[ April 24, 2024 ]
Top brass with the U.S. Army are actually going to determine whether traitor Bowe Bergdahl is deserving of a reward of $300,000 in back pay.
Why are we even discussing this?
Bergdahl was the soldier who wandered from his Afghanistan base in 2009, only to be captured by the Taliban. After several miitary colleagues risked life and limb to rescue him, it was found that he had actually welcomed the captivity.
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He emerged to face prosecution in American courts — claiming he was treated better by Taliban terrorists than by his own U.S. military.
And now he may get his money from his captivity years?
Jihad Watch has more (h/t Fox News):
The U.S. Army is set to decide whether Pvt. Bowe Bergdahl is entitled to as much as $300,000 in back pay and other benefits he amassed during his captivity with the Taliban.
Bergdahl, 31, was captured by the Taliban in 2009 after he walked off base while in Afghanistan. He was given a dishonorable discharge and he was demoted from sergeant to private in a court decision earlier this month but spared prison. President Trump called the ruling a “complete and total disgrace.”
Captive soldiers normally receive special compensation worth around $150,000 in addition to hostile-fire pay and their basic pay they accumulated during the captivity. But determining whether Bergdahl should receive the back pay is not as clear-cut.
The State Department marked Bergdahl in as “Missing-Captured” several days after he was captured and the terror group released a video featuring him alive, Military.com reported in 2014.
But Bergdahl pleaded guilty to desertion in court, complicating whether the army will consider him as a prisoner of war and thus entitled to back pay and compensation.
“My understanding is there has to be an administrative determination of his duty status at each point, from the time he was captured until now,” an army official told the Army Times. “In order to figure out what he’s owed, you’re basically going to have to start from that point of captivity.”
The official told the Times that it is possible Bergdahl will be given only his accumulated basic pay during his five-year captivity.
Bergdahl, however, might not be eligible for the basic back pay and could even owe money to the military. The Army could determine that he should not be paid for the time in captivity or that he was overpaid since his return to the U.S, according to the official who spoke with the Times.”
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46 Comments
6 years ago
Yeah, that’s it. Pay a traitor six figures for sharing camp fire stories over humus with the Taliban. That’ll really show him the U.S. gov is tough on deserters. Perhaps when they do decide to pay him, they can do it in a fashion befitting a deserter; throw him a parade down Broadway and have F-18’s fly over head with sky writing “Thank you Bowe for your service.” Then, as CNN is live-covering the event, mayor DeBlasio can present Bergdahl with the $300k+ check. Then, he, Bergdahl and Linda Soursewer can charge $5k a plate for the subsequent ‘meet and greet’ black-tie dinner later that evening.
6 years ago
The dread Canadian disease “trudeau syndrome” appears to be spreading. The prime minister of Canada gave a convicted terrorist 10.5 million dollars for murdering an American soldier in Afghanistan. Now, the American military are considering paying a deserter who is responsible for the deaths of those who tried to rescue him. Really, what next? Put the taliban of welfare?
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Any excuse to take more money out of the hands of hard working citizens.
D
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
You know, people wonder why people do mass shootings in the US.
It’s because the penalty for treason and murder is so low in the western world.
D
6 years ago
Reply to
TD
Hell even the people of Aurora Colorado couldn’t execute the Aurora shooter after 2 years of worthless time in court. (again, low penalty for treason and murder.).
In France, they probably don’t even have the death penalty for the Paris attackers.
6 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
If everyone who reads the article tweets/emails this article to Trump and demand to stop any payment to this deserter it can be stopped.
He often has no clue on these obama holdovers and what they are doing behind his back.
This is why America needs Trump now more than ever and he is not afraid to call out the son of bitches http://bit.ly/2xuQrzi
If Left/Liberal pro-jihadi holdovers are purged from govt , judiciary things will improve and Trump can do better job .
6 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
Problem with most conservatives , patriots is they don’t want to be bothered and expect others to do it for them .
And that encourages left/liberal/jihadis to push their agendas without any real pushback. look at NY . DeBlasio won with 18.5% voters support and most of the rest decided to go shopping , watching TV.
6 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
You are right, De Basio’s case tells us where much of America is today, it’s moral impulse zero. For this the chickens are going to come home for these stupid citizens. What a collapse of morals – and the conservatives are now just so pitifully weak.
6 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
Agreed:
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6 years ago
Reply to
marlene
This is also one of the reasons this corrupt congress refuses to vote on Trump’s nominees.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
You are right, like Canada, much of the U.S. population having largely rejected a moral code and now offended by little, the U.S. is becoming a shameful shadow of Canada with its rewarding of jihadist murderers. The thought of giving anything to Bergdahl other than jail time,should not even be a consideration. Let the Taliban reward this disgusting traitor! Anyway, he should have been executed by a firing squad – along with Barack Obama who paid either millions or billions for his release.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
“My understanding is there has to be an administrative determination of his duty status at each point, from the time he was captured until now,” an army official told the Army Times. “In order to figure out what he’s owed, you’re basically going to have to start from that point of captivity.”
Hey, Army idiot. Let me make this very simple. This piece of garbage is guilty of treason. He deserves nothing. Now that I’ve stated four declarative sentences of only two syllables or less, let my amplify the statements so that some flag officer might understand them. This sorry individual deserves one thing: A 9mm through the brain. Make that the heart, he has no brain.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
In both cases, could these ‘payoffs’ really be bribes for keeping their mouth shut about certain facts that were NOT exposed?
6 years ago
Reply to
marlene
Very likely, and the fact that in trudeau’s case, he is an immature fresh convert to islam who wants to appear committed, he can be played by anyone as he is that gullible.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
I thought they were already being subsidized by American money, as per BHO’s instructions.
6 years ago
That’s nothing. Send him to Canada and Justin Trudeau will give him millions of dollars: just like he paid convicted terrorist Omar Khadr $10.5 million. Trudeau is Obama’s progressive clone. Support Trump and promote sanity!
6 years ago
If this POS gets paid out, while veteran’s are getting nothing or minimal treatment, there will be a HUGE injustice done. Is there a petition some where to sign? Get on social media and start the conversation about the wrong that would be committed. Those twitterer’s tweet ( god that is SUCH a dumb name – twitter) to DJT about this. Need an EO to stop this.
6 years ago
The Army just freed him,…. I will NOT be surprised if they now reward him !
After all he is, Obama’s type of HERO !!!
6 years ago
6 years ago
6 years ago
His father is a mudscum/mudslime. He is a mudscum/mudslime. Theh only back pay that he deserves payment in lead covered with full metal jackets.
D
6 years ago
Any accrued money should go to the beneficiaries of those soldiers lost while looking for him after he took off.
6 years ago
NO consideration for the lives lost. A righteous judge would rule the money be given to the families that lost their loved ones hunting for this coward who purposely DESERTED his unit and caused the death of these poor souls.
6 years ago
He quit his job and walked off the place so he is owed nothing but a one-way ticket to Gitmo. Case closed.
6 years ago
Reply to
Drew the Infidel
Not the same thing sorry, walk off the job at Walmart and no body dies when they come looking for you.
This POS deserted his post and buddies in war time.
Firing squad time is called for not a raise in back pay..
6 years ago
I do not believe that this deserter was tortured or kept in a cage for years. It is all made up. He joined the Taliban. No question. Why would they keep him alive for five years? If he was a real soldier and an American patriot, they would have disposed of him. Look how upset he was when sitting in that pick up truck looking longingly into the eyes of his comrades.
6 years ago
This could set a precedent, how much will it cost to settle with all the other 100’s of military personal who went AWOL???
6 years ago
In 2008 we made the LEFT turn into bizzarro world.
We’ve gone so far down the rabbit hole climbing back up and out may well not be possible,especially with so many “deep staters” thinking making that left turn was a really,really REALLY great idea in the first place.
This MUTT deserted,gave “Aid and Comfort to the ENEMY” along with valuable intelligence.Got GOOD American Soldiers KILLED and Wounded,looking for him,was traded back for 5 TOP Taliban field officers,3 of whom are back in the field,murdering with renewed vigor and hatred,and was welcomed back as a “hero” by a traitorous administration and given the rank of Sergeant,which he did NOTHING to earn and allowed to walk around free until his laffable”Court Martial”.
He gets busted back to the rank he had when he deserted,NO TIME IN LEAVENWORTH.
Wow,that really hurt.
And NOW they want to pay the Sonuvabitch 300gs for doing this?
You CANNOT make this lunatic sh*t up,if it was in a book nobody would publish it because it’s just too far out there.
Join the Army they said.”Be all you can be” they said.
Guess they meant it huh.
Maybe he’ll get married to what’s it’s name,the transwhateverthehell that took them at their word too.
Semper Fi
6 years ago
libtards rewarding murders of Americans
6 years ago
This is Obama holdovers and general Mattis needs to get rid of their Islam loving asses!
6 years ago
For his desertion and collaboration, Bergdahl deserves one thing—a firing squad. Or, is the Army to apologise and rehabilitate Eddie Slovick, who was shot for less?
6 years ago
That money should go to the families of the soldiers who died trying to save his sorry butt. What did they get?
6 years ago
The creature was a deserter , and took himself to the taliban . No . Hell no . Meanwhile in the real world veterans are being denied their rights .
Validate your 2nd Amendment Rights… Carry
6 years ago
Come on, President Trump! Stop this and rid the military of the judge that let Bergdahl off.
