The Gitmo detainees swapped for Bergdahl: Who are they'

"Delwin" said
This is a huge mistake. I believe the US's long held policy of not negotiating with terrorists was the correct one. Although I am very happy for the return of Sergeant Bergdahl, I believe the overall cost for this decision is going to be far higher, and I think his father's comments were an attempt by a man who was desperate attempt to have his child freed by trying to paint hiself as sympathetic to those who took him and I think any father would say or do whatever it takes so I don't put too much stock in it.

"Delwin" said
The daily mail couldn't even get his rank correct so I question their use of facts as well as their history of dramatization.

He was a Private First Class (E-3) when captured. He was promoted to Sergeant (E-5) on June 17, 2011.

Bergdahl told Fry before their dployment to Afghanistan, "If this deployment is lame, I'm just going to walk off into the mountains of Pakistan."

Bergdahl's unit was sent to an outpost called Mest-Malak in Afghanistan to conduct counterinsurgency operations. Bergdhal learned how to speak Pashto, and according to Fry, Bergdahl "began to gravitate away from his unit", spending "more time with the Afghans than he did with his platoon". Bergdahl's father described his son to military investigators as "psychologically isolated." ...

On June 27, 2009, according to Rolling Stone, Bowe sent a final e-mai�l to his parents: "The future is too good to waste on lies. And life is way too short to care for the damnation of others, as well as to spend it helping fools with their ideas that are wrong. I have seen their ideas and I am ashamed to even be american. The horror of the self-righteous arrogance that they thrive in. It is all revolting...

I am ashamed to be an american. And the title of US soldier is just the lie of fools..."

However, there are questions that must be answered � like, why did the young Soldier walk off his Forward Operating Base (FOB) back in 2009? It�s not the modus operandi for Islamic terrorists to detain American troops when captured, as we reported previously. Our troops are brutally, ritually, and savagely murdered � to include American security contractors (remember the Fallujah bridge) � not held for five years.

"Delwin" said
I don't know, sounds like driving around with loaded weapons in the passenger seat would've violated a number of american laws as well. If I filled my car with 400 rounds of ammo and loaded weapons and strolled "accidentally" across the US boarder I'm not sure there would be much sympathy.

Sounds like a whole lot of bullshit. I bet those weapons would fetch a pretty penny with the Mexican cartels

"We were at OP Mest, Paktika Province, Afghanistan. It was a small outpost where B Co 1-501st INF (Airbone) ran operations out of, just an Infantry platoon and ANA counterparts there. The place was an Afghan graveyard. Bergdahl had been acting a little strange, telling people he wanted to "walk the earth" and kept a little journal talking about how he was meant for better things. No one thought anything about it. He was a little �out there�. Next morning he's gone. We search everywhere, and can't find him. He left his weapon, his kit, and other sensitive items. He only took some water, a compass and a knife. We find some afghan kids shortly after who saw an american walking north asking about where the taliban are. We get hits on our voice intercepter that Taliban has him, and we were close. We come to realize that the kid deserted his post, snuck out of camp and sought out Taliban� to join them. We were in a defensive position at OP Mest, where your focus is to keep people out. He knew where the blind spots were to slip out and that's what he did. It was supposed to be a 4-day mission but turned into several months of active searching. Everyone was spun up to find this guy. News outlets all over the country were putting out false information. It was hard to see, especially when we knew the truth about what happened and we lost good men trying to find him. PFC Matthew Michael Martinek, Staff Sgt. Kurt Robert Curtiss, SSG Clayton Bowen, PFC Morris Walker, SSG Michael Murphrey, 2LT Darryn Andrews, were all KIA from our unit who died looking for Bergdahl. Many others from various units were wounded or killed while actively looking for Bergdahl. Fighting Increased. IEDs and enemy ambushes increased. The Taliban knew that we were looking for him in high numbers and our movements were predictable. Because of Bergdahl, more men were out in danger, and more attacks on friendly camps and positions were conducted while we were out looking for him. His actions impacted the region more than anyone wants to admit. There is also no way to know what he told the Taliban: Our movements, locations, tactics, weak points on vehicles and other things for the enemy to exploit are just a few possibilities. The Government knows full well that he deserted. It looks bad and is a good propaganda piece for the Taliban. They refuse to acknowledge it. Hell they even promoted him to Sergeant which makes me sick. I feel for his family who only want their son/brother back. They don�t know the truth, or refuse to acknowledge it as well. What he did affected his family and his whole town back home, who don�t know the truth. Either way what matters is that good men died because of him. He has been lying on all those Taliban videos about everything since his �capture�. If he ever returns, he should be tried under the UCMJ for being a deserter and judged for what he did. Bergdahl is not a hero, he is not a soldier or an Infantryman. He failed his brothers. Now, sons and daughters are growing up without their fathers who died for him and he will have to face that truth someday."