Accuracy in Media

According to the Washington Examiner, both sides requested additional time to prepare for the trial. Photo by theglobalpanorama

Um, what about the Iran deal, hostage negotiation for the deserter Bowe Bergdahl, Gitmo? *crickets from the Obama White House*

As the Free Beacon noted, the consequences are serious for deserting to the enemy: The U.S. Army announced Monday that the case of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has been recommended for trial by general court-martial. The Army Times reported that Gen. Robert Abrams, the commanding general of Forces Command, made the referral. Bergdahl, who has been charged with desertion and misbehavior before […]

Leaving a base to wander and be captured by the Taliban to expose his base’s leadership failure? Doesn’t sound right.

Not like Obama actually cared for Congress to start with, but this brazen executive overreach should concern everyone.

As Fox News reported: “Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl walked away from his base in Afghanistan June 30, 2009, and by December of that same year, the president’s principal military adviser, then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen, knew those details, according to three of Bergdahl’s platoon mates who spoke to Fox News.”

You could bet money that those prisoner swap documents are being shredded in the White House as we speak, but who knows if those documents will ever come to light.

Retired General Barry McCaffrey said that the White House knew that Bowe Bergdahl did desert the U.S. Army and joined up with the Taliban, and it’s “incomprehensible” that they said he served with honor. Bergdahl is being tried for desertion, as the U.S. Army announced this week.

We agree. How is Bowe Bergdahl not being tried and sentenced to the death penalty, when his desertion to the Taliban led to the deaths of several of our American servicemen who went to look for him?

The presumed Democratic front-runner for the White House in 2016, when interviewed last June by ABC’s Diane Sawyer, said: “If you look at what the factors were going into the decision, of course there are competing interests and values. And one of our values is we bring everybody home off the battlefield the best we […]