Srg Bowe Bergdahl

     A Time magazine cover, other media, and some republicans, posed the question " Was bringing Srg Bowe Bergdahl home worth it? " The answer is a resounding YES!
    We are still Americans. There should be no doubt, ever,  that any member of the United States military will ever be behind. Ever. We just don't abandon our people in foreign lands. Period.
     The outrage with which many members of the republican party have reacted to the release Srg Bergdahl is ridiculous. The very people who were in a patriotic fervor and  had demanded that Srg Bergdahl be brought home in the recent past are now in an uproar because he was rescued. The President is being accused of negotiating with terrorist and condemned for releasing five prisoners from  Guantanamo bay.
     The war in Afghanistan is drawing to a close. The procedure at the end of hostilities normally involves the release of prisoners of war back to their homelands.
     President Obamas administration has stated that the deal had to be done quickly because of Srg Bergdahls failing health and the fact that those holding Srg Bergdahl had threatened to kill him if any word of the proposed swap was released The statement has also been made that failure to notify congress of the prisoner swap was illegal. The congress was aware of the plans to secure the release of this last prisoner of war in Afghanistan, many endorsed the plan.
      It seems to me that they only cry foul because it is the Obama administration that accomplished this release. Had it Been former President Bush I believe there would have been understanding of the need for speed and secrecy and there would now be celebrating the victory of the last prisoner of war coming home from this long conflict.
      In an example of the dangerous direction our government seems to be going, Tom Coburn, Republican from Oklahoma,told one news organization that he believes that Sgt. Bergdahl was drugged in the proof of life video provided in a closed briefing last Wednesday. Mr. Coburn is an OBGYN, an Obstetrician and gynecologist. The fact that Mr. Coburn feels comfortable diagnosing any one in the circumstances that Srg Bergdahl was in from a short video concerns me. The fact that many representatives who are supposed to represent all of us are barking at the moon and demanding information on topics in shows of outrage before the press,  when they would have the information they so vehemently demand if they did their jobs and attended the briefings designed to keep them informed. But that is a rant for another  day.   
     The negotiations to effect the release of Srg Bergdahl are the same procedures that have been done to secure the release of prisoners of war since the beginning of our countries history.
     The mass deleting of the initial celebratory statements, posts, and tweets demonstrates the hypocrisy of many politicians. Damn the country. Loyalty to the party and their financial backers. This is not "1984" and Big brother can not rewrite history.
     The people already screaming for Srg Bergdahls trial and even his execution should be ashamed of themselves. Innocent until proven guilty has to remain the standard of the American legal system and a right of all citizens. The fact that so many people have already tried and convicted this man with out even the most cursory of investigations should disturb Any person who still believes in the rule of law and the constitutional rights of American citizens.