06-02-2014, 11:10 PM
Found and re-read the first article that I read about Bergdahl; it was written in June two years ago by Michael Hastings for Rolling Stone.
It's long, but very detailed and informative. Hastings interviews Bergdahl's parents, covers Bergdahl's Calvinistic homeschooling, includes the emails he sent home expressing his shame to be an American, provides the English translated text of Taliban soldiers (audio captured by US Intelligence) describing how they'd come upon the unarmed American soldier taking a shit (they have some fun with that), features statements from his fellow soldiers about Bergdahl leaving his base and the rescue missions they endured, references the negotiations for the POW exchange that were being handled by Qatar and the disagreements between McCain, Kerry and others in the administration on the matter, etc...
For anyone interested, still the most in-depth piece that I've read on the capture of Bergdahl and its implications to ending the war/conflict.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/new...r-20120607
It's long, but very detailed and informative. Hastings interviews Bergdahl's parents, covers Bergdahl's Calvinistic homeschooling, includes the emails he sent home expressing his shame to be an American, provides the English translated text of Taliban soldiers (audio captured by US Intelligence) describing how they'd come upon the unarmed American soldier taking a shit (they have some fun with that), features statements from his fellow soldiers about Bergdahl leaving his base and the rescue missions they endured, references the negotiations for the POW exchange that were being handled by Qatar and the disagreements between McCain, Kerry and others in the administration on the matter, etc...
For anyone interested, still the most in-depth piece that I've read on the capture of Bergdahl and its implications to ending the war/conflict.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/new...r-20120607