Was Bowie Worth It

superbeets · Oct 30, 2017

Wife of paralyzed soldier who was shot in the head searching for Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl cries on the stand describing her husband's injuries after he was left unable to speak

Prosecutors called Shannon Allen (left leaving court) to the stand in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on Monday to discuss the injuries suffered by her husband when he was shot during a search mission for Bowe Bergdahl (inset) after he walked off his post in Afghanistan in 2009. Her husband, National Guard Master Sgt Mark Allen, was shot in the head during an insurgent ambush. He was left unable to speak and is paralyzed over much of his body (right). Bergdahl faces up to life in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he endangered comrades by walking off his post.

superbeets · Oct 30, 2017

[h=1]Wife of paralyzed soldier who was shot in the head searching for Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl cries on the stand describing her husband's injuries after he was left unable to speak[/h]

Shannon Allen took to the stand Monday to discuss her husband's brain trauma
Master Sgt Mark Allen was shot in the head searching for Bowe Bergdahl in 2009
Life-altering injuries left Allen dependent on a wheelchair and unable to speak
After walking off his post in 2009, Bowe Bergdahl was held by the Taliban for five years and eventually released in a 2014 prisoner swap criticized by Republicans
Bergdahl has pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy

superbeets · Oct 30, 2017

The wife of a soldier seriously wounded while searching for Army Sgt Bowe Bergdahl has given an emotional testimony about the effects of his brain trauma on their family.
Prosecutors called Shannon Allen to the stand in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on Monday to discuss the injuries suffered by her husband when he was shot during a search mission for Bergdahl after he walked off his post in Afghanistan in 2009.
Her husband, National Guard Master Sgt Mark Allen, was shot in the head during an insurgent ambush.
He was left unable to speak and is paralyzed over much of his body.

superbeets · Oct 30, 2017

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Shannon Allen, the wife of Sgt Mark Allen, leaves a North Carolina court on Monday after giving an emotional testimony about the effects of his brain trauma on their family

Mrs Allen's voice faltered when she referred to the brain injury's effect on his interactions with their daughter, who was an infant when he was wounded.
Their daughter is now aged 9, but Mrs Allen said her husband isn't able to reach out and hold her.
Bergdahl faces up to life in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he endangered comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan in 2009.
After walking off his post, Bergdahl was held by the Taliban for five years before eventually being released in a 2014 prisoner swap criticized by Republicans.

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Shannon Allen (right, with husband Mark Allen) took to the stand as the prosecution's final witness on Monday to discuss her husband's traumatic brain injury

His lawyers tried to argue on Monday that criticism by President Donald Trump is preventing him from having a fair sentencing hearing.
Military judge Army Col Jeffery Nance rejected the arguments, saying the court has not been directly affected by Trump's criticism of Bergdahl.
He also ruled that a reasonable member of the public would not have doubts about the fairness of military justice because of Trump's comments.
The judge did say, however, that he would consider Trump's comments as a mitigating factor in the sentencing.

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National Guard Master Sgt Mark Allen was shot in the temple during a search for Bergdahl in 2009. He was left unable to speak and is paralyzed over much of his body

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After walking off his post in 2009, Bergdahl (above in January 2016) was held by the Taliban for five years and eventually released in a 2014 prisoner swap criticized by Republicans

superbeets · Oct 30, 2017

Prosecutors are using wounds to several service members who searched for Bergdahl as evidence to convince the judge that he deserves a stiff punishment.
Allen's wife sat crying in the courtroom the day Bergdahl pleaded guilty.
A parade of prosecution witnesses have described the danger they faced while searching for Bergdahl after he disappeared in June 2009 and the lasting effects of injuries they sustained in the futile hunt.

Several service members on Thursday recounted a hastily organized mission in July 2009 to search villages near Forward Operating Base Kushamond that ended in a Taliban ambush.
Early the morning of July 9, 2009, troops came under heavy fire. A grenade exploded near Texas Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Jason Walters, then an Army Ranger.
'Everything went black,' he testified. 'I saw stars.'
As soldiers scrambled back to their position behind a berm, Walters saw Sergeant 1st Class Mark Allen get shot in the head.
US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel John Marx, then a captain, said he helped load Allen unto a medical helicopter.

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A parade of prosecution witnesses have described the danger they faced while searching for Bergdahl (pictured left) after he disappeared in June 2009 and the lasting effects of injuries they sustained in the futile hunt

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Former US Army Ranger Jason Walters (left) and Air Force Lieutenant Colonel John Marx (right) leave the courthouse after testifying in the sentencing proceedings of Bergdahl's court martial at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

'That was probably one of the hardest things I've ever had to do, getting Sergeant Allen on that chopper,' Marx said. 'It was hot, we were dehydrated, and just carrying his limp body - it was tough.'
Allen suffered a traumatic brain injury and is now confined to a wheelchair and unable to communicate, according to prosecutors. His wife and doctor are expected to testify on Monday, when the sentencing hearing resumes.
Army Specialist Morita, who was hurt in the same ambush, underwent three surgeries to repair his hand.
He said he is more agitated and angry than before, and he directs his anger 'toward one person in particular'.
As Morita left the courtroom on Monday, he leveled a steady glare at the defense table where Bergdahl sat.
Retired Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer James Hatch also testified about his career-ending injury and a a military dog killed on a mission searching for Bergdahl.
Hatch said the dog helped protect his team by locating enemy fighters after the SEALs lost sight of them in a chaotic situation.
'His name was Remco,' Hatch said as his voice cracked.
Hatch said his team's helicopters came under fire as they landed in an area near the Pakistan border where they had information on Bergdahl's possible whereabouts.
He said the mission was hastily planned, and their only objective was the Bergdahl search.

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Jonathan Morita (right), a former US Army soldier who was injured while searching for Bergdahl after he deserted in Afghanistan, leaves the courthouse after testifying on the third day of sentencing proceedings in Bergdahl's court martial last week

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Former Navy SEAL James Hatch, who was shot in the leg during a July 2009 attempt to rescue Bergdahl in Afghanistan, arrives with his service dog at the courthouse to testify on the second day of Bergdahl's sentencing proceedings last week

Remco was leading them through a field when the dog located two enemy fighters that the team had seen at a distance. Hatch said the fighters sprayed AK-47 bullets at them, killing the dog. He was hit in the leg.
'I screamed a lot. It hurt really bad... I thought I was dead,' he said.
Hatch said he believes he would have died if a comrade hadn't quickly applied a tourniquet. Hatch has subsequently had 18 surgeries.
He now runs a nonprofit dedicated to the care and support of military and law enforcement dogs.
Prosecutors are expected to call more witnesses in the afternoon to discuss the search missions and resulting wounds to multiple soldiers.
The judge, Army Col. Jeffery Nance, ruled those injuries would not have happened had Bergdahl, 31, not endangered his comrades in 2009 by walking away from his post.

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Two of Bergdahl's defense attorneys, Maj Oren Gleich, left, and Maj Justin Thomas, right, leave the Fort Bragg courthouse on Wednesday. Bergdahl faces life in prison

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US Army Captain John Billings (left), Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl's platoon leader at the time of his disappearance in Afghanistan, leaves the courthouse with an escort after testifying on the second day of sentencing proceedings in Bergdahl's court martial

Nance said on October 23 that he would be fair and hasn't been influenced by President Donald Trump's comments about Bergdahl, but said he does have concerns that the president's comments are affecting public perceptions.
While campaigning for president, Trump repeatedly called Bergdahl a traitor and suggested that he be shot or thrown from a plane without a parachute.
Nance ruled in February that those comments didn't constitute unlawful command influence, noting that Mr. Trump was a civilian candidate for president at the time.
The defense argued that Trump revived his campaign comments the day of Bergdahl's plea hearing, by saying at a news conference that he thinks people are aware of what he said before.
Prosecutors made no deal to cap Bergdahl's punishment, so the judge has wide leeway to decide his sentence. Several more days of testimony are expected.
Bergdahl, from Hailey, Idaho, has said he was caged, kept in darkness and beaten, and tried to escape more than a dozen times before President Barack Obama brought Bergdahl home in 2014 in a swap for five Taliban prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.

THawk+ · Oct 30, 2017

Life in prison is too good for this piece of garbage!!!! Firing squad should be the penalty...

Screw paying to take care of this refuse, kill him, dispose of him, and be done with him....

festeringZit · Nov 2, 2018

[ Good think Obama let 5 terrorists go for this maggot. Now look where they are. ]

[h=1]Surprise: Taliban Terrorists Obama Released for Traitor Bowe Bergdahl are Back on the Battlefield[/h]

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The five Taliban terrorists President Obama released from Guantanamo Bay prison are back on the battlefield. The high profile fighters were exchanged in 2014 for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a soldier who deserted his fellow U.S. troops in Afghanistan. From the Military Times (bolding is mine):

Five members of the Afghan Taliban who were freed from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in exchange for captured American Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have joined the insurgent group’s political office in Qatar, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Tuesday.

They will now be among Taliban representatives negotiating for peace in Afghanistan, a sign some negotiators in Kabul say indicates the Taliban’s desire for a peace pact.

Others fear the five, all of whom were close to the insurgent group's founder and hard-line leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, bring with them the same ultra-conservative interpretation of Islam that characterized the group's five-year rule that ended in 2001 with the U.S.-led invasion.

As a reminder:

"The truth has been out there the entire time. We've been telling everybody that wants to listen what the truth is from shortly after Bergdahl disappeared to the initial Army investigation to when he was traded back last year. Everybody that was around him, knew what the truth was and it's just a relief that the United States Army did the right thing in charging Bergdahl with desertion and misconduct," former Army medic Josh Cornelison, who served in Bergdahl's platoon, said.

Willie99 · Nov 3, 2018

festeringZit said:
[ Good think Obama let 5 terrorists go for this maggot. Now look where they are. ]

Surprise: Taliban Terrorists Obama Released for Traitor Bowe Bergdahl are Back on the Battlefield

Katie Pavlich
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Posted: Oct 31, 2018 2:45 PM
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The five Taliban terrorists President Obama released from Guantanamo Bay prison are back on the battlefield. The high profile fighters were exchanged in 2014 for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a soldier who deserted his fellow U.S. troops in Afghanistan. From the Military Times (bolding is mine):
Five members of the Afghan Taliban who were freed from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in exchange for captured American Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have joined the insurgent group’s political office in Qatar, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Tuesday.

They will now be among Taliban representatives negotiating for peace in Afghanistan, a sign some negotiators in Kabul say indicates the Taliban’s desire for a peace pact.

Others fear the five, all of whom were close to the insurgent group's founder and hard-line leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, bring with them the same ultra-conservative interpretation of Islam that characterized the group's five-year rule that ended in 2001 with the U.S.-led invasion.

As a reminder:

"The truth has been out there the entire time. We've been telling everybody that wants to listen what the truth is from shortly after Bergdahl disappeared to the initial Army investigation to when he was traded back last year. Everybody that was around him, knew what the truth was and it's just a relief that the United States Army did the right thing in charging Bergdahl with desertion and misconduct," former Army medic Josh Cornelison, who served in Bergdahl's platoon, said.

Stuff like this is what makes me want to spit in his face and mock the fucking loser

He will always be "the least prepared man in the room", and now he's proving what a classless asshole he really is

Dave007inVegas · Nov 3, 2018

Here is another kick in the gut. He received a dishonorable discharge but no prison time.

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