Category: Dumbass Bullshit

A number of folks have sent us links to the various reports about Bowe Bergdahl who is attempting to take his case of desertion and misconduct before the enemy to the American public in an attempt to put himself in a favorable light. His lawyers put the Article 32 hearing transcript and psych evaluations on the internet to go over the Army’s collective head. There are some doctors who are claiming that he was f***ed in the head before he walked away from his base in Afghanistan. From Fox News;

A document from July 2015 shows that an Army Sanity Board Evaluation determined that Bergdahl suffered from schizotypal personality disorder when he left the post. A Mayo Clinic website says people with the disorder have trouble interpreting social cues and can develop significant distrust of others.

I guess that totally excuses him from walking out into Indian country from his base thinking that he’s going to walk for days, safely, until he gets to a general where he can tattle on his chain of command. That just doesn’t sound like anything anyone would do, despite the mental health mumbo-jumbo. He had five years to come up with that excuse while he was cozy with his new Haqqani pals.

The Washington Post tells about a statement that he signed when he enlisted in the Army after his aborted attempt at a Coast Guard career;

“I joined the Coast Guard in January of 2006. While in recruit training I had a hard time adapting to change. I had a lot going on with things at home and I do not feel that I was prepared on my own. I couldn’t take care of issues at home and was able to obtain a discharge to do so. They did discharge with a reentry code of 3L. I have no ties to home anymore that would hinder my performance while in the military. I have matured and know that I am prepared to go into the Army. Please do not allow my past record to prevent me from coming into the Army.”

From another Washington Post article, Bergdahl mumbles something about his ambitions in the Army;

So, stupid actions, yes. Stupid young man who wanted — I had always been a failure. The Army was — I knew the Army. I knew weapons. I knew soldiers. I knew how to do that. This was my chance to prove I wasn’t just a failure.

I wanted to go Special Forces. I didn’t want to show up at the Q-course with some bullshit Article 15 and say, “Well, I am here, just like all the other guys that want to be super cool Soldiers.” I wanted to show up at the Q- 17 course saying, “I deserve to be here because I have proven myself already that I am capable of doing not what Special Forces does now, but what the real founders, the real guys back in the day did then.”

So, he wandered off. Actually, he doesn’t sound nutty, he sounds immature. He sounds like a million other privates who think they have all of the answers and who are frustrated that their leadership won’t listen to them and their mind-droppings. I was one of them, so I know. The difference is that I never did anything dangerous to get attention for myself. Bergdahl blames his parents, blames the Army, blames the recruiters, blames his commanders and his squad leader – but none of it is his fault. When he’s in jail, he can blame his lawyers.

According to Fox News, Democrat presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton told a group of supporters on her campaign trail that thanks to her leadership in the State Department and her keen judgement, no Americans were killed during the civil war in Libya;

“Now, is Libya perfect? It isn’t,” Clinton said. After contrasting her approach toward Libya with the ongoing bloodshed in Syria’s civil war, Clinton said “Libya was a different kind of calculation and we didn’t lose a single person … We didn’t have a problem in supporting our European and Arab allies in working with NATO.”

Clinton made no mention of the Sept. 11, 2012 terror attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya that killed four Americans: U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, information officer Sean Smith, and former Navy SEALS Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty.

Before some of our more liberal Hillary (H>) supporters begin hyperventilating all over the comments section, I know that she was talking about the part of the Libyan civil war that happened before Gaddafi met his end, but, anyone with more than half a brain could make the case that the rise of al Qaeda and ISIS in North Africa which led up to the September 11, 2012 attack on the Benghazi consulate was the direct result of US avoidance of leadership in the region during the “Arab Spring” uprisings. Just like the US avoidance of leadership in Syria has turned that mess into a morass.

Thanks to Chip for the link.

The Daily Caller reports that little Jimmy Janos, the fellow who sues widows, has threatened to run for President if you Democrats don’t select Bernie to be the candidate for the 2016 election;

“They’re setting the groundwork for me because if Bernie loses, by the time we get to June, how sick are the people going to be of all these people,” he said while dressed in a Jimi Hendrix shirt under a blazer and SEALs beanie.

“See, I’m an independent and I despise the two parties,” Ventura, who speaks as if he is prepared to tackle you, continued. “I love what Trump’s doing to the Republicans. He’s got them in complete disarray.

The day before, Ventura offered his endorsement to Bernie and Bernie declined it, because, you know, who wants a money grubbing has-been who snatches sandwiches from the mouths of fatherless children in public to endorse them? But, yeah, I welcome him to politics again, you know, from a blogger’s perspective. Joe Biden is out, so we need Janos.

Thanks to Chief Tango for the link.