Bowe Bergdahl

[icenine]

To me the military took care of me much better than the real world. Still does.
Plus it is hard to get fired if you are active duty, and you will never find the sense of camaraderie you do in the military. With the offbase housing allowance (tax free) an E-6 in Southern California makes about almost 5k a month.

Oh you may have to work over 40 hours (duty,deployments,etc) a week. But you will never get screwed out of your mortgage money by some bullshit flexing rules imposed by corporate in the name of saving money.

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

True that, Ike. I have had traumatic experiences and been to counseling for chronic depression and anger management on three separate occasions, the first of which was involuntary. (I beat the class bully to the floor with a ball peen hammer in high school. He left school that day on a gurney. Broke three of the bastards ribs.) I also had to give up a career in aviation after developing a nasty fear of heights. So, yes, I have had the powerful and irrational feeling of having to get the fuck out of a situation in the face of no real danger. (Prior, I didn't know one could "acquire" phobias. I thought people were born with them.)

And, I have an older brother who still suffers from PTSD acquired in Vietnam.

Anyhow, you have given me food for thought. Thanks.

But, I still don't see Bergdahl as any sort of "hero".

Dave

No, problem...thanks.

As far as the "hero" issue, absolutely...way back when the subject first hit this forum, in my first post about it, I believe I mentioned that there were many questions about the nature of Bergdahl's capture and I said the same thing about jumping to any "hero" conclusions.

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by icenine

To me the military took care of me much better than the real world. Still does.
Plus it is hard to get fired if you are active duty, and you will never find the sense of camaraderie you do in the military. With the offbase housing allowance (tax free) an E-6 in Southern California makes about almost 5k a month.

Oh you may have to work over 40 hours (duty,deployments,etc) a week. But you will never get screwed out of your mortgage money by some bullshit flexing rules imposed by corporate in the name of saving money.

No argument there. But this stop-loss/re-deployment shit is just flat out bad. And we have the escalating suicide numbers and PTSD sufferers to proove it.

[4-2-7]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Also there was all that trash about 6 soldiers dying looking for him. So then they said it was only 2, then it came our that those two were inside their base when they were killed,

That's a flat out lie.

It has been highly detailed as to what happed.

Please do show us where your getting this report.

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by 4-2-7

That's a flat out lie.

It has been highly detailed as to what happed.

Please do show us where your getting this report.

You fucking wanker, we're trying to have a serious discussion here.

You're not interested in this kind of thing, you said so yourself...see below:

[4-2-7]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

You fucking wanker, we're trying to have a serious discussion here.

You're not interested in this kind of thing, you said so yourself...see below:

With lies?

ya that serious

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by 4-2-7

That's a flat out lie.

It has been highly detailed as to what happed.

Please do show us where your getting this report.

It was in the New York Times you go find it becaise I am not your servant. And it really has not been highly detailed but sure has been spun by the talking heads. Frex the WaPo only got around to printing that the 5 Taliban are effecrively quarantined in Qatar.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by 4-2-7

With lies?

ya that serious

You are so used to doing that yourself you must be expert by now, Now buzz off sonny and stop interrupting the adults.

[4-2-7]

Originally Posted by merrylander

It was in the New York Times you go find it becaise I am not your servant. And it really has not been highly detailed but sure has been spun by the talking heads. Frex the WaPo only got around to printing that the 5 Taliban are effecrively quarantined in Qatar.

I see all other reports including soldiers actions in the incident are discredited by one report by the NYT.
A report you will not link us too, so your a liar and slander of good Americans.

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by 4-2-7

I see all other reports including soldiers actions in the incident are discredited by one report by the NYT.
A report you will not link us too, so your a liar and slander of good Americans.

And you are a waste of good bandwidth, not to mention good air.