Amid all the cacophony about the alleged deserter the White House traded five al Queda bosses to get back, we’ve yet to hear from the man himself: Army PFC (when he was captured) now Sergeant (promoted in captivity) Bowe Bergdahl.
Wormtongue’s latest controversy arises, in part, from his Rose Garden presser welcoming home Bowe with his, ahem, eccentric parents. But it’s also due to the left’s adoration of anti-war soldiers like Bergdahl and its persistent military blindspot: “…its failure to comprehend the centrality of honor to military culture.”
I’m reminded of Marine PFC Robert Garwood who was brought home from Vietnam under a cloud of disgrace. His parents never got near the Rose Garden. His explanation of how he was captured and why other POWs thought he was a collaborator wasn’t very persuasive but at least we got his version to weigh against the others.
A military court eventually acquitted Garwood of desertion while convicting him of “communicating with the enemy” and ordered him dishonorably discharged. He later collaborated with two authors in an interesting book on his case, which remains controversial, at least in the Marine Corps.
We’re still waiting to hear from Bowe, and we should because there’s bound to be another side, his side, to this whole deal. Whether it will change any minds remains to be seen, but for now his silence is deafening.
UPDATE: Oops, turns out ol’ Bowe, whom Obamalot contends served honorably, converted to Islam and declared himself a jihadi. Wonderful. Does Wormtongue ever tell the truth about anything?
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