{"id":69165,"date":"2016-11-29T10:31:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T15:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=69165"},"modified":"2016-11-29T10:31:08","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T15:31:08","slug":"nyt-obama-should-pardon-bergdahl-because-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=69165","title":{"rendered":"NYT: Obama should pardon Bergdahl because “Trump!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bergdahl<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

August last year, Donald Trump, while on the campaign trail, told the audience that Bowe Bergdahl, the private that walked off his post in Afghanistan into the waiting arms of the Haqqani network of terrorists, should be executed.<\/p>\n

According to the New York Times<\/a> editorial board, Bergdahl’s lawyer will claim that Trump’s remarks are undue command influence on the jury when the new president takes office.<\/p>\n

And, so, in order to preclude a drawn out trial, Obama should take action now;<\/p>\n

Mr. Obama could issue a pardon before he leaves office. That would put to rest a prosecution that was questionable from the outset because Sergeant Bergdahl had pre-existing mental health problems when the Army granted him a waiver to enlist. He emerged from captivity deeply traumatized after five years of being subjected to physical and psychological torture. It is time to let him rebuild his life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unfortunately, the soldiers who were killed or wounded during the search for Special Snowflake Bergdahl don’t have much of an opportunity to rebuild their lives. What Bergdahl did was criminal and he deserves punishment. If a jury decides that he should be executed, I’m down with that.<\/p>\n

A pardon, at this point, would not positively influence the good order and discipline in the military, but the New York Times editorial board would know, or wouldn’t particularly care about that, so they should just issue an apology for their ignorance and then sit down and shut up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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