Retired General Stanley McChrystal, who commanded Sgt Bergdahl when he was lost told Yahoo News that the critics should all pipe down until we have the facts and that we never leave anyone behind. That's a strong rebuke to Republicans from a well respected military man who lost his job for criticizing president Obama, the man they are out to de-legitimize.
Yahoo News:
Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal on Wednesday urged Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s critics not to “judge” him until all the facts are in and sharply defended the extensive and risky search efforts that claimed the lives of some of his fellow soldiers.
“We did a huge number of operations to try to stop the Taliban from being able to move him across the border into Pakistan,” McChrystal told Yahoo News in an exclusive interview. “And we made a great effort and put a lot of people at risk in doing that, but that’s what you should do. That’s what soldiers do for each other.”
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McChrystal, who commanded the war effort in Afghanistan at the time of Bergdahl’s June 2009 vanishing, declined to shed any more light on the circumstances of his disappearance. “We’re going to have to wait and talk to Sgt. Bergdahl now and get his side of the story,” he said. “One of the great things about America is we should not judge until we know the facts. And after we know the facts, then we should make a mature judgment on how we should handle it.”Asked whether he would have made the same prisoner swap, McChrystal replied: “We don’t leave Americans behind. That’s unequivocal.”
The military will conduct their own investigation and determine Bergdahl's fate and that's the way it should be, but Republicans have turned this situation into a toxic dump site like they've been doing with everything connected to Obama. I know the media needs content to fill their time slots, but when will they stop kowtowing to Republican propaganda?
