jun 3, 2014, at 9:23 AM, Scott Dredge <<a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div dir="ltr">Tom wrote: <Strange, though, Sergeant Bergdahl was never considered to be a
deserter. In fact, PFC Bergdahl, in addition to being maintained on the
rolls, was promoted regularly in ABSENTIA.><br><a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2014-June/096706.html" target="_blank">http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2014-June/096706.html</a><br><br>Looks like the linchpin in your previous defense of Bergdahl is moot consider his promotions were automatic when he was missing. Shocker there. Now you're recommending if he's found to be guilty that 'he should be assigned permanent at Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks' whereas previously you wrote that this was a matter for the Army to decide.<br><br>Thank God you still have your credibility intact in this forum.<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: <a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a><br>Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 07:00:18 -0700<br>To: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>Subject: [Vision2020] Sgt. Bergdahl May Be Investigated On Charges Of Desertion<br><br><div><span></span></div><div><div><span></span></div><div><div style=""><span></span></div><div><div style=""><span></span></div><div><div style="">If Sergeant Bergdahl is guilty of desertion, he should be assigned permanent residence at Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks.</div><div style=""><br></div><div style="">Courtesy of KHQ at:</div><div style=""><br></div><div><span style=""><a href="http://www.khq.com/story/25679004/sgt-bergdahl-may-be-investigated-on-charges-of-desertion" target="_blank">http://www.khq.com/story/25679004/sgt-bergdahl-may-be-investigated-on-charges-of-desertion</a></span></div><div><span style=""> </span></div><div style="">-----------------------------------</div><div style=""><br></div><div style=""><h3 style="padding:0px;clear:both;font-size:16px;font-family:arial, verdana, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sgt. Bergdahl May Be Investigated On Charges Of Desertion</h3></div><div style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">BRUSSELS (AP) - U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey says the Army may still pursue an investigation that could lead to desertion charges against Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was freed from five years of Taliban captivity in a prisoner exchange last weekend.<br> <br>Dempsey also told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Tuesday that Bergdahl's next scheduled promotion is not automatic because he is no longer missing in action.<br> <br>He noted that U.S. military leaders "have been accused of looking away from misconduct" and said "it's premature" to assume they would do so in Bergdahl's case, despite his five years as a Taliban detainee.<br> <br>Bergdahl was handed over to U.S. Army special forces Saturday in exchange for the release of five detainees at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detention facility.<br><br>U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Martin Dempsey announced that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl may be investigated on charges of desertion. This follows allegations that Sgt. Bergdahl wandered off base shortly before he was captured by the Taliban.<br><br>Sgt. Bergdahl is being treated at a U.S. Base in Germany. It is not clear when we will be able to see his parents or return home to Idaho. </span></div><div style=""><br></div><div style="">-----------------------------------<br><br><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>=======================================================
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